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Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Wife of a Mexican sharecropper near Bryan, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of a Mexican sharecropper near Bryan, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of a Mexican sharecropper near Bryan, Texas

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecroppers families gathering needs for their 4th of July celebration... Mississippi, 1936

Sharecroppers families gathering needs for their 4th of July celebration... Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecroppers families gathering needs for their 4th of July celebration, whites and blacks together. Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: At Hill House, Mississippi - He wears the union button, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

At Hill House, Mississippi - He wears the union button, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
At Hill House, Mississippi. He wears the union button

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: President of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

President of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
President of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union at Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
South Carolina sharecropper

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Grandfather of fifty-six children, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grandfather of fifty-six children, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandfather of fifty-six children. Chesnee, South Carolina. He left a 300 acre farm in the North Carolina mountains when his parents died fifty-five years ago

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Evicted Arkansas sharecropper, now building his new home at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

Evicted Arkansas sharecropper, now building his new home at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Evicted Arkansas sharecropper. One of the more active of the union members (Southern Tenant Farmers Union). Now building his new home at Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's wife, Ten miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, 1937

Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's wife, Ten miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, 1937
Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's wife. Ten miles south of Jackson, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Black beads hung between the breasts are good for heart trouble

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Thin dimes around the ankles to prevent headaches

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled

Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas...cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

Ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas...cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas established on Sherwood Eddy's cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas, Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas, Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas. Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi. [J.M. Rees?]

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper. Hall County, Texas

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: West Texas tenant farmer's wife, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

West Texas tenant farmer's wife, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West Texas tenant farmer's wife. She has worked on this land with him for twenty years

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of Texas tenant farmer. The wide lands of the Texas Panhandle are typically operated by white tenant farmers, i.e. those who possess teams and tools and some managerial capacity

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Alabama tenant farmer and children, Near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Alabama tenant farmer and children, Near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama tenant farmer and children. Family labor in cotton. Near Anniston, Alabama

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Alabama plow girl, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Alabama plow girl, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama plow girl. Near Eutaw, Alabama

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Farm Security clients during applications for aid under Tenant Purchase Act, Stockton, CA, 1938

Farm Security clients during applications for aid under Tenant Purchase Act, Stockton, CA, 1938
Farm Security clients during applications for aid under Tenant Purchase Act. Stockton, California

Background imageTenant Farmer 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 imageTenant Farmer Collection: Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on the desert with his wife and four children

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: The sharecropper harvest is over in tobacco, near Tifton, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The sharecropper harvest is over in tobacco, near Tifton, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Tifton, Georgia. The sharecropper harvest is over in tobacco

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches...tobacco auction, near Douglas, Georgia, 1938

Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches...tobacco auction, near Douglas, Georgia, 1938
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction]

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938

South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction. Note tobacco sheets in which he brought tobacco from the farm

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938

South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction. In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida

Background imageTenant Farmer Collection: South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers. Fords are beginning to appear among the tobacco sharecroppers. They can bring the crop to the auction at the warehouse



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