Texas Gardening: Depression gardens, 1 by Txwillie

Txwillie wrote:
podster, these photos are from a Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) collection found in the National Archives. All images are public domain.

"The insightful and compassionate photographs of Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965) have exerted a profound influence on the development of modern documentary photography. Lange's concern for people, her appreciation of the ordinary, and the striking empathy she showed for her subjects make her unique among photographers of her day."



My mother and father both went West looking for work during the Depression years, so these and many other photos were of great interest to me. Seeing the garden photos made me think that in this day and time of plush lawns, greenhouses, all kinds of nurseries to buy "instant" gardens, etc, that other Texas gardeners might also have an interest in these scenes.



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