MIGRANT MOTHER - Dorothea Lange's iconic photo taken during the American Depression in 1936 - see Description below
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2396 x 2994 px | 20.3 x 25.3 cm | 8 x 10 inches | 300dpiPhotographer:
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Lange's photo was taken inside a pea-pickers camp at Nipomo Mesa, off US Highway 101 in California. The woman in the photo is Florence Owens Thompson (1903-1983) whose identity was only discovered in the 1970s. The children are at left, Ruby then aged 5, Katherine then aged 4 and baby Norma just seen at lower right.