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Dorothea Lange, Young Migratory Mother, originally from Texas, Edison, California, 1940
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Dorothea Lange, Young Migratory Mother, originally from Texas, Edison, California, 1940

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 one 15 and the other 17. Live in auto camp. Edison, Kern County, California.

Date
1940-04-11
Photographer / author
Dorothea Lange for the Division of Economic Information, Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Archive
U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
image
Original size
2,600 × 2,700 pixels

Public domain

Reason: public domain: USDA.

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"Dorothea Lange, Young Migratory Mother, originally from Texas, Edison, California, 1940" (1940-04-11). Dorothea Lange for the Division of Economic Information, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothea_Lange,_Young_Migratory_Mother,_originally_from_Texas,_Edison,_California,_1940.jpg

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