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Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi. Hoers in groups of two hundred or more are hauled over daily from Greenville

Background imageSouth Collection: Housing for cotton pickers, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for cotton pickers, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for cotton pickers. South Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Tally, Cotton field in South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tally, Cotton field in South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tally. Cotton field in South Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins whose occupants were displaced by power farming. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton weighing, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weighing, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weighing. South Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins whose occupants were displaced by power farming. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: The cotton gin near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The cotton gin near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The cotton gin near Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton weighing near Brownsville, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weighing near Brownsville, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weighing near Brownsville, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton weighing near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weighing near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weighing near Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Loading cotton after weighing, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton after weighing, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton after weighing. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageSouth Collection: Weighing cotton near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing cotton near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing cotton near Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Bales of cotton on gin platform, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Bales of cotton on gin platform, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bales of cotton on gin platform. Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: A cotton patch in the Delta area in Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A cotton patch in the Delta area in Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A cotton patch in the Delta area in Mississippi. This area produces 500, 000 bales of cotton annually

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton bales on gin platform, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton bales on gin platform, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton bales on gin platform. Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Home of Mississippi tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home of Mississippi tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Mississippi tenant farmer

Background imageSouth Collection: Arkansas cafe, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Arkansas cafe, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas cafe. ['Sunset Cafa. A.B. Boyd, prop.']

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton gin, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton gin, Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton gin. Robstown, Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937

Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area which was flooded in the spring of 1937. They escaped in a boat

Background imageSouth Collection: Delta cooperative farms in 1938, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Delta cooperative farms in 1938, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Delta cooperative farms in 1938. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Hoeing cotton, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoeing cotton, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoeing cotton. South Texas

Background imageSouth Collection: Wife of tractor driver on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of tractor driver on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of tractor driver on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Truck loads of cotton hoers going from Memphis, Tennessee into Arkansas, 1937

Truck loads of cotton hoers going from Memphis, Tennessee into Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Truck loads of cotton hoers going from Memphis, Tennessee into Arkansas

Background imageSouth Collection: Son of an illiterate sharecropper, near Earle, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Son of an illiterate sharecropper, near Earle, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of an illiterate sharecropper. He wants a high school education. Near Earle, Arkansas

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 am for a day's work on the plantations, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 am for a day's work on the plantations, Mississippi, 1937
Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plantations. Wages one dollar a day, one dollar and twenty-five cents on a few plantations. Hoers carry their lunches

Background imageSouth Collection: Main street, Drew, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street, Drew, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street. Drew, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Sharecropper's cabin, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper's cabin, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper's cabin. Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton hoer, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoer, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoer. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Sharecropper child near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper child near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper child near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937

Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi. [Towboat: Sanford E. Hutson]

Background imageSouth Collection: One of the farmers at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937

One of the farmers at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the farmers at the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton sharecropper, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper. She was born "two years before the surrender." Mississippi. [General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to Ulysses S

Background imageSouth Collection: Cotton sharecropper, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper. She was born "two years before the surrender." Mississippi. [General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to Ulysses S

Background imageSouth Collection: Wife of Mississippi sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of Mississippi sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of Mississippi sharecropper

Background imageSouth Collection: Newly erected community house at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937

Newly erected community house at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Newly erected community house at the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. This building houses the library, school, clinic and meeting rooms

Background imageSouth Collection: The cooperative store at the Delta cooperative farm near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

The cooperative store at the Delta cooperative farm near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The cooperative store at the Delta cooperative farm near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Sharecropper cabin, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper cabin, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper cabin. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Annie Moore Schwein - Born a slave in south Texas, Corpus Christi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Annie Moore Schwein. Born a slave in south Texas. Corpus Christi

Background imageSouth Collection: These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageSouth Collection: Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Background imageSouth Collection: Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Background imageSouth Collection: Hoers, Aldridge Plantation, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoers, Aldridge Plantation, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton for one dollar a day. Many of these are ex-tenant farmers



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