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San Francisco Waterfront, the General Strike

1933
(American, 1895–1965)
America, 20th century
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.1 x 12.1 cm (9 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.5 x 12.5 cm (9 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1989.60
Location: not on view
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Lange operated a successful portrait studio in San Francisco that catered to the city’s elite. Jolted from her comfort by the evidence of massive unemployment, hunger, and homelessness that she saw through her studio window, she began photographing bread lines, labor demonstrations, and strikes—the impact of the Great Depression.
San Francisco Waterfront, the General Strike

San Francisco Waterfront, the General Strike

1933

Dorothea Lange

(American, 1895–1965)
America, 20th century

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