Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant

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Title
Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Rothstein, Arthur

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-05
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 004584-E
Topics
Kearney (Neb.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection includes three copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 31262
TMS Object Number: 004584-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e717cc0-1b6e-0138-81b4-2f87ef973e89
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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1936
2026
  • 1936: Created
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc22d8a0-1b70-0138-5ddf-017dcf65bfb0

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc22d8a0-1b70-0138-5ddf-017dcf65bfb0

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc22d8a0-1b70-0138-5ddf-017dcf65bfb0

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc22d8a0-1b70-0138-5ddf-017dcf65bfb0 | title= (still image) Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant, (1936)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=February 19, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Auction. Farmer after farmer in the drought area is forced to see his few possessions go on the block of the auctioneer as drought drives him from his homestead and makes him a propertyless migrant
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