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Sharecropping Collection

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Sharecrop farm, Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecrop farm, Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecrop farm, Gaffney, South Carolina. In 1936 he raised seven bales on thirteen acres, half of which went to his landlord

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga

Background imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping Collection: White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early... Granville County, North Carolina

White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early... Granville County, North Carolina
White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early in the morning. Granville County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Tobacco field of Negro sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping 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 imageSharecropping Collection: Owners daughter topping tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageSharecropping Collection: White sharecropper priming tobacco early in the morning, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

White sharecropper priming tobacco early in the morning, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White sharecropper priming tobacco early in the morning. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper and wage laborer are priming tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Possibly: Colored sharecropper and his children about to leave... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Son of sharecropper... hanging up strung tobacco inside barn, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Son of sharecropper... hanging up strung tobacco inside barn, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of sharecropper and sub tenant hanging up strung tobacco inside barn. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Possibly: Son of sharecropper... hanging up strung tobacco... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Son of sharecropper... hanging up strung tobacco... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Son of sharecropper and sub tenant hanging up strung tobacco inside barn. Shoofly, North Carolina]

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner... Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939

Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner... Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939
Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field... Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939

Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field... Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Son of Negro sharecropper 'worming'tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Son of Negro sharecropper "worming"tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of Negro sharecropper " worming" tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Negro sharecroppers son goes up and down... worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Negro sharecroppers son goes up and down... worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecroppers son goes up and down the long rows worming tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Zollie Lyons and son worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Zollie Lyons and son worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Zollie Lyons and son worming tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Grandchild of Zollie Lyons, tobacco sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Grandchild of Zollie Lyons, tobacco sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandchild of Zollie Lyons, tobacco sharecropper. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns. Note construction of tobacco sleds which have just been repaired by Zollie Lyons

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Possibly: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns. Note construction of tobacco sleds which have just been repaired by Zollie Lyons

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Daughter of Negro sharecropper goes up and... the tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939

Daughter of Negro sharecropper goes up and... the tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of Negro sharecropper goes up and down the rows " worming" the tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Tenant farm rental sign, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Tenant farm rental sign, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Tenant farm rental sign, Alabama. [ Lunch Room - For Rent: One Horse Farms; Two Horse Farms; 1 House & Filling Station; See Mrs Tipton... ]

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Zollie Lyon, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner... Wake County, North Carolina

Zollie Lyon, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner... Wake County, North Carolina
Zollie Lyon, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, with his wife and part of his family. Note dog run. Wake County, North Carolina

Background imageSharecropping Collection: Mr. Whitfield, tobacco sharecropper, with baby on front porch, North Carolina, Person County, 1939

Mr. Whitfield, tobacco sharecropper, with baby on front porch, North Carolina, Person County, 1939
Mr. Whitfield, tobacco sharecropper, with baby on front porch. North Carolina, Person County



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