Nearly everyone has seen the photo of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother at some point. Some may not have even known when this photo was taken. Even if someone doesn't know when this photo was taken, anyone can see and recognize the expression on the woman's face. The lines of a face which should be smooth and the (what seems to be) sped-up aging of this "thirty-two" year old woman are apparent. Even though you cannot see this in this picture, "she sat in that lean- to tent". The children's dirty, matted hair and the look of uncertainty and fear on their mother's face provoke thoughts of how cruel the Great Depression was or might have been for some or many people during that time.
(citations and image from here.)
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