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Okubo022b

drawing: Mine Okubo, Topaz, Utah c 1942 – 1944
Okubo’s caption – “Dogs and cats were common in the center. Most of the dogs were of odd mongrel combinations and had short, sawed-off legs. In a year’s time the number increased to the point that the administration had to compel the licensing of all dogs.”
from Okubo’s book. “Citizen 13660”, University of Washington Press, © 1983

Lange-MigrantMother02

An icon of American photographs, Lange’s “Migrant Mother” was taken during the Depression in 1936. The central figure, Florence Thompson, had just sold the tires of her car to buy food for her seven children.