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Hello: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:59am.
October 1939. "Young migrant mother has just finished washing. Merrill Farm Security Administration camp, Klamath County, Oregon." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA.
Creepy!
Submitted by JackCoupal on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 11:40am.
That's a creepy photo.
Looks like a Soviet work camp on a good day. Can't be in the US.
[This is one of more than 50 photos taken by Dorothea Lange at the Farm Security Administration's migratory labor camp at Merrill, Oregon. Which is of course in the United States. A few more below. - Dave]
Lovely
Submitted by Berkeley Bill on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 10:00pm.
Lovely picture. She's taking a little break after all her hard work.
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