Eyes of the Great Depression 008

Eyes of the Great Depression 008 - A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration.

Eyes of the Great Depression 008 - A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration.A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. This family had lost a two-year-old baby during the winter as a result of exposure. Photo by Dorothea Lange; March 1937.

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“Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. 'They won't go until they get so hungry that there's nothing else for them to do. They won't go – not twenty-five percent will go' said a transient case worker in Imperial County. This family was hungry. They lost a two-year-old baby as the result of exposure during the winter. Holtville, California” With another photo’s caption, Dorothea Lange recorded more information about the family: “Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. ‘They won’t go until they get so hungry that there’s nothing else for them to do. They won’t go – not twenty-five percent will go’ said a transient case worker in Imperial County. This family was hungry. They lost a two-year-old baby as the result of exposure during the winter. Holtville, California”  Library of Congress image.

(Updated 6/20/2017)

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  • teeni Nov 23, 2008 Link

    She almost doesn't look old enough to be a mom, forget having lost a two-year-old. How sad.

  • Dot Nov 24, 2008 Link

    She looks so lost.

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