
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
The photograph that became the face of the Great Depression: who the mother was, what Lange said about the moment, the thumb that was retouched away, and where the negatives are held.
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Famous photographs, and the moments and makers behind them.

The photograph that became the face of the Great Depression: who the mother was, what Lange said about the moment, the thumb that was retouched away, and where the negatives are held.