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Multimillionaire: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 8:09pm.
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November 1936. "Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA. View full size.
Scrap Cotton
Submitted by jonohoh on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 12:14pm.
That's what you call "scrap cotton," what's left after a few pickings.
Cotton Fields
Submitted by Mark on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 4:01pm.
I've seen some here in Virginia and in North Carolina and that is one ugly crop.
Presence
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 9:40pm.
A great Lange photo with presence and insight.
Life
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 8:51pm.
Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it? My new granite countertop has a scratch in it and I was all set to complain. Then I saw this.
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