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Dorothea Lange in Oregon

1939 Farm Security Administration Photos

 

 

    Any of the 42 images can be sponsored, on a first-come basis, for a $500 donation to Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. Each donor will be acknowledged on the photo label of this and future exhibitions across the state and region. Donors receive an approximately 16 x 17 or 14 x 20 professional print, depending on the image selected.

    All 42 (48) photo images will be displayed 20 x 21 or 18 x 26 with 1 inch white borders. For “Dorothea Lange in Oregon – 1939 Farm Security Administration Photos” Exhibition at Littman Gallery, October 1 – November 25, 2009

    Donations should be made by check payable to OCHC and sent to: OCHC, PO Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208. Please indicate top three choices in order. $400 of your donation is tax-deductible. OCHC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Select your image today for best choice.

    OCHC # 001   Migratory girl in bean pickers’ camp, West Stayton, Marion County


    OCHC # 002   Migratory boy in hop field since 5 am, Polk County 

    Sponsored by David A. Horowitz
    in memory of
    Mickey Levine (1913 - 1996)


    OCHC # 003   Helping Hand quilt club, near West Carlton, Yamhill County

    Sponsored by Sandy Polishuk
    in memory of
    Mary Catherine Lamb (1949 - 2009)


    OCHC # 004    Unemployed lumber worker with social security tattoo and wife 

    Sponsored by Phil Wikelund
    Great Northwest Books


    OCHC # 005   Children in bean pickers’ camp, near West Stayton, Marion County

    Sponsored by Jean Anderson Pezzi and Ugo Pezzi
    in memory of
    Roderick M. McCalley Sr. (1891-1965)

     
    OCHC # 006    “Vote the Townsend Plan,” Salem  


    OCHC # 007    Williamette Valley hop farmers’ political forum


    OCHC # 008   Happy man on main street, Independence, Polk County


    OCHC # 009   Couple digging sweet potatoes, Irrigon, Morrow County


    OCHC # 010   Yakima Indian Village, Celilo, Wasco County 


    OCHC # 011   Woman scraping hide, Indian Village, Celilo, Wasco County  


    OCHC # 012    Service station; US 99 road sign, Grants Pass, Josephine County  


    OCHC # 013 Hop picker; kids at paymaster’s window, near Grants Pass, Josephine County


    OCHC # 014 Deputy sheriff at paymaster’s window, near Grants Pass, Josephine County


    OCHC # 015 Former Nebraska farmer, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 016 Baby from Mississippi in truck, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 017 “Pond monkey” at Pelican Bay mill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 018 Men on main street of potato town, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 019 Lighthearted kids in tent, FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County

    Sponsored by North Star Foundation
    Stan, Amy, and Christy Eugenis


    OCHC # 020 One of 40 potato camps, in open field, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 021 Doctor and camp nurse in FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 022 Doctor and camp nurse in trailer clinic, FSA mobile camp, Klamath County


    OCHC # 023 Young migrant mother after washing, FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County


    OCHC # 024 Young mother and kids, rural shacktown near Klamath Falls, Klamath County


    OCHC # 025 Fairbanks family with horse, Willow Creek area, Malheur County

    Sponsored by Wyss Foundation
    in honor of

    Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Linna Straub


    OCHC # 026 Sam Cates from Oklahoma with gun, Cow Hollow, Malheur County


    OCHC # 027 Mrs. Sam Cates with gun & skull, Cow Hollow, Malheur County


    OCHC # 028 Siphon tube, world’s longest, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # 029 Onion sacks and culls, Malheur County


    OCHC # 030 17-year-old boy going to feed pigs, Homedale district, Malheur County


    OCHC # 031 Mr. Roberts, FSA borrower, Owyhee project, Malheur County

    Sponsored by Gloria E. Myers
    in memory of

    Kelly W. Stamper Sr. (1933-2009)


    OCHC # 032 Mr. Wardlow, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # 033 Soper grandmother, Willow Creek area, Malheur County


    OCHC # 034 Mrs. Wardlow, Friends church, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # 035 Mrs. Hull, one room basement, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # 036 Free children in doorway, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # 037 Six girls studying at Lincoln Bench School, near Ontario, Malheur County

    Sponsored by Charlotte and Rick Rubin


    OCHC # 038 Mrs. Botner in storage cellar, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County

    Sponsored by Wyss Foundation
    in honor of

    Mrs. Pat Straub


    OCHC # 039 Sugar beet factory, view from Idaho to Nyssa, Malheur County


    OCHC # 040 Entrance to Amalgamated Sugar Company, Nyssa, Malheur County


    OCHC # 041 Old bank building, now Bureau of Reclamation, Nyssa, Malheur County


    OCHC # 042 Oregon itinerant near pea packing plant, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California


    OCHC # a: Farmers who cooperatively own ensilage cutter, Yamhill County


    OCHC # b: Migrant children in FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County

    Sponsored by Lois Leonard


    OCHC # c: “Best farm laborer” near Ontario, Malheur County

    Sponsored by David Millholland
    in memory of

    organic farmer 'Bittersweet' Bill Gibson (1951-2009)


    OCHC # d: George Cleaver and son with harvester, Malheur County


    OCHC # e: All members, congregation of Friends church, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County


    OCHC # f: Mrs. Soper with child at well, Willow Creek area, Malheur County


            

 

 

 

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