"Mona Lisa of the Depression"

In Mitchell's text, he refers to an image of a woman as the "Mona Lisa of the Depression". I found this to be very interesting,the effect of combined tranquil and worn features of her appearance displaying a 1920's version of the Mona Lisa. Regarding the section in which this image is found, I also now understand how having images with no text regarding their content could be received as being more powerful and meaningful for a spectator than an image that has its context accompanied by a caption of any sort. When a photo is isolated from any text, it allows a viewer to come to their own conclusions of what is occurring, with no mental strings or attachments to misconstrue or add content to the original image.
 After reading Mitchell's piece, I was also reminded of a personal favorite regarding Depression-era images that I would like to share (and that you have probably already seen).