Posted on 12/03/2008 10:08:34 AM PST by JimSEA
MODESTO, California (CNN) -- The photograph became an icon of the Great Depression: a migrant mother with her children burying their faces in her shoulder. Katherine McIntosh was 4 years old when the photo was snapped. She said it brought shame -- and determination -- to her family.article here
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My Dad also was a Montana Slim fan. He was a Lake County (OR) cowboy who went mining during the depression. His favorite song was STRAWBERRY ROAN
Katherine McIntosh holds the photograph taken with her mother in 1936.
The photo is best known as "Migrant Mother." "It was to help the people in the plight that we were all in."
McIntosh says the photo helped motivate her to "make sure I never lived like that again."
ping..
Just saw that picture this morning.
Am I the only one who thinks that even with the dirt, the stress and sadness, that her mother was stunningly beautiful?
A true American success story. They lived hard times that young people today can’t begin to understand. Yet, they persevered and improved their lot in life.
Kinda like Patricia Neale in “Hud”.
My grandmother did this with my aunts and uncles too. Then to my mother as my aunts and uncles picked cotton along with them. Then they would go home and tend to the garden that fed them.
And shame on CNN for the headline “We were ashamed.”
THAT IS NOT THE POINT AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mom...is that you?
You're ABSOLUTELY correct. They did it themselves. They didn't sit on their bums waiting for the government to help them. They did something about it. And, even if they failed, they tried.
There's a hell of a lesson there, boys & girls.
It’s part of the modern secular-progressive mentality - people should be ashamed of hard work and hard times.
Nobody welcomes poverty, but going through it IS truly a character changing experience. The most exemplary people I know lived them, for at least a short time.
I’ve seen women all over the world work in the fields like this, with children in tow.
This is what makes me angry when people suggest that a “working mother” is a relatively new thing. It’s not, it’s as old as the hills.
The vast majority of women throughout the ages have worked to support their families, in good times and bad.
And yes, the mother in the photo is beautiful. She’s beautiful because she’s genuine ... she’s the real deal.
No. It's a great shot of a beautiful woman.
I don’t know but looks like a raw boned Okie to me.
I’ve seen the picture before. I don’t see any reason it would bring shame to anyone. They worked hard and took care of their own. I would think shame would be on those who sit around with their hands out.
I agree. A beautiful woman indeed.
It is a picture of the strength of the American people.
Bush’s Fault?
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