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Walker Evans picture of Allie Mae Burroughs in 1936 - 1 views

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There are some images that are iconic: meaning that a single image becomes the watch-word for a much wider issue. The image of Allie Mae Burroughs in the summer of 1936 in Hale County, Alabama is one such image. Her young face, aged prematurely by the work, anxiety and hardships of life in the Depression in the Deep South in the 1930′s has come to symbolise the struggle of share-croppers and their families.
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At the end of the cotton and corn season, half the crop was given to the landlord, along with payment for food, fertiliser, seed and medicine. In the year ending 1935, after a years hard toil, the family were $12 in debt. An improvement on 1934, when after another year of toil, the family were $200 in debt. The landlord had the pencil and the book, the education and the power to manipulate if he chose. There was a cycle of poverty that was akin to a revolving door. There was no way out.
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Evans took 4 images of Allie Mae one Sunday afternoon in August 1936, against the backdrop of the roughly hewn clapper board cabin. Each image is slightly different: the pose remains almost the same, but the pursed lips, the furrowed brow and the tilt of the head, show a mounting discomfort at her image being recorded. At the age of 27, she should have been in the prime of health, but with a hard life, no money and four children to feed and the wider anxiety of their condition, she had aged quickly.
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Even though she may fear being no beauty, she has a classical pose; and to me at least has the same psychological ambiguity as the Mona Lisa. Like the Mona Lisa, you would love to know what she is really thinking.
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David McLellan on 04 Oct 13

This page provides a little of the back story of Allie Mae Burroughs, who became the subject of a depression era iconic portrait by Walker Evans. The image was taken as a series of four, all very similar in pose, expression and tone. This page explained briefly on their lives as depression era sharecroppers with no real opportunity to advance from this life of hard work and poverty. Interestingly enough, Allie Mae is compared to the Mona Lisa, in their absence of expression and hiding of thought.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This page provides a little of the back story of Allie Mae Burroughs, who became the subject of a depression era iconic portrait by Walker Evans. The image was taken as a series of four, all very similar in pose, expression and tone. This page explained briefly on their lives as depression era sharecroppers with no real opportunity to advance from this life of hard work and poverty. Interestingly enough, Allie Mae is compared to the Mona Lisa, in their absence of expression and hiding of thought.</div>

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The Great Depression . Surviving the Dust Bowl . WGBH American Experience | PBS - 0 views

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Janet Thomas on 02 Oct 13

This pbs.org site focuses on the pbs television series "American Experience". This particular page deals with the Great Depression and goes into detail about the stock market crash which triggered the Depression. It is interesting to read how the "imbalance between the rich and poor" was a primary factor in the stock market crash and how the poor were by far the most affected by it. The piece also talks about how the government intially underestimated the crisis and it took the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to eventually bring about an end to the Depression.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This pbs.org site focuses on the pbs television series "American Experience". This particular page deals with the Great Depression and goes into detail about the stock market crash which triggered the Depression. It is interesting to read how the "imbalance between the rich and poor" was a primary factor in the stock market crash and how the poor were by far the most affected by it. The piece also talks about how the government intially underestimated the crisis and it took the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to eventually bring about an end to the Depression.</div>

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Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama - - 0 views

This site gives information on the actual picture. The picture was taken in 1936 during the great depression. The lady in the picture is a twenty seven your old sharecropper from Alabama. The photo...

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