Migrant mother. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.
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Title
Migrant mother. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.
Subject
Migrant agricultural laborers
Mothers
Poor persons
United States - California - San Luis Obispo County - Nipomo
Migrants - California
Mothers
Poor persons
United States - California - San Luis Obispo County - Nipomo
Migrants - California
Description
Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother."
Creator
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Source
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Date
1936 March
Rights
No known restrictions
Format
1 negative: nitrate; 4 x 5 in
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 negative: nitrate
Physical Dimensions
4 x 5 in
Citation
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, “Migrant mother. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.,” HIST 390 The Digital Past: A Cultural New Deal, accessed September 19, 2026, https://jessicadoeshistory.com/cnd/items/show/132.