Gift Ideas from Dorothea Lange

For today's Christmas gift ideas we're turning again to Shorpy and the large collection of Dorothea Lange fine-art prints for sale there. Dorothea Lange was best known for her Depression-era photographs for the Farm Security Administration, which helped humanize the tragedy of the Great Depression. All images are reproduced on museum-quality archival paper and are available in a wide variety of sizes. The Christmas gift ideas below are from the extensive collection of Dorothea Lange photos archived  on Shorpy, so be sure to head over and check them all out if you don't see something here that's of interest.

535-07-5248 and Wife: Oregon, August 1939. "Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note Social Security number tattooed on his arm."

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Dust Bowl Kids: "Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California." November 1936.

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 Migrant Mother: "Destitute pea pickers living in tent in migrant camp. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two." Nipomo, California. February 1936.

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Comments

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My grandmother would most definitely love these pictures! As a matter of fact, I know she already has the Migrant mother photo. I bet she would love the picture of the two kids living in the migratory camp. Those were some hard times from the looks of it.