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Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Sharecropper with wife and child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide the tobacco to barn from the field, about quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Single tobacco flower. The tobacco plant is "topped" before it blooms in the field, with exception of a few plants which are saved out for seed. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina

Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works stringing tobacco during the harvest season. Granville County, North Carolina

Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave home through the pine woods after their morning work at the tobacco farm stringing and putting up tobacco. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina

Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction

Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks for workers to string tobacco on. Granville County, North Carolina

Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field. This sharecropper family has six acres in tobacco, their main cash crop

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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south carolina hartsville darlington county tobacco farms sharecroppers the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs tobacco tobacco barn barn six acres cash crop united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression classic photography art photography vendors farmers agriculture nypl
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01/07/1938 - 31/07/1938
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New York Public Library
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south carolina hartsville darlington county tobacco farms sharecroppers the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs tobacco tobacco barn barn six acres cash crop united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression classic photography art photography vendors farmers agriculture nypl