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Tobacco Plantation Collection (page 2)

Background imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Father of sharecropper family, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Father of sharecropper family, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acres of tobacco, has a large family. Heard in conversation on his porch, " Land is like folks

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs... Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs... Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs from hens nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs from hens nest... Person County, North Carolina

Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs from hens nest... Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecroppers daughter getting eggs from hens nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Possibly: Negro sharecropper house seen from rear, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Negro sharecropper house seen from rear, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Negro sharecropper house seen from rear. Note pine trees and light sandy soil. Person County, North Carolina]

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Mother of sharecropper family and friend... in the rain, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Mother of sharecropper family and friend... in the rain, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of sharecropper family and friend coming up the road in the rain, bringing home sacks of vegetables from the neighbor place. Person County, North Carolina. Off Highway 144

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Henhouse on Negro tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Henhouse on Negro tobacco farm, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Henhouse on Negro tobacco farm. Note pine trees, road, field. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation 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 Plantation Collection: Tobacco sharecroppers house... Whitfield family, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

Tobacco sharecroppers house... Whitfield family, near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecroppers house. White family. Rural rehabilitation clients. Whitfield family. Near Gordonton, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Tobacco barns on the Stone place, Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tobacco barns on the Stone place, Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco barns on the Stone place. Upchurch, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation 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 imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Building barn for tobacco, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Building barn for tobacco, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building barn for tobacco. Such a barn costs about one hundred dollars, takes approximately one week to build. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Sharecropper with wife and child in their... near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939

Sharecropper with wife and child in their... near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper with wife and child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Background imageTobacco Plantation Collection: Sharecropper near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper with child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina



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