Migrant Mother
Posted on May 9, 2010, 9:00AM.
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Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.
Photographed by Dorothea Lange in Feb or Mar of 1936 on 4 x 5 in. Film Summary: Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother".
Tags: California, Children, Collections, Mother, Poor persons, Popular Gifts, Photography, Dorothea Lange, WPA Photographers
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WOW! This recently sold for $86,500 at Christies.
Destitute Pea Pickers, California (Migrant Mother), 1936
Sale 2279
The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photographs
8 October 2009
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Happy Mother's Day to one and all. All Mother's that is. This is one of my favorite images.
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