Migrant+Mother+pg+1

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In 1936, a family's car breaks down, about thirty miles south of salinas, CA. As you can see the mother looks troubled, she has seven kids she has to look out for. Her name is Florance, she is about 30. This picture is called migrant mother, it (the photo) was taken in 1936, somewhere around february to march. At the time, the depression was still going on, but that didn't stop dorothea lange from taking pictures. there were work camps where people might earn a few dollars doing menial labor for a few dollars, and that, although there was a lot of economic problems, the american people still gave to the work camps. ======

In October of 1929, the stock market took a turn for the worse. hoover said that the economy would "fix itself." Maybe it would have, but we'll never know, seeing as he got kicked out of office. For years to come america would be in bad shape. As the saying goes "what goes up, must come down." and America came down, hard. Florence Thompson, the woman in the picture, would help us see what the depression was like. She had a car, but she would travel to work camps to earn a few dollars with her children. at that time it was not uncommon to see sons, daughter, fathers, mothers, working in the same field. when dorothea Lange saw the stranded mother on the side of the road, she wanted to take pictures of her. Florence thought "pay her [Dorothea] no thought. she just thinks that I am quaint, and wants my picture."

Lets go back a little bit, before dorothea arrived. the family's car had just broken down. luckily there was a work farm. picking peas would earn the family a few dollars. when she went to go ask for work, she saw people just standing around. At that time it was not uncommon to have work camps. It wasn't uncommon to see children working in the fields either. She was then told that the night before a freak frost had killed all the peas. No peas, no work. No work, No money. she went to go sit down in despair, when Dorthea Lange appeared. As mentioned above, she asked if she could take a few photo's of her. An agreement was reached. She [dorothea] could take pictures of florence as long as they were not published. you can see how well that agreement worked out.

The next day the picture was all over the news papers. when people saw this picture, they were moved. Or at least I think they were. one of florence's sons saw this picture and ran to his uncle's house, believing his mother was dead. why else would a poor woman be in the news? this picture lead to some relief. people started to donate to help out these people. these people being people who are in work camps. the next day. food and supply's arrived at the place florence had been. Many people were helped that because of one photo.

So in conclusion, florence was a woman in the great depression, who had to go to work camps to earn a few dollars. and although an initially bad thing happened to them. One good person, with an eye for photo's helped a lot of people. code  code