http://www.metafilter.com/tags/dorothealange Posts tagged with 'dorothealange' at MetaFilter. Sat, 26 May 2007 13:51:17 -0800 Sat, 26 May 2007 13:51:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61531/Migrant%2DMother <a href="http://www.newtimes-slo.com/archives/cov_stories_2002/cov_01172002.html">Her name is Florence Owens Thompson.</a> In March 1936, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_Security_Administration">FSA</a> photographer <a href="http://www.dorothea-lange.org/Resources/AboutLange.htm">Dorothea Lange</a> took <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MigrantMother.jpg">a series of photos</a> of a 32-year-old woman and her children in a pea pickers' camp outside <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Nipomo,+California&ie=UTF8&ll=35.04251,-120.47659&spn=1.23226,1.980286&z=9&om=1">Nipomo, California</a>, including <a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/199">one of the most famous photos</a> in American history. Mrs. Thompson <a href="http://net.unl.edu/artsFeat/ap_migrantmother.html">talked</a> about the photos in 1979. <small>[more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61531 Sat, 26 May 2007 13:51:17 -0800 depression dorothealange florenceowensthompson florencethompson migrantmother photo kirkaracha http://www.metafilter.com/57533/Oaktown <a href="http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/">At Organic City</a> you can contribute your Oakland stories, or use <a href='http://www.theorganiccity.com/wordpress/read-a-story?number=50 '>their map</a> to find stories around town. And if you're into Oakland history, check out <a href='http://www.oaklandchinatownhistory.org./'>Oakland Chinatown history</a>, go on the <a href='http://www.blackpanthertours.com/tour_map.html;$sessionid$4V30RCAAAAYHNTZENUEZPQWPERWRJPX0'>Black Panther legacy tour</a>, look at <a href='http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/AboutOakland/OaklandHistoryPhotos/Oakland_Hist_Photos.htm'>Oakland history in pictures</a>, or Dorothea Lange's <a href='http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=ft3f59n5wt&chunk.id=omca_732'>negatives</a>, or check out a general view of <a href='http://www.oaklandhistory.com/'>Oakland history</a>. Why should you care? Oakland is a <a href='http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n1_v21/ai_9005557'>microcosm</a> of <a href='http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2000/12/12/malcomson/index.html'>the world</a>. <small> <a href='http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=oakland&vs=www.metafilter.com'>Previously</a>. </small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57533 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:06:04 -0800 blackpanthers chinatown dorothealange history oakland oaklandhistory oaktown serazin