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Dorothea Lange's Mother by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Dorothea Lange's Mother

1915

Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed 1965
Dimensions: 10 7/8 × 8 15/16" (27.6 × 22.8 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Patrick Flanagan on Tubber Green, County Galway, Ireland

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Just arrived from Kansas, on highway going to potato harvest. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

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Sunday Mass at St. Mary’s, Ennis, Ireland

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Edison, Kern County, California. Young migratory mother, originally from Texas. On the day before the photograph was made, she and her husband traveled 35 miles each way to pick peas. They worked 5 hours each and together earned $2.25. They have two young children . . . Live in auto camp.

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White Angel breadline, San Francisco, California

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Mexican American child, San Francisco

Mexican American child, San Francisco

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