Keywords: Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. View of Negro shacktown settlement (Suns . . . - NARA - 521663.jpg Scope and content Full caption reads as follows Sunset District East Bakersfield Kern County California View of Negro shacktown settlement Sunset District seen from across Cottonwood Road Approximately 250 homes Average cost of a lot is 350; size 50 by 100 feet Payments 5 down; 5 per month Rent of shacks 10 to 15 per month Almost all are dependent on public assistance the year round Note alkali soil General notes 521663 Local identifier 83-G-41419 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 NARA-Author Lange Dorothea 1895-1965 Photographer 1372774 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1940-04-10 Record group Record Group 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1876 - 1959 Record group ARC 412 Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies compiled ca 1922 - ca 1947 documenting the period ca 1911 - ca 1947 Series ARC 521048 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-83-G-41419 Other versions <gallery> File Sunset_District _East_Bakersfield _Kern_County _California _View_of_Negro_shacktown_settlement_ Suns_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_521663 tif tif File Sunset_District _East_Bakersfield _Kern_County _California _View_of_Negro_shacktown_settlement_ Suns_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_521663 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dorothea Lange History of Kern County California |