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Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had gone back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter
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Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had gone back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter

Lange, Dorothea · 1936-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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kern countynitrate negativescaliforniaunited statesmigrants
Credit lineMigrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had gone back to Arkansas to borrow f. 1936-01-01. Lange, Dorothea. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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