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OriginalWalker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Photographed during Evans' work for Farm Security Administration. This photo became a symbol of the Great Depression.
Reason
Iconic image, that was to become a symbol of the Great Depression. One of the most famous photos by one of the most notable social photographers, Walker Evans. Displayed at the permanent collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. The scan is of good resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Walker Evans, Cleveland Museum of Art, Farm Security Administration, Social realism, 1930s
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Walker Evans (uploaded by MarkSweep)

Promoted File:Allie Mae Burroughs print.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]