Toward Los Angeles 1937
by Peter Ogden
Title
Toward Los Angeles 1937
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a restored copy of Toward Los Angeles 1937, a historic silver gelatin photograph by famed American United States Farm Security Administration Great Depression era documentary female photographer Dorothea Lange, 1895-1965, while an employee of the U.S. government.
This photo depicts two men walking down a lonely rural dirt unpaved road en route to Los Angeles as they pass by a Southern Pacific Railroad billboard which reads "Next Time Take The Train Relax".
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.
The history of the Southern Pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. For the main page, see Southern Pacific Transportation Company; for the former holding company, see Southern Pacific Rail Corporation.
The Southern Pacific was represented by three railroads. The original company was called Southern Pacific Railroad, the second was called Southern Pacific Company and the third was called Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The third Southern Pacific railroad, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, is now operating as the current incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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January 16th, 2020
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