Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother by Jimmie


Did you know, the woman in this iconic Dust Bowel era photo was born in a teepee?  A Cherokee from Oklahoma, she would have ten children and end up in California.

Check out the story behind this photo at
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/kansascity_201307F03.html

You can download a high res version of this image and others of the "Migrant Mother" at the Library of Congress site:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html

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