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Oakland, California by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Oakland, California

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Oakland, California

1942

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 13 1/16" (25 × 33.2 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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