File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg

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English: Portrait shows Florence Thompson with several of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother". The Library of Congress caption reads: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California." In the 1930s, the FSA employed several photographers to document the effects of the Great Depression on the population of America. Many of the photographs can also be seen as propaganda images to support the U.S. government's policy distributing support to the worst affected, poorer areas of the country. Lange's image of a supposed migrant pea picker, Florence Owens Thompson, and her family has become an icon of resilience in the face of adversity. However, it is not universally accepted that Florence Thompson was a migrant pea picker. In the book Photographing Farmworkers in California (Stanford University Press, 2004), author Richard Steven Street asserts that some scholars believe Lange's description of the print was "either vague or demonstrably inaccurate" and that Thompson was not a farmworker, but a Dust Bowl migrant. Nevertheless, if she was a "Dust Bowl migrant", she would have left a farm as most potential Dust Bowl migrants typically did and then began her life as such. Thus any potential inaccuracy is virtually irrelevant. The child to the viewer's right was Thompson's daughter, Katherine (later Katherine McIntosh), 4 years old (Leonard, Tom, "Woman whose plight defined Great Depression warns tragedy will happen again ", article, The Daily Telegraph, December 4, 2008) Lange took this photograph with a Graflex camera on large format (4"x5") negative film.

Español:
Madre migrante, foto de Dorothea Lange, muestra a los desposeídos cosechadores de California, centrándose en Florence Owens Thompson, de 32 años, madre de 7 hijos, en Nipomo, California (marzo de 1936).

Français :
Portrait de Florence Owens Thompson avec plusieurs de ses enfants connu sous le titre Migrant Mother ( Mère migrante), et prise par Dorothea Lange en Californie (États-Unis), en 1936. La légende originale était "Ramasseurs de pois ruinés en Californie. Mère de sept enfants, agée de 32 ans." Selon des études ultérieures cette femme n'était pas ramasseuse de pois, mais une fermière fuyant le Dust Bowl. Elle fait partie d'une série de photographies commandées par la Farm Security Administration pour convaincre le peuple Américain de la nécessité de réformes du New Deal suite à la Grande Dépression de 1929 aux États-Unis

Italiano:
Foto intitolata Migrant Mother, scattata da Dorothea Lange nel 1936 in California, che inquadra Florence Thompson con alcuni dei suoi sette figli, uno dei simboli della depressione economica statunitense negli anni '30.

Português:
Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange, Estados Unidos, 1936

Русский:
Семья сборщиков гороха в период кризиса. Фото Доротеи Ланге.

Date

February/March 1936

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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsa.8b29516.
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(cropped to removed negative frame, mild retouching to remove worst dust and scratches from scan);

Author

Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information / Office of Emergency Management / Resettlement Administration

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 24 February 2008. It was captioned as follows:

English: Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in the 1930s.

Afrikaans: Florence Owens Thompson, die 32-jarige moeder van sewe kinders, is die onderwerp van die foto Migrantemoeder (Dorothea Lange, 1936), 'n toonbeeld van die Amerikaanse Groot Depressie

Asturianu: La semeya nomada Migrant Mother durante la Gran Depresión, amosando a Florence Owens Thompson, recoyedora d'arbeyos, 32 años y madre de siete críos, en Nipono California, marzu de 1936.

Беларуская: «Вандроўная маці» (здымак Даратэі Ланге, сакавік 1936), партрэт 32-гадовай маці 7 дзяцей, без сродкаў да існавання (штат Каліфорнія).

Bosanski: Siromašni berači graška, majka sedmoro djece, 32 godine, 1930-ih u Kaliforniji.

Česky: Dorothea Langeová: Migrant Mother („Vandrující matka“); fotografie zobrazuje Florence Thompsonovou, matku sedmi dětí, v době hospodářské krize v 30. letech 20. století

Dansk: Immigrantmoderen, foto af Dorothea Lange. Florence Owens Thompson, 32 år, mor til 7 børn i en fattig familie af ferskenplukkere i Nipomo, Californien (marts 1936, under depressionen i USA).

Deutsch: Migrant Mother von Dorothea Lange zeigt eine 32-jährige Mutter ( Florence Thompson) von 7 Kindern in Nipomo, Kalifornien, 1936.

English: Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in the 1930s.

Español: Madre migrante, foto de Dorothea Lange. Muestra a los desposeídos cosechadores de arvejas de California, centrándose en Florence Owens Thompson, de 32 años, madre de 7 hijos, en Nipomo, California (marzo de 1936).

Euskara: Kaliforniako ilar-jasotzaile behartsuak. Irudikoa 32 urteko Florence Owens Thompson da, 7 semeen ama, Nipomon, Kalifornia, 1936ko martxoan.

Français : Ramasseurs de pois licenciés en Californie, dans les années 1930. Mère de sept enfants, 32 ans.

Magyar: Florence Thompson, 32 éves, hétgyermekes anya (Nipomo, Kalifornia - Dorothea Lange fotója, USA, 1936)

Íslenska: Ljósmyndin Flökkumóðir (e. Migrant Mother) eftir Dorotheu Lange sýnir baunatínslukonuna Florence Owens Thompson, þrjátíu og tveggja ára, með tveimur af sjö börnum sínum í Nipono, Kaliforníu á tímum Heimskreppunnar 1936.

Italiano: Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange, 1936.

日本語: 1936年にドロシア・ラングが撮影した貧困の母親、アメリカ合衆国、カリフォルニア

한국어: 1930년대 캘리포니아 주의 가난한 이삭 줍는 사람들. 일곱 명의 아이들을 둔 32세의 어머니. ( 플로렌스 톰슨의 "이주민 어머니".)

Lietuvių: Skurstanti žirnių rinkėja Kalifornijoje, septynių vaikų ir trisdešimt dviejų metų motina 1930

Nederlands: Florence Owens Thompson, de 32-jarige moeder van zeven kinderen, die het onderwerp vormt van de foto Migrantenmoeder (Dorothea Lange, 1936), een toonbeeld van de Amerikaanse Grote Depressie

Polski: Zdjęcie trzydziestodwuletniej kobiety zajmującej się zbieraniem grochu, matki siedmiorga dzieci. Kalifornia, USA, lata 30. XX wieku.

Português: Fotografia Migrant Mother durante a Grande Depressão, mostrando Florence Owens Thompson, mãe de sete crianças, de 32 anos de idade, em Nipono, Califórnia, março de 1936.

Română: „Mama-imigrantă” — fotografie a unei femei de 32 ani imigrată în California anilor '30.

Русский: Мать-иммигрантка. 32-летняя мать семи детей в Калифорнии в 1930-е годы.

Српски / srpski: Migrant Mother, фотографија-икона Велике депресије, на којој је приказана Флоренс Томпсон, тридесетдвогодишња мајка седморо деце. Назив фотографије у Конгресној библиотеци је „Сиромашни берачи грашка".

Svenska: Migrant Mother av Dorothea Lange, ett porträtt av en fattig kvinna i Kalifornien under depressionen i USA på 1930-talet.

Українська: Мати-імігрантка. 32-річна мати сімох дітей в Каліфорнії в 1930-ті роки в час «Великої депресії».

中文（简体）‎: 1934年在美国加利福尼亚州的贫困拣豌豆妇女，32岁已经有7个孩子。

中文（繁體）‎: 美國攝影師桃樂絲·蘭格在1936年拍攝的作品《移民的母親》

Deutsch: Dieses Bild war 2010 in der 1. Kalenderwoche das Bild der Woche in der Maleisischen Wikipedia

English: This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Malay Wikipedia for the 1st week, 2010.

Македонски: Оваа слика е избрана за слика на неделата на малезиската Википедија за I недела од 2010 година.

മലയാളം: മലയ് വിക്കിപീഡിയയിൽ ഈ ചിത്രം ഈ ആഴ്ചയിലെ ചിത്രമായി 2010-ലെ വാരം 1-ൽ തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.

Bahasa Melayu: Imej ini merupakan gambar pilihan mingguan di Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu untuk minggu ke-1, 2010.

Français : Cette image est sélectionnée en tant qu' image de la semaine sur la Wikipédia Malaisienne pour la 1ème semaine de 2010.

Nederlands: Deze afbeelding is gekozen als afbeelding van de week op de Maleisische Wikipedia voor week 1 van 2010.

Русский: Эта иллюстрация была выбрана изображением недели в малайском разделе «Википедии» для недели номер 1 2010 года.

Svenska: Denna bild är utvald till veckans bild på Wikipedia på malajiska, vecka 1, 2010.

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References

↑ United States Government. Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother": Photographs in the Farm Security Administration Collection: An Overview. Prints and Photographs Reading Room. Library of Congress, United States Goverment.

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