Picturing Home: Dust Bowl Migrants in Chandler

300 South Chandler Village Drive,Chandler AZ 85226

26 April, 2022

Description

In the late 1930s Chandler had an influx of Dust Bowl migrants who fled their homes in search of a better life. Picturing Home: Dust Bowl Migrants in Chandler March 8, 2022- August 13, 2023 Government photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee documented unique stories showing these migrants and their dwellings, which were often temporary. This exhibition is a history of Dust Bowl Chandler through unique black and white photographs. It examines what home looked like and makes connections between 1930s Chandler and Chandler today. It includes themes of housing, migration, agriculture, technology, self-sufficiency, and empathy. Image credits, top to bottom:Dorothea Lange, 1937, Library of Congress, LC-USF34- 016792-C. Dorothea Lange, 1940, National Archive and Records Administration, 522527.