Has been called the most famous photograph in america. Its sort of the Michael Jordan of photographs. Its used in every textbook. When i ask my students what is the visual image you have of the Great Depression of the 1930s, they describe this photograph. Host where was that photograph taken . Guest it was actually taken in california, and its interesting because she was really the main california in the western u. S. During the 1930s depression. And it was taken among people working in a peapicking field. These were migrant farm workers who moved along from field to field, from one agricultural operation to another picking as the crops ripened. But this particular woman had been, and her family and many others, were stuck because there had been an unseasonal freeze. And there wasnt work. The pea crop was destroyed, and they were sitting there with no work and hoping that they would find work at their next stop. Host what year was that photograph taken . Guest that photograph was taken
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