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Hanging Out: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 4:39am.
September 1939. "Mrs. Soper, FSA client, tells how it was when the family first came." Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Grandmother Soper
Submitted by Lisa Pfannenstiel Coulson on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 3:05pm.
This is my grandmother Charity O. Spencer Soper. She was just shy of 36 years old in this picture, and had 10 children. My mother, Donna, was her 12th and last child.
The Kid
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:54pm.
Interesting how the little kid mirrors her posture.
The Lady
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:16pm.
Did Philip Seymour Hoffman channel this woman while doing Scotty in Boogie Nights?
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