FAMOUS PICTURE

MIGRANT MOTHER

DETAILS:

• Women and her kids
• Florence Owen Thompson
• 1936 Nipomo, California

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND . WORDS

The story behind this picture:
-hungry, desperate mother
-age thirty-two,
-frozen vegetables and birds that children killed
-tires for food
-tent with kids

PHOTOGRAPHER

• Dorothea Lange
• Help her career
• Help the women
• Wants to help community