Florence Owens Thompson

Categories: US History | Photography
  • Florence Owens Thompson was photographed by Dorothea Lange in 1936, immortalized in the iconic period photograph, Migrant Mother. The photo portrays 32-year-old Thompson with three of her seven children in Nipoma, California. The Library of Congress titles the photo Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California. Migrant Mother was one of six photographs taken of Thompson and her family during the photograph session.

About this page

  • Page Views
    0
What is this?
No one is currently managing this page.

If you would like to apply
to be the manager of this page, please request below.

What is this?
This page currently has no vertical manager.