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Story behind the Migrant Mother photograph
April 11, 2007 |

One of America’s most famous photographs will go on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in June, when the new Block building opens. Dorothea Lange’s iconic Depression-era Migrant Mother is part of the massive Hallmark photography collection recently acquired by the Nelson. Jason Kottke has more on the history of that photograph.

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