Young mother, aged twenty-two..., FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Young mother, aged twenty-two..., FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

2-901-188 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December. During this year she has worked with her husband in: strawberries (Helvetia, Oregon); cherries (Salem, Oregon); beans (West Stayton, Oregon); hops (Independence, Oregon). Is now in potato pickers' camp at the end of that season. "We haven't got a cent now and we've lost our car because we've helped some people out. It seems like it's taken every cent to eat off, that and traveling around.".


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange, attributed to: American: Photographer, artist, photojournalist

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Portrait
  3. Still image

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Oregon

  1. 44 00 00 N , 120 00 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Family Life

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4096x4291
File Size : 17,164kb


Aliases

  1. 2017774349
  1. 1010004391
  1. 2-901-188
  1. 2017774349
  1. 2901188

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