Florence Owens and Children This classic photograph of migrant farm laborer Florence Owens and her children was taken in 1936 in the labor camp of a pea field in California by New Deal photographer Dorothea Lange. The photo depicts the privations common among working people during the depression, but it also evokes a mother’s leadership, dignity, and affection, qualities that helped shelter her family from poverty and joblessness.
Library of Congress, 8b29516.