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Tobacco Leaves Collection

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. "You don't have to worriate so much and you've got time to raise somp'n to eat." The program to eliminate the risk

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. "You don't have to worriate so much and you've got time to raise somp'n to eat." The program to eliminate the risk

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico, 1942

Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Untitled, 1935-1942. [Woman with tobacco leaves]. Creator: Unknown

Untitled, 1935-1942. [Woman with tobacco leaves]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled, 1935-1942

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Untitled, 1935-1942. [Tobacco plants]. Creator: Unknown

Untitled, 1935-1942. [Tobacco plants]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled, 1935-1942

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: White sharecropper and wage laborer priming... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

White sharecropper and wage laborer priming... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early in the morning. Granville County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Negro tenants... and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Negro tenants... and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children working in the field together topping and suckering tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Owners daughter topping tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants, Granville County, North Carolina

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]

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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]

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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]

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

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]

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro tenants topping and suckering tobacco plants. Granville County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Putting in tobacco after the morning work. Shoofly, North Carolina]

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Topping tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Topping tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Topping tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Putting in tobacco after the morning work, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Putting in tobacco after the morning work. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Putting in tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Putting in tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Putting in tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Possibly: Putting in tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: Putting in tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Putting in tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina]

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Wage laborer topping tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wage laborer topping tobacco, Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wage laborer topping tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves Collection: Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939

Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco... Shoofly, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of tenant farmer hanging up strung tobacco inside the barn. Shoofly, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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 imageTobacco Leaves 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



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