Dorothea Lange’s tightly framed picture conveys volumes about American prosperity and urban life after World War II. An important example of her later work, this image demonstrates her extraordinary understanding of the expressiveness of the human figure.
"Cable Car, San Francisco,“ 1956 (negative); c. 1960 (print), by Dorothea Lange © The Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor













