Idle migrants. Foothills north of San Jose, California. "If the sun shines tomorrow and nothin' happens, we'll pick, And they've got orders from the law, all of us guys who don't want to work here to move us out."

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for her depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Lange is best known for her photograph "Migrant Mother," which depicts a mother and her children during the Great Depression. Lange's photographs of the period are considered some of the most iconic images of the era.

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01/04/1939 - 30/04/1939

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