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A California Migrant Mother

This photograph depicts an 18 year old mother who has been forced to move from her home in Oklahoma because of a failed farm. This was common at this time, and a lot of people moved west to places like California to try again. This mother probably didn't want to leave her home, but she had to do something for her family so they wouldn't starve.

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b31764

March, 1937

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