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Squatter Camp: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:04am.
March 1937. "Water supply: Open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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In praise of strong women.
Submitted by allie on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 10:23am.
Washday goes on, no matter that your life is falling apart.
Dignity by Dorothea
Submitted by GlenJay on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 3:28pm.
An insight gleaned from the excellent new biography by Linda Gordon, and put into my own words:
Dorothea Lange spent the 1920s as a fashionable portrait photographer in San Francisco. When she began photographing Depression-era migrants, she continued to honor a subject's dignity and sense of worth, regardless of their physical and social situation.
The times, they aren't a-changing
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 9:23am.
Change the year of the car, and maybe some clothes, add plastic junk, et voila, it's Calipatria today.
Out of Place
Submitted by JoshB on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 8:56am.
The boy looks like he belongs in today's world. His hair is well styled and he was a clean appearance. I bet he has a cell phone in his pocket..
Sick
Submitted by loribl on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 1:14am.
It is easy to see why typhoid ran rampant in these camps.
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