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Daddy's Little Farmer: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:48pm.
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October 1939. "Mr. Dougherty and one of the children. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
It figures
Submitted by SuzieQ on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 2:50pm.
I was blown away by this beautifully composed photograph. I hadn't scrolled down very far, and thought, "This must be some photographer." I scrolled down farther and sure enough, Dorothea Lange, who qualified as 'some photographer' times ten. What a talent she had for subject and composition. Made me smile.
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Submitted by elrojo on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 1:18pm.
This type of image always reminds me of On the Banks of Plum Creek. When I read the books as a kid, the time that the Ingalls family spent living in their dugout house was my favorite part of the whole Little House on the Prairie series.
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