that is what she did with florence thompson. there is a series of pictures with the mother and young children behind her. gradually, she gets closer and makes the famous photograph. she said she knew when she made it that was what she needed to accomplish and went back home. this program that roy stryker headed began as part of the resettlement administration. those words, "resettlement administration," did not sit well with the american public. they have wanted to have their own houses, their own piece of ground, and they did not want to have to move and decide what they were going to do for themselves. the resettlement administration was intended to help people in dire straits. but it was politically unpopular. they were accused of being socialists, communists, moving people around. that was not part of the american dream. they had to change direction, stop moving people around, have to change the name of the organization. they went from "resettlement," which implies certain things, to "farm security administration," which imp

that is what she did with florence thompson. there is a series of pictures showing the teenage girl out in front of their tent sitting on a chair. the mother on the younger children behind her. then gradually, she gets closer and closer and makes the famous photograph. she made it,sooner that that is what she needed to accomplish andd went back home. strikergram that roy headed began as part of the resettlement administration, but resettlement administration did not sit well with the public. americans have always wanted to have their own property, their own houses, their own piece of ground. and they do not want to be moved. they want to decide what to do for themselves. this resettlement administration was intended to help people who were in dire straits, but it was politically unpopular. accused of being socialist, communist, moving people around. that was not part of the american dream. so, they had to change direction. they had to stop moving people around. they needed to change the name of the organization and they went fro

so by the edge of the road florence thompson was in a vulnerable situation. that's who dorothea lange photographed. she saw this woman with several small children, a teen-age daughter and some younger children and began work her way up to her. apparently dorothea lange was very good at engaging people in conversation and then just sort of disappearing into the atmosphere. she talked about herself as becoming invisible as she worked. she would very slowly talk to the people about what was happening, what straits they were in, how they fed themselves, that kind of thing and then they would sort of forget about her and she would begin making pictures and that's what she did with florence thompson. there's a series of pictures showing the teen-age girl out in front of their tent sitting on a chair, the mother and the young are children behind her and then gradually she gets closer and closer and makes the famous photograph. and she said she knew as soon as she had made it that that's what she needed to have found and went back home. >>> you're watching american h