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Antoine-Louis Barye - Mississippi Bear

Antoine-Louis Barye - Mississippi Bear

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Mississippi. Historic map, Library of Congress

Mississippi. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows drainage, counties, townships, roads, railroads, etc. In upper right margin: No. 32. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton in the... More

Southwest Pass, Mississippi Delta: Dredge pipe

Southwest Pass, Mississippi Delta: Dredge pipe

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A group of men standing around a man laying on the ground - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a man laying on the ground - FSA / Offi...

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Negro child on the Mississippi Delta

Negro child on the Mississippi Delta

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A black and white photo of a building, Plantation store. Mississippi Delta

A black and white photo of a building, Plantation store. Mississippi D...

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A black and white photo of three men sitting on a porch, Storefront loafers. Mississippi Delta

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a porch, Storefront lo...

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Negroes hanging around the plantation store. Mississippi Delta

Negroes hanging around the plantation store. Mississippi Delta

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Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

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Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

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

Many cabins of this type are found on the Mississippi Delta

Many cabins of this type are found on the 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

Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used in corn which practically eliminates need for hand labor at chopping season, just as a mechanical picker would eliminate the hand pickers at harvest. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used i...

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Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used in corn which practically eliminates need for hand labor at chopping season, just as a mechanical picker would eliminate the hand pickers at harvest. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used i...

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Plantation cotton cabin (Negro). Mississippi Delta, near Vicksburg

Plantation cotton cabin (Negro). Mississippi Delta, near Vicksburg

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Negro church. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

Negro church. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

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Plantation cotton cabin (Negro). Mississippi Delta, near Vicksburg

Plantation cotton cabin (Negro). Mississippi Delta, near Vicksburg

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Negro church. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

Negro church. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi

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Negro woman carrying her shoes home from church. Mississippi Delta

Negro woman carrying her shoes home from church. Mississippi Delta

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Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

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Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to another. Mississippi Delta

Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to ...

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Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

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School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi Delta

School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi ...

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School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi Delta

School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi ...

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Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

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An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

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White laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

White laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mechanized and these cabins abandoned

Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mech...

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An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

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Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. 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 tractor pioneer of the Mississippi Delta. In 1927 he had 160 colored tenant families working his land, in 1936 he won thirty Farmall tractors and employs thirty families on day labor basis. He says, "Now I can make money. Hours are nothing to us. You can't industrialize farming. We in Mississippi know how to treat our niggers"

A tractor pioneer of the Mississippi Delta. In 1927 he had 160 colored...

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

Cotton hoers on the Mississippi Delta. They worked from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar

Cotton hoers on the Mississippi Delta. They worked from 6 a.m. to 7 p....

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Interior of Negro church of the Mississippi Delta

Interior of Negro church of the Mississippi Delta

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Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta

Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi D...

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Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

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A cotton patch in the Delta area in Mississippi. This area produces 500,000 bales of cotton annually

A cotton patch in the Delta area in Mississippi. This area produces 50...

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Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

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Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

Sharecropper of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

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

Interior of Negro church of the Mississippi Delta

Interior of Negro church of the 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

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

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

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

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Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Abandoned tenant cabin of the 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

Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to another. Mississippi Delta

Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to ...

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Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta

Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi D...

Annotation on original negative jacket: DL. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Cotton hoers on the Mississippi Delta. They worked from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar

Cotton hoers on the Mississippi Delta. They worked from 6 a.m. to 7 p....

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Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mechanized and these cabins abandoned

Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mech...

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 tractor pioneer of the Mississippi Delta. In 1927 he had 160 colored tenant families working his land, in 1936 he won thirty Farmall tractors and employs thirty families on day labor basis. He says, "Now I can make money. Hours are nothing to us. You can't industrialize farming. We in Mississippi know how to treat our niggers"

A tractor pioneer of the Mississippi Delta. In 1927 he had 160 colored...

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

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

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Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

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Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

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Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

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Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and Clarksdale. Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant

Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and...

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

An old photo of a horse and buggy in front of a barn, possibly related to: Wagonloads of cotton going into plantation barn in evening, Marcella, Plantation, Mississippi Delta Mississippi

An old photo of a horse and buggy in front of a barn, possibly related...

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Negro tenant riding boss horse home on Marcella Plantation. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Negro tenant riding boss horse home on Marcella Plantation. Mileston, ...

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

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

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Mexican labor is brought in trucks by a contractor for the duration of the cotton picking season to the Mississippi Delta. This is on the Hopson Plantation

Mexican labor is brought in trucks by a contractor for the duration of...

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Main street on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Main street on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississ...

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International cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

International cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississi...

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Planting oats on plantation after cotton harvest is over, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Planting oats on plantation after cotton harvest is over, Mileston, Mi...

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Negro tenant sitting on sacks of cotton in field, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Negro tenant sitting on sacks of cotton in field, Marcella Plantation,...

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Rust cotton picker, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Rust cotton picker, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississipp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of an old truck and some people, Mississippi. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of a man in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

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

An old photo of a man picking cotton, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

An old photo of a man picking cotton, possibly related to: Tents of Me...

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

Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go on after cotton picking season to get the money cotton pickers have made. Many of the pickers buy new or used cars with their cotton money

Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go...

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

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

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Interior of Negro tenants' home who have lived on Good Hope Plantation for eight years. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Interior of Negro tenants' home who have lived on Good Hope Plantation...

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Mr. Davis, manager of Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Mr. Davis, manager of Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Del...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people picking cotton in a field, possibly related to: Picking cotton, Nugent Plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A group of people picking cotton in a field, possibly related to: Pick...

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 a man in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

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An overflowing cotton house. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

An overflowing cotton house. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, 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 people and a horse, possibly related to: Center of town on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of people and a horse, possibly related to: Ce...

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A group of men standing next to a truck, possibly related to: Day laborers come in cars and trucks to pick cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

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

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

A group of people picking cotton in a field, possibly related to: Day ...

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An old black and white photo of chickens in a cage, possibly related to: International cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

An old black and white photo of chickens in a cage, possibly related t...

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A black and white photo of sacks on a pallet, possibly related to: Sacks of cotton on wagehand's porch. Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of sacks on a pallet, possibly related to: Sac...

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Rust cotton picker in cotton field, Cloverdale Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Rust cotton picker in cotton field, Cloverdale Plantation, Clarksdale,...

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Playing dominoes or cards in front of drug store in center of town in Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Playing dominoes or cards in front of drug store in center of town in ...

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Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mi...

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 horse in front of a train, possibly related to: Cotton house on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a horse in front of a train, possibly relat...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Great Depression FFSA / ...

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Picking cotton. Mileston Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Picking cotton. Mileston Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Miss...

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 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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A black and white photo of a man picking cotton. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man picking cotton. Great Depression FFSA...

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

Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mi...

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

A black and white photo of a train station, possibly related to: Railway station on cotton plantation, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a train station, possibly related to: Railw...

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

Truck with bales of cotton from Hopson Planting Company gin going up highway to warehouse near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Truck with bales of cotton from Hopson Planting Company gin going up h...

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, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wagonload of cotton coming out of the field in the evening. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Wagonload of cotton coming out of the field in the evening. Mileston P...

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

A black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmer...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go on after cotton picking season to get the money cotton pickers have made. Many of the pickers buy new or used cars with their cotton money

Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go...

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International cotton picker, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

International cotton picker, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, 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 couple of men standing next to a tent, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A couple of men standing next to a tent, possibly related to: Tents of...

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 a man cutting cotton, possibly related to: Mexican laborers on wagonload of cotton in field on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a man cutting 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

Tent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought here for the duration of the cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought here for 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

An old black and white photo of a couple of men standing in front of a car, possibly related to: Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go on after cotton picking season to get the money the cotton pickers have made. Many of the pickers buy new or used cars with their cotton money

An old black and white photo of a couple of men standing in front of 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

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 black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: Railway station on cotton plantation, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: Rai...

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 couple of men standing on top of a pile of hay. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A couple of men standing on top of a pile of hay. Great Depression FFS...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truck with bales of cotton from Hopson Planting Company gin going up highway to warehouse near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Truck with bales of cotton from Hopson Planting Company gin going up h...

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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