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This Happened- March 6: Dorothea Lange Snaps “Migrant Mother”

Updated March 6, 2024 at 12:45 p.m. The iconic photograph, now referred to as “Migrant Mother” was taken by American photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression in 1936. Who is the subject of the “Migrant Mother” photograph? The subject of the photograph is Florence Owens Thompson, a migrant agricultural worker and mother […]

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Watch — OneShot: The Story Of Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

It may be the most iconic photograph of the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange’s 1936 image has come to be known as Migrant Mother, though the Library of Congress references its full title as Destitute pea pickers in California.

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