The Eight-Year Old Daughter of a Tobacco Farmer

Accession Number
2013/2.152

Title
The Eight-Year Old Daughter of a Tobacco Farmer

Artist(s)
Dorothea Lange

Object Creation Date
1939; printed 1990

Medium & Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
10 in. x 10 in. ( 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm )

Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (407697 - LCUSF34 - 17918

Physical Description
A young girl seated on a wooden porch, hands up to her neck.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
farmers (people in agriculture)
offspring
porches

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