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Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients, Greene County, Georgia, 1937

Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Farm Security clients during applications for aid... Stockton, California, 1938

Farm Security clients during applications for aid... Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security clients during applications for aid under Tenant Purchase Act. Stockton, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1938

Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1938
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone line. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Home of tenant, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home of tenant, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of tenant, Hillside Farm. Note lathe fence to protect flowers in yard. They have no privy and haul water. Sacks hanging on line are used to haul tobacco to market. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Wife and child of... sharecropper... Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Wife and child of... sharecropper... Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of young sharecropper in cornfield beside house. Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Young sharecropper and his first child, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Young sharecropper and his first child, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young sharecropper and his first child. Hillside Farm. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: White owner topping tobacco plant, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White owner topping tobacco plant, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White owner topping tobacco plant. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Possibly: Young sharecropper and his first child, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina

Possibly: Young sharecropper and his first child, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina
[Untitled, possibly related to: Young sharecropper and his first child. Hillside Farm. Person County, North Carolina]

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Wife and child of young sharecropper... Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Wife and child of young sharecropper... Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of young sharecropper in cornfield beside house. Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Farm machinery drawn under cover of old tobacco barn, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Farm machinery drawn under cover of old tobacco barn, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm machinery drawn under cover of old tobacco barn. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Hillside Farm road leading from sharecroppers house... Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Hillside Farm road leading from sharecroppers house... Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hillside Farm road leading from sharecroppers house back to the public road. Disc harrow rusting in field and tobacco pack house with log " odering house" adjoining

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for... tobacco, Person County, North Carolina

Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for... tobacco, Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for " putting in" the tobacco. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Porch of Negro tenant house, showing household equipment, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Porch of Negro tenant house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming... 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Possibly: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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]

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Story-and-a-half weatherboard house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: 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, 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco barn without front shelter, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Double log cabin of Negro share tenants who raise tobacco, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form, Person County, North Carolina, 1939
The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form. Note tobacco growing in field behind barn. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper... 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Possibly: Negro sharecropper tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

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]

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Negro sharecropper tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Negro sharecropper tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecropper tobacco farm. The path between the house and the well is well worn. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: General view of a hillside farm which faces the road... Person County, North Carolina, 1939

General view of a hillside farm which faces the road... Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
General 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Wood stacked up preliminary to firing the tobacco, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Wood stacked up preliminary to firing the tobacco, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wood stacked up preliminary to firing the tobacco. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco barn near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco barn near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco barn near Gordonton, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina, 1939

Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Possibly: Scarecrow on a newly cleared field with stumps near Roxboro, North Carolina, 1939

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]

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Negro sharecropper house on dirt, near Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Negro sharecropper house on dirt, near Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Negro sharecropper house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Negro sharecropper house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecropper house. " They treat us better here than where we did live. No privy in sight, had to get water from the spring

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco barn with front shelter, Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco barn with front shelter, Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco barn with front shelter. Olive Hill, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Negro plowing corn, off Highway 144, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Negro plowing corn, off Highway 144, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Negro sharecropper house seen from rear, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Negro sharecropper house seen from rear, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecropper house seen from rear. Note pine trees and light sandy soil. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Car belonging to Negro share tenant family, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

Car belonging to Negro share tenant family, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Car 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Porch on Negro share tenant cabin, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Porch on Negro share tenant cabin, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Porch 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Iron pot for heating... in the yard of Negro tobacco farmer, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Iron pot for heating... in the yard of Negro tobacco farmer, Person County, North Carolina, 1939
Iron pot for heating water stands out in the yard of Negro tobacco farmer. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Porch leading to kitchen of sharecropper cabin, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Porch leading to kitchen of sharecropper cabin, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Porch 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

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Sharecropper tobacco barn showing tobacco in field... Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Sharecropper tobacco barn showing tobacco in field... Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper tobacco barn showing tobacco in field across the road Person County, North Carolina. Off Highway 144

Background imageSharecroppers Collection: Tobacco sharecropper child playing, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco sharecropper child playing, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecropper child playing. Note burlap covered playhouse. Person County, North Carolina



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