Nipomo, California
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Nipomo is an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 16,714 for the 2010 census and grew to 18,176 for the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, t
Olde Towne Nipomo in 2023.
Dorothea Lange's famed portrait, Migrant Mother, taken in Nipomo in 1936.
Dana Adobe
Capt. Dana Tree at the Dana Adobe.
Migrant Mother
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Migrant Mother is a photograph taken in 1936 in Nipomo, California, by American photographer Dorothea Lange during her time with the Resettlement Administration. The 28.3 by 21.8 cm gelatin silver pri
Nipomo, California
…trees still exist in rows as they were originally planted. Nipomo Mesa is the location of one of the most famous photographs of the Great Depression, Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39 km2), virtually all of it land…
Additional image from Migrant Mother series, from Oakland Museum Collection 01
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty two, 03054
2b (not included by Lange in original sequence)