Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress, Texas. Nettie Featherston
1938 June.
Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Eyes of the Great Depression 005
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This one I have seen before the lady is actually not at all unattractive, but given the circumstances she looks beat down by life. Notice too that she is probably malnourished or at the very least has gone without 3 squares a day. Too it’s sad that she is wearing a dress fashioned out of feedsacks.
One of the things that I’ve noticed in these pictures is that almost everyone is thin by today’s standard. I don’t think she’s a stranger to real hunger in a way almost none of us have ever experienced. I didn’t recognize what her dress was made from. I’ve got a lot more images queued up to select from.