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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

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A couple of men standing on top of a wall, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A couple of men standing on top of a wall, Mississippi. Farmers during...

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Horses and wagon of Negro standing in the churchyard. Notice the ladder and quilts. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Horses and wagon of Negro standing in the churchyard. Notice the ladde...

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Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers and some were dispossessed tenant farmers now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration). The WPA work is holding many of these former tenant farmers in their communities, but they are all potential migrants. None of these children had ever attended school. The camp was near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers ...

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Children of agricultural day laborers sitting on bench in front of small store near Vian, Oklahoma

Children of agricultural day laborers sitting on bench in front of sma...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

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A group of men standing next to a truck. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of men standing next to a truck. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...

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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

11671-8. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A group of men standing next to a train, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A group of men standing next to a train, possibly related to: Day labo...

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A group of people standing around a truck, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A group of people standing around a truck, possibly related to: Day la...

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A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, Mississip...

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A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

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Child of agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro, Oklahoma. She is sitting on the bedroll. There was no bed in the camp. Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Child of agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro, Oklahoma. She is...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta

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Day laborers picking cotton, near Clarksdale, Miss.

Day laborers picking cotton, near Clarksdale, Miss.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

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Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 acres in this farm. Nine tractors are used

Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck, Tennessee. ...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Clothes of white agricultural day laborers drying on old fence with broken plow in foreground, north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Clothes of white agricultural day laborers drying on old fence with br...

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A group of men standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Admi...

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A black and white photo of a group of men standing on the back of a truck. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a group of men standing on the back of a tr...

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A black and white photo of a group of men standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men standing next to a truck, Te...

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Camp of migrant agricultural day laborers who moved their goods along the road in this push cart. Camp is near Vian, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County

Camp of migrant agricultural day laborers who moved their goods along ...

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Home of white agricultural day laborers north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Home of white agricultural day laborers north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their families are attending a church business meeting, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their fa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Privy of agricultural day laborers living in the Arkansas River bottom near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Privy of agricultural day laborers living in the Arkansas River bottom...

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A black and white photo of a group of men in front of a barn, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a group of men in front of a barn, possibly...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of men loading a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of men loading a truck, Mississippi. Farmers d...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a truck and some people, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a truck and some people, Mississippi. Farme...

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A black and white photo of a group of people riding on the back of a truck, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A black and white photo of a group of people riding on the back of a t...

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Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of men in a field of cotton, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of men in a field of cotton, possibly related ...

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A group of men standing next to a pile of cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men standing next to a pile of cotton, Mississippi. Farmers...

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A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers dur...

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A black and white photo of people picking cotton, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of people picking cotton, possibly related to:...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to be weighed, Marcell...

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Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired day laborers from Greenville, and receive seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, M...

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A group of men sitting in the back of a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men sitting in the back of a truck, Mississippi. Farmers du...

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A group of people picking cotton in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of people picking cotton in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

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Day laborers gambling with their cotton money on Saturday afternoon, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers gambling with their cotton money on Saturday afternoon, M...

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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

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Family of Negro agricultural day laborers sitting on the front proch of their home in Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Family of Negro agricultural day laborers sitting on the front proch o...

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A group of men standing next to a truck Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A group of men standing next to a truck Farmers of Great Depression. D...

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Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their families are attending a church business meeting, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their fa...

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Boy, one of the day laborers bringing sacks of cotton from the field to the truck. Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Boy, one of the day laborers bringing sacks of cotton from the field t...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a truck and a train, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A black and white photo of a truck and a train, possibly related to: D...

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A black and white photo of a group of people walking down a street One of the tens of thousands untitled images from  FSA/OWI

A black and white photo of a group of people walking down a street One...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Children of agricultural day laborers camped by the roadside near Spiro, Oklahoma. There were no beds and no protection from the profusion of flies

Children of agricultural day laborers camped by the roadside near Spir...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss

Might be Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Miss., Sept. 1939. Compare to LC-USF35-156 through USF35-158. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 11671-8. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General i... More

A group of men standing next to an old truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men standing next to an old truck, Mississippi. Farmers dur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a car, possibly related to: Mr. Jones, one of owners of Marcella Plantation, talking to one of day laborers who was picking his cotton, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a car, possib...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Tin cans and glass jars near camp of agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro. Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Tin cans and glass jars near camp of agricultural day laborers camped ...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Home of Negro agricultural day laborers in Arkansas River bottoms. Near Vian, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County

Home of Negro agricultural day laborers in Arkansas River bottoms. Nea...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Mississippi. ...

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Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be ...

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Day laborers bringing bags of cotton from field to be dumped into wagon and taken to the gin near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Day laborers bringing bags of cotton from field to be dumped into wago...

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Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to be weighed, Marcell...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people riding in a truck, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A black and white photo of a group of people riding in a truck, possib...

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A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day laborers come in cars and trucks to pick cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day...

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A group of people walking down a dirt road, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sacks of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A group of people walking down a dirt road, possibly related to: Day l...

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A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Mississippi. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired day laborers from Greenville, and receive seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, M...

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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss

11671-8. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Family of Negro agricultural day laborers eating lunch in string bean field near Muskogee, Oklahoma

Family of Negro agricultural day laborers eating lunch in string bean ...

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A group of men standing next to a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men standing next to a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during G...

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Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired day laborers from Greenville, and receive seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, M...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, possibly related to: Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, possibly rela...

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Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansa...

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Family of migrant agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro, Oklahoma. The man and his wife had farmed in this vicinity for many years. However, they had always been renters. They have found it increasingly difficult to find land and house for rent. They had moved to the river bottom where they were camping out while working in the nearby fields. The mosquitoes were bad. They had to move to higher ground by the roadside.  The entire family--mother, father and six children--had malaria. When the man was asked if there was much malaria among the people, he replied, "Yes, they have always started chillin' and they'll keep achillin' till frost, them that don't die." The father and two children were chopping cotton for a dollar a day. The father said "that as soon as they got a few dollars ahead it came a rain and they spent their money before it was dry enough to work again." They had a car and were going on to California as soon as they had enough money. The woman's sister is living in Bakersfield, California, and they want to get out there. "They ain't doing much, but he's making a living and I ain't making it here."

Family of migrant agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro, Oklahom...

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A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sacks of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of people in a field, possibly related to: Day...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of men working on a pile of cotton, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A group of men working on a pile of cotton, possibly related to: Day l...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 acres in this farm. Nine tractors are used

Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 ...

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Windmill and hog pen and shed on large 4900 acre farm near Ralls, Texas. Path leads through fields from day laborers' homes

Windmill and hog pen and shed on large 4900 acre farm near Ralls, Texa...

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Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 acres in this farm. Nine tractors are used

Homes of day laborers on large farm near Ralls, Texas. There are 4900 ...

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Home of white agricultural day laborers north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Home of white agricultural day laborers north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co...

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A black and white photo of people in a field FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A black and white photo of people in a field FSA/OWI - Farm security a...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers dur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to a truck, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

A group of men standing next to a truck, possibly related to: Day labo...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Day laborers by cotton house after picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers by cotton house after picking cotton on Marcella Plantati...

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men standing next to each other in a field, Mississippi. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to a building, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of men standing next to a building, Mississippi. Farmers durin...

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A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a train, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a tr...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Admi...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spiro (vicinity), Oklahoma. Local agricultural day laborers, potato workers, after a day's work

Spiro (vicinity), Oklahoma. Local agricultural day laborers, potato wo...

File print misnumbered LC-USF33-012263-M3; corrected Feb. 1998. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1... More

Group of agricultural day laborers in the Arkansas River bottoms near Vian. Oklahoma, Sequoyah County

Group of agricultural day laborers in the Arkansas River bottoms near ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired day laborers from Greenville, and receive seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, M...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A family of agricultural day laborers eating dinner after a morning spent in chopping cotton. Though the fare of these people consists of the inexpensive and heavy starches, it is usually well prepared. This tent in which eight people lived was clean and neat. Notice the freshly combed hair of the youngsters. Near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

A family of agricultural day laborers eating dinner after a morning sp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a man and a woman standing next to an elephant, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

An old black and white photo of a man and a woman standing next to an ...

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Day-laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

Day-laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of people in a field, Mississippi. Farmers dur...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, possibly related to: Weighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired day laborers from Greenville, and receive seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, possibly ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of people standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of people standing next to a truck, Tennessee....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Day laborers by cotton house after picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers by cotton house after picking cotton on Marcella Plantati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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