Rural Collection (#98)

Tobacco field of Negro sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco field of Negro sharecropper. A large field for this area. Tobacco is almost ready for priming. Wake County, North Carolina

Possibly: Owners daughter topping tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Owners daughter topping tobacco. She has a patch of her own of about 1000 hills from which she will be given the proceeds

Possibly: Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants, Granville County, North Carolina
[Untitled, possibly related to: Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants. Granville County, North Carolina]

Home of Negro tenant farmer, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Negro tenant farmer. The right half was built hurriedly after the tornado in 1900 which destroyed all the houses in the section. The last half was built later

Possibly: Conversation among members of congregation, Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, N Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Conversation among members of congregation after services. Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, North Carolina]

Conversation among members of congregation, Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, N Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Conversation among members of congregation after services. Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, North Carolina

Farm boy with his dog as companion ties out cow in pasture... Person County, North Carolina, 1939
Farm boy with his dog as companion ties out cow in pasture bordering the road. Person County, North Carolina

Annual cleansing day at Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Annual cleansing day at Wheeleys Church. Person County, North Carolina

Porch of Negro tenant house, showing household equipment, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Porch of Negro tenant house, showing household equipment. Person County, North Carolina

Grandson of Negro tenant whose father is in the penitentiary, Granville County, North Carolina
Grandson of Negro tenant whose father is in the penitentiary. Granville County, North Carolina

Young farm boys, natives of North Carolina, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farm boys, natives of North Carolina. Person County, North Carolina

Noon time chores of Negro tenant farmer: feeding the pigs, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Noon time chores of Negro tenant farmer: feeding the pigs. Granville County, North Carolina

Substantial looking tobacco farm, Person county, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Substantial looking tobacco farm. Note galvanized imitation shingle roof. Person county, North Carolina

Porch of Negro tenant house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Porch of Negro tenant house, showing household equipment. Person County, North Carolina

Tombstone in a red clay Negro cemetery, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tombstone in a red clay Negro cemetery. Person County, North Carolina

Gathering of congregation after church... Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Gathering of congregation after church services. Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina

Congregation gathers in groups... Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Congregation gathers in groups to talk after services are over. Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire which is curing the tobacco in the barn. Granville County, North Carolina

Families stringing tobacco brought in... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper... tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a " hands work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina

Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the tobacco has been " put up." Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Tobacco people take it easy... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Possibly: Eight year old daughter who helps... tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina]

Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina

Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured. Careful check of temperature must be made. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Tobacco strung on sticks. Granville County, North Carolina]

Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco strung on sticks. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Stringing tobacco. Note " horses" for holding the sticks while stringing. Granville County, North Carolina]

Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stringing tobacco. Note " horses" for holding the sticks while stringing. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks for workers to string tobacco on. Granville County, North Carolina]

Churchyard on annual cleaning up day, Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Churchyard on annual cleaning up day, Wheeleys Church, Person County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina]

Possibly: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina]

White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming... Granville County, North Carolina
White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Negro 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 Lange
Women 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 Lange
Wife 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 Lange
Wives 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, 1939
The 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 Lange
Story-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, 1939
Construction 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 Lange
Tobacco 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 Lange
Double 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

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