The Library of Congress has created a remarkable set on Flickr, which includes the “Migrant Mother,” by Dorothea Lange (the original film negative of which is housed at the Library of Congress). The Library preserves Lange’s original, and makes the digitized photo freely available. “Migrant Mother” is part of a landmark photo documentary project based in the U.S. Resettlement Administration, the Farm Security Administration (FSA), and later the Office of War Information (OWI). The most active years were 1935-1943, and the collection was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1944.
This vast archive of about 170,000 negatives and 107,000 prints is an amazing snap shot into the the lives of Americans during the Great Depression and World War II.
If you have never seen these, don’t pass up a moment to experience them.
Beautiful..
This is just a set of the top 25 images chosen.
