Museum Exhibition: Tom Joad

1. Museum Exhibition: Tom Joad Ryan Davila

2. Transportation Tom and his family moving from Oklahoma “And the truck crawled slowly through the dust toward the highway and the west” (Steinbeck pg. 156) Tom driving the truck “Tom drove slowly and carefully in the traffic, and they were on 66..” (Steinbeck pg. 180) Tom packing up from camp “S’pose we pack up and shove north..” (Steinbeck pg. 480) Tom sees the mountains driving into California. “In the far distance, waved up against the sky, the mountains stood.” (Steinbeck pg. 223) Tom working on the car’s flat tire. “Tom was pumping at the tire when a roadster, coming from the north, stopped on the other side of the road.” (Steinbeck pg. 497)

3. Food Bucket of water Tom and his family drank from “Winfield and Ruthie came back, carrying a bucket of water between them.” (Steinbeck pg. 332) Tom and his family took their stove with them to cook on. “…there wasn’t a thing left in his house-stove was gone..” (Steinbeck pg. 58) Joads washing dishes “…supper was over and the dishes dipped and wiped…” (Steinbeck pg. 270) The Joads cooked meals in the camp “Ma opened the stove and put a kettle inside…” (Steinbeck pg. 153) Dream farm that Tom and his family envisioned of having in California “I’d prob’y be in California right now a-eatin’ grapes an’ a-pickin’ an orange when I wanted.” (Steinbeck pg. 64)

4. Housing Tom’s house before it was damaged “…Tom stood on the hill and looked down at the Joad place. The small unpainted house was mashed at one corner…”(Steinbeck pg. 54) Tom and his family camping on the side of the road alongside the Wilsons “Well, yas’pose we could camp down ‘longside?”(Steinbeck pg. 183) Tom and his family in Hooverville “’Never been in Hooverville before?’ ‘Where’s Hooverville?’ ‘This here’s her.’ ‘Oh!’… ‘We jus’ got in’” (Steinbeck pg. 332) The red government house Tom and his family lived in “Al parked the truck close to the door of the little house. The family came down from the top of the truck and looked about in bewilderment.” (Steinbeck pg. 504) The boxcar Tom’s family lived in “How about if you get work there an’ live in one of them cars?... The Joads had one end of an end car.” (Steinbeck pg. 551 and 558)

5. Work Tom and his family loading the truck “Out in the dark yard, working in the lantern light, Pa and Al loaded up the truck.” (Steinbeck pg. 148) Tom repairing the truck “He took out the bolts and removed thin shims from each side and put the bolts back.” (Steinbeck pg. 250) Tom driving the truck “Tom drove the Dodge to the side of the road and parked.” (Steinbeck pg. 253) Tom and his family setting up shelter “Tom saw Uncle John and Pa and the preacher hoisting the tarpaulin on the tent poles…” (Steinbeck pg. 333) Tom and his family working in the cotton fields “…we been a-pickin’ peaches all afternoon.” (Steinbeck pg. 521)

6. Maps Tom and his family lived on the edge of the dust bowl “And at last he moved up the road, shooting dust ahead of him, making a cloud that hung low to the ground behind him.” (Steinbeck pg. 23) Tom and his family were from Sallisaw, Oklahoma “We’re Joads…We come from right near Sallisaw.” (Steinbeck pg. 184) Tom and his family traveled to California on route 66 “Tom drove slowly and carefully in the traffic, and then they were on 66…”(Steinbeck pg. 180) On their way to California, Tom and his family drove through the desert “The truck moved on through the evening, and the edge of the sun struck the rough horizon and turned the desert red.” (Steinbeck pg. 303) Tom and his family traveled to California to escape the dust bowl and find jobs “Maybe we can start again, in new rich land-in California, where the fruit grows. We’ll start over. (Steinbeck pg. 119)