Florence Thompson, the Subject of Dorothea Lange’s Iconic 1936 Photograph, Holding a Framed Copy of “Migrant Mother”, 1978
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Florence Owens Thompson, the “Migrant Mother” in Dorothea Lange’s world-famous 1936 photo, holds up her likeness during an interview after h...
  • Strange World Files@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The part of her story that stays with me: when she was seriously ill in 1983, her family asked for help, and people who knew the photo sent in tens of thousands of dollars. The face that stood for the Depression was finally helped by the people who had looked at it for decades.

  • qualia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    “Initially anonymous, the woman in the photo was identified as Florence Owens Thompson in 1978, following the work of a journalist for the California-based newspaper The Modesto Bee.”

    Modesto: that’s where George Lucas is from.