The Depression on canvas. Workers, breadlines and the dignity of ordinary people, often paid for by the government.
Still in copyright, so the museum shows it, not this pageMigrant MotherDorothea Lange · 1936 · Library of CongressSee it at the museum ↗Dorothea Lange · Migrant Mother · 1936 · Library of Congress
When
1929 to 1950
Where
New York, WPA projects
Who
Ben Shahn, Dorothea Lange, Jacob Lawrence, Grant Wood