How Dorothea Lange Revealed The True Horrors Of The Great Depression Through Her Photography

In the early 1930s, Dorothea Lange began documenting the lives of struggling migrants who had fled to California during the Dust Bowl.

How Dorothea Lange Revealed The True Horrors Of The Great Depression Through Her Photography

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In the early 1930s, Dorothea Lange began documenting the lives of struggling migrants who had fled to California during the Dust Bowl.

Her photographs became the defining images of the Great Depression.

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In the early 1930s, Dorothea Lange began documenting the lives of struggling migrants who had fled to California during the Dust Bowl. Her photographs became the defining images of the Great Depression.

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Her photographs became the defining images of the Great Depression.

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