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Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of Texas tenant farmer. The wide lands of the Texas Panhandle are typically operated by white tenant farmers, i.e. those who possess teams and tools and some managerial capacity
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This evocative photograph, titled "Wife of Texas Tenant Farmer," was captured by renowned American photographer Dorothea Lange in 1937. The image portrays a tenacious woman, her face etched with the lines of hard work and the weight of poverty, as she focuses intently on her task in the vast Texas Panhandle countryside. The wide, open lands of this region were typically operated by white tenant farmers, who possessed the necessary teams, tools, and managerial capacity to farm the land, but were still subject to the economic whims of the Great Depression. The woman in the photograph wears a simple, worn bonnet and a long-sleeved dress, the modest clothing of the time and place. She holds a hoe in her hands, the essential tool for cultivating the land, and her posture suggests the rhythmic, repetitive motion of hoeing the fields. The image is a poignant reminder of the rural life during the Great Depression, a time of economic hardship and struggle for many Americans. Dorothea Lange, a pioneering figure in documentary photography, captured this moment as part of her work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Office of War Information (OWI), documenting the plight of the American people during these challenging times. This photograph is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring spirit of rural America.
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