The True Story Of The Iconic “Migrant Mother” Photograph

Thanks to Mr. Mehra at www.mr-mehra.com, we know more about the iconic photo of taken by Dorothea Lange working to document migrant workers as part of the federal Resettlement Administration (The RA relocated families in poor areas to federally-planned communities.) 

Here's a fun fact (thanks, Wiki): "The Weedpatch Camp (also known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp and the Sunset Labor Camp) now on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1936 south of Bakersfield, California, not by the RA but the Works Progress Administration. The camp inspired John Steinbeck's 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath, and a 1940 film adaptation directed by John Ford.

Click on the photo to see the story.