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DOROTHEA LANGE. Young mother, aged twenty-two..., FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon,1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

DOROTHEA LANGE. Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December. During this year she has worked with her husband in: strawberries (Helvetia, Oregon); cherries (Salem, Oregon); beans (West Stayton, Oregon); hops (Independence, Oregon). Is now in potato pickers' camp at the end of that season. "We haven't got a cent now and we've lost our car because we've helped some people out. It seems like it's taken every cent to eat off, that and traveling around.".
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Young mother, aged twenty-two..., FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon,1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.
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Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December. During this year she has worked with her husband in: strawberries (Helvetia, Oregon); cherries (Salem, Oregon); beans (West Stayton, Oregon); hops (Independence, Oregon). Is now in potato pickers' camp at the end of that season. "We haven't got a cent now and we've lost our car because we've helped some people out. It seems like it's taken every cent to eat off, that and traveling around.".
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4096 x 4291 px | 50.3 MB
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34.7 x 36.3 cm | 13.7 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
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