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.

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