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Lewis Wickes Hine — Oklahoma Madonna, (Red Cross Drought Service)

Lewis Wickes Hine

Oklahoma Madonna, (Red Cross Drought Service)

1930

Evoking religious iconography, a mother cradles her child during the devastating Dust Bowl drought that displaced countless families.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Oklahoma Madonna, (Red Cross Drought Service), 1930

Evoking religious iconography, a mother cradles her child during the devastating Dust Bowl drought that displaced countless families.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1930
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, American, Documentary Photography, Rural America, Gelatin Silver Print, Portrait, Woman, Compassionate, 1930s, Social Realism

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