The Portrait of Mary Ann Savage Was Made in 1931. She Died Five Years Later. Many Years Later, in 1953, Her Gravestone Was Photographed As It Stood in the Village Graveyard. Her Son, at Age 85, Recalled: "She Helped Build This Mormon Village in the Wilder

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

Date

1953, printed after 1953
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 11 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.
Mount: 11 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.r.initialed and dated in ink: D. L 1953
Mount Verso:
c. [labels]: Neg. \ #53300 \ #7a \ of the \ Series
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1965.172.13
Copyright

© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor

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Location: Off view

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