"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity

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Title
"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 001696-C
Topics
California -- King City
California -- Monterey County
Depressions
Internal migrants
Migration, Internal
Tramps
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 21725
TMS Object Number: 001696-C
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 05167da0-733d-0136-ddcb-0299c4943d2d
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1936: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4adae4b0-73d3-0136-0397-1ba7cc681344

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4adae4b0-73d3-0136-0397-1ba7cc681344

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). "Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4adae4b0-73d3-0136-0397-1ba7cc681344

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"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity