Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California

Dorothea Lange, 1936-02

A young cotton picker in the grim years of the Great Depression. Lange was originally a portrait photographer, as is clear to see. In the 1930s she recorded the working and living conditions in rural America for the Farm Security Administration. In search of work, entire families migrated throughout the country, living in tents, shacks, and automobiles.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2012-27
  • Dimensionsheight 195 mm x width 247 mm, height 191 mm x width 241 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

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    Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California

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    RP-F-2012-27

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    photographer: Dorothea Lange, Californië

  • Dating

    1936-02

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    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

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    • height 195 mm x width 247 mm
    • height 191 mm x width 241 mm

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