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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

1936

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 24 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.) sheet: 34.9 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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