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Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children working in the field together topping and suckering tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina
Women walking down the road to see a sick neighbor, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWomen walking down the road to see a sick neighbor. Person County, North Carolina
Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works stringing tobacco during the harvest season. Granville County, North Carolina
Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina
Possibly: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange[Untitled, possibly related to: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina]
The one-and-a-half story part of this house was built fifty... Person County, North Carolina, 1939The one-and-a-half story part of this house was built fifty to sixty years ago. The two-story part was built in 1900. Farm is owned by a woman whose husband died seventeen years ago
Story-and-a-half weatherboard house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeStory-and-a-half weatherboard house. Note chinaberry tree, common for shade. Note soil erosion in foreground. Note corner of tobacco field. Person County, North Carolina
Construction detail of double log cabin of Negro share tenants, Person County, North Carolina, 1939Construction detail of double log cabin of Negro share tenants. The cowhide was hung there after being dried on a barn to be used as floor covering
Tobacco barn without front shelter, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTobacco barn without front shelter. The footpath across the field leads to the main house. Person County, North Carolina
Double log cabin of Negro share tenants who raise tobacco, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeDouble log cabin of Negro share tenants who raise tobacco. Family of eight has been on this place six or seven years. Person County, North Carolina
The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form, Person County, North Carolina, 1939The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form. Note tobacco growing in field behind barn. Person County, North Carolina
Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTen year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a " hands work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina
Owners daughter topping tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeOwners daughter topping tobacco. She has a patch of her own of about 1000 hills from which she will be given the proceeds
Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants. Granville County, North Carolina
Possibly: Congregation entering church, Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange[Untitled, possibly related to: Congregation entering church. Wheeleys Church. Person County, North Carolina]
Women assembled at Wheeleys Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWomen assembled at Wheeleys Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, to clean up church and grounds on annual cleaning up day
Women of the congregation of Wheeleys Church on steps... Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWomen of the congregation of Wheeleys Church on steps with brooms and buckets on annual clean up day. Gordonton, North Carolina
Possibly: Negro sharecropper tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange[Untitled, possibly related to: Negro sharecropper tobacco farm. The path between the house and the well is well worn. Person County, North Carolina]
Close up of poor corn, Orange County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeClose up of poor corn. Orange County, North Carolina
Negro sharecropper tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro sharecropper tobacco farm. The path between the house and the well is well worn. Person County, North Carolina
White sharecropper priming tobacco early in the morning, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWhite sharecropper priming tobacco early in the morning. Shoofly, North Carolina
Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeSon of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina
Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper and wage laborer are priming tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina
General view of a hillside farm which faces the road... Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeGeneral view of a hillside farm which faces the road showing owners house, outbuildings, and tobacco field showing erosion. The Negro sharecropper farm is on the other side of this same hill
Small portable sawmill, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeSmall portable sawmill, very typical of the sawmills which are cutting small pine and hardwood growth of the area. Note mill and boiler, sawdust pile
Country store on dirt road, Sunday afternoon, near Gordenton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeCountry store on dirt road, Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on right and gasoline pump on the left. The brother of the owner of the store stands in the doorway. Near Gordenton, North Carolina
Wood stacked up preliminary to firing the tobacco, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeWood stacked up preliminary to firing the tobacco. Person County, North Carolina
Landscape showing farmhouse, outbuildings, and cornfield, Caswell County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLandscape showing farmhouse, outbuildings, and cornfield. The corn is very spotty showing the unevenness of the soil. Note washings thru the fields. Caswell County, North Carolina
Tobacco barn near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTobacco barn near Gordonton, North Carolina
Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeScarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina
Possibly: Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange[Untitled, possibly related to: Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina]
A red clay Negro cemetery, Bethel Hill High School, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeA red clay Negro cemetery. No attempts to lay out crops. The graves in rows with narrow spaces between. This cemetery was a solid space of red clay washed by the rains
Negro sharecropper house on dirt, near Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro sharecropper house on dirt. Dirt log cabin on right is much older than attached frame cabin on left. Both have halfstones. Note dog run and flowering plants in tin can and tubs
Negro sharecropper house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro sharecropper house. " They treat us better here than where we did live. No privy in sight, had to get water from the spring
Possibly: Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange[Untitled, possibly related to: Putting in tobacco after the morning work. Shoofly, North Carolina]
Farmhouse and landscape of Negro tenant family... Near Pittsboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmhouse and landscape of Negro tenant family as seen from the road. Near Pittsboro, North Carolina
Topping tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTopping tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina
Tobacco barn with front shelter, Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeTobacco barn with front shelter. Olive Hill, North Carolina
Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangePutting in tobacco after the morning work. Shoofly, North Carolina
Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeColored 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
Possibly: Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939[Untitled, possibly related to: 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
Negro plowing corn, off Highway 144, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro plowing corn. He is a tenant who raises mainly tobacco, and has lived here for four years. The corn field is grassy and poor. Off Highway 144. Person County, North Carolina
Negro sharecropper house seen from rear, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNegro sharecropper house seen from rear. Note pine trees and light sandy soil. Person County, North Carolina
A new very fancy log bungalow... near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNote on architecture. A new very fancy log bungalow showing influence of tobacco barn construction. Logs are painted black and white. Near Gordonton, North Carolina
Car belonging to Negro share tenant family, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeCar belonging to Negro share tenant family. The mother said they were not running it because they did not have the money to buy tags. " I always say rations and clothes comes before riding
Porch on Negro share tenant cabin, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangePorch on Negro share tenant cabin. A double one. Note the churn, lantern, babys milk, and roof type. The other half of the cabin has a new galvanized metal roof. Near Gordonton, North Carolina
Iron pot for heating... in the yard of Negro tobacco farmer, Person County, North Carolina, 1939Iron pot for heating water stands out in the yard of Negro tobacco farmer. Person County, North Carolina
Porch leading to kitchen of sharecropper cabin, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangePorch leading to kitchen of sharecropper cabin. They have been putting up strawberries. The sack which hangs on the side wall was used as a strainer Person County, North Carolina
