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Lap by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Lap

1953

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 5/8 × 5 3/4" (14.3 × 14.6 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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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, 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, Edison, Kern County, California

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