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The Impossible Journey of Migrants by Moumou et Malou

This exibit will share with you a fascinating experience about migrants during the period of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression in the 30's. You will find awesome pictures taken by great photographers like Ewing Galloway, people who lived this tragic moment. With their photos, they relate the story of the exhausted and desperate people who lost everything because of the harsh journey they lived. Through their pictures they will tell you about the road trip of migrants who was fleeing the Dust Storm which destoyed their home and their life. Also you will see that the Great Depression ravaged the economy of America and so people became homeless and jobless. You will see the life of migrants who lived in tough conditions at the Migrant Camps in California.
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