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These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for $1.00 near Clarksdale, Mississippi, June-July 1937.

These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for $1.00 near Clarksdal...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

Josh Taylor, Negro Foreman who has been on place for fifty three years, Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi.

Josh Taylor, Negro Foreman who has been on place for fifty three years...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of cotton gin with wagonloads of cotton waiting in background at Delta and Pineland Company, Scott, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, October 1939.

Part of cotton gin with wagonloads of cotton waiting in background at ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

African American cotton plantation workers, hired as day laborers, walking next to cotton field at Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, August 1940.
Picking and weighing cotton.

Picking and weighing cotton.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Negro day laborers brought in by truck from nearby towns, waiting to be paid off and buy supplies, for cotton picking inside plantation store, Friday night, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, October 1939.

Negro day laborers brought in by truck from nearby towns, waiting to b...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The cotton gin, invented in 1793; A machine which does the work of more than 1,000 men.

The cotton gin, invented in 1793; A machine which does the work of mor...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Weighing up. - A black and white photo of a group of people

Weighing up. - A black and white photo of a group of people

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Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plantations; Wages one dollar a day, one dollar and twenty-five cents on a few plantations; Hoers carry their lunches; They return about 8 p.m. Mississippi.

Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

African American cotton plantation worker, hired as a day laborer, riding a mule and holding down a sack of cotton in the cotton field at Nugent Plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, October 1939.

African American cotton plantation worker, hired as a day laborer, rid...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas. June 1937.

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkan...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

The last truckload of cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson Cotton Plantation in Arkansas, 43 miles distant, June 1937.

The last truckload of cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson C...

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

Wagon load of cotton coming out of the field in the evening, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Oct. 1939

Wagon load of cotton coming out of the field in the evening, Mileston ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory cotton workers.

Migratory cotton workers.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.