White Angel Breadline

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White Angel Breadline is a famous 1933 photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting unemployed men waiting in a breadline during the Great Depression, emblematic of the era’s hardship and despair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white photograph
photograph
author Dorothea Lange
color black-and-white
copyrightStatus likely copyrighted in some jurisdictions
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Dorothea Lange
creatorNationality American
creatorOccupation photographer
depicts Great Depression
breadline
despair
economic hardship
hunger
poverty
social inequality
unemployed men
depictsSocialIssue charity
economic crisis
hunger relief
unemployment
genre documentary photography
photojournalism
social documentary photography
hasPart man facing away from camera
row of men with hats
signage for free food
soup kitchen counter
hasQuality emblematic of Great Depression hardship
iconic image of American poverty
hasTitleLanguage English
historicalPeriod Great Depression
inception 1933
languageOfWork none
locationOfCreation San Francisco
locationOfDepictedScene California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainSubject breadline
unemployment
urban poverty
medium gelatin silver print
movement New Deal era documentary photography
partOf American social documentary photography canon
Dorothea Lange
surface form: Dorothea Lange’s Great Depression work
publicationDate 1933
significantEvent Great Depression

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Dorothea Lange notableWork White Angel Breadline
Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn notableWork White Angel Breadline