Title

West Texas tenant farmer's wife, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

West Texas tenant farmer's wife. She has worked on this land with him for twenty years.

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A49_477

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,8Mb (1,7Mb) / 13,8in x 14,6in / 4141 x 4371 (300dpi)

Keywords

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