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The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi Delta, 1937The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land. Mississippi Delta, Aldridge Plantation
FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm Security Administration (FSA) cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas. All farmers on this project are young Arkansas farmers selected from all parts of the state
Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAldridge Plantation, Mississippi
White and blacks solve problems together, Sherwood Eddy cotton cooperative...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeWhite and blacks solve problems together on the Sherwood Eddy cotton cooperative of Hill House, Mississippi
"Cotton rules the world, ", Hinds County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeHinds County, Mississippi. "Cotton rules the world, " says this sharecropper woman
Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHoe culture in the South. Poor white, North Carolina
North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeNorth Carolina threshing
Tractor on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi. One man and a four-row cultivator does the work of eight men and eight mules under the one man-one mule system which is still common
Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePeach pickers. They earn seventy-five cents a day in the orchards. Muscella, Georgia
Peach pickers being driven to the orchards, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePeach pickers being driven to the orchards. They earn seventy-five cents a day. Muscella, Georgia
A crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton at a dollar a day, 1937A crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton at a dollar a day. Many of these are ex-tenant farmers
Typical cotton picker's shack of the South, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTypical cotton picker's shack of the South. Mississippi
Tractor and integrated four-row cultivator, Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi, 1937Tractor and integrated four-row cultivator, does the work of eight men and eight mules. Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi
Loading cured tobacco for market, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeLoading cured tobacco for market. Georgia
Bound for the wheat harvest, Southwestern Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeBound for the wheat harvest. Southwestern Oklahoma
Peach picker's home near Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePeach picker's home near Muscella, Georgia "They don't lay nothing by for food. The biggest what they do when they git a little money is chung it over to automobiles"
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. [Sack made from hog feed bag]
Lunchtime for the peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeLunchtime for the peach pickers. Muscella, Georgia
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia
Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeGeorgia peach pickers eating. Muscella, Georgia
Ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas...cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeEx-sharecroppers from Arkansas established on Sherwood Eddy's cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi
J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas, Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeJ.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas. Hill House, Mississippi
Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi
An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeAn evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi. [J.M. Rees?]
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook
White laborer of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWhite laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMen cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville
Tractor and operator, Navarro, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor and operator. Navarro, Texas
West Texas tenant farmer's wife, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWest Texas tenant farmer's wife. She has worked on this land with him for twenty years
The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina
West Texas farmer prepares to sow millet, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWest Texas farmer prepares to sow millet
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDust bowl farmers of west Texas in town
Farm hands - threshing day near Durham, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm hands. Threshing day near Durham, North Carolina
Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeAlabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama
Tractor driver on cotton farm near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor driver on cotton farm near Memphis, Texas
A tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeA tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm. He has a wife and two young children. The use of low paid day labor instead of tenant farmers is the rule
Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWife of Texas tenant farmer. The wide lands of the Texas Panhandle are typically operated by white tenant farmers, i.e. those who possess teams and tools and some managerial capacity
Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWife of Texas tenant farmer
Alabama tenant farmer and children, Near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeAlabama tenant farmer and children. Family labor in cotton. Near Anniston, Alabama
Lunchtime for these Georgia peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeLunchtime for these Georgia peach pickers. They earn seventy-five cents a day in the orchards. Muscella, Georgia
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"
Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePlowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily
Alabama plow girl, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeAlabama plow girl. Near Eutaw, Alabama
