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Portrait shows Florence Thompson with several of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother". The Library of Congress caption reads: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California." In the 1930s, the FSA employed several photographers to document the effects of the Great Depression on the population of America. Many of the photographs can also be seen as propaganda images to support the U.S. government's policy distributing support to the worst affected, poorer areas of the country. Lange's image of a migrant pea picker, Florence Owens Thompson, and her family has become an icon of resiliance in the face of adversity.
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Source |
55MB TIFF file, cropped to removed negative frame, mild retouching to remove worst dust and scratches from scan; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, reproduction number LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516.
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Date |
February/March 1936
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Author |
Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information / Office of Emergency Management / Resettlement Administration
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Alternate version of Image:Lange-MigrantMother.jpg |
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