polity united states interwarconcept:era modern
Migrant Mother
Gelatin silver print by Dorothea Lange, 1936. Library of Congress. Taken at a pea-pickers' camp in Nipomo, California; depicts Florence Owens Thompson and three of her children. The defining image of the Great Depression.
Scholarly Significance
Migrant Mother is the most widely reproduced photograph of the 20th century. Anchors the FSA documentary tradition.