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Bosque Farms Baby: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 12:20pm.
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December 1935. "Resettled at Bosque Farms project in New Mexico. Family of four from Taos Junction shows temporary dwelling." Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Screens
Submitted by tinag on Sun, 12/30/2012 - 8:54am.
When asked which invention was the most important in her long lifetime, a friend's great-grandmother (who had lived in the mountains of Kentucky most of her 90+ years) said, without hesitation, "Window screens."
It seems pretty luxurious even for a shack like this to have a screen door and, it looks like, screens on the windows.
Beauty
Submitted by ukted on Fri, 12/28/2012 - 2:19pm.
She is a beautiful mother, but I would feel the same about this photo if she were ugly. I ask in total ignorance: what was the history of these 'Dorothea Lange' people? Were they once respectable farmers?
Justifiably proud
Submitted by motorhead56 on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 3:24pm.
It is very hard to believe in this day and age that anyone could be proud to call a place like this home. It looks like nothing more than a shack. The look on this beautiful woman's face tells the real story. Her family has a roof over their heads and the future holds hope for an even better life. I often wonder what happened to these brave people in the years to follow. Dorothea Lange had a way of showing the plight of the rural family without stripping them of their dignity. We all need to remember what a very different place this country was in 1935. Better or worse, I am not sure.
Wistful and Gorgeous
Submitted by Ponderpig on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:55pm.
Dorothea Lange's exposures never fail to gratify, so beautiful and such a sweet hopeful scene.
Holy Mother of Pearl
Submitted by Phaedrus on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:24pm.
That is one beautiful mother and wife. Lucky guy-- I guess.
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