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 c.3
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: 31264
TMS Object Number: 004584-E c.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 32f37090-1b6e-0138-ea9f-23d86e54cc53
Rights Statement
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  • 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/be1fe940-1b70-0138-9f61-7798492d7717

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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 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/be1fe940-1b70-0138-9f61-7798492d7717

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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/be1fe940-1b70-0138-9f61-7798492d7717

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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