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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Concrete mixing plant. Birmingham, Alabama
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook
An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi
J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas. Hill House, Mississippi
Ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas established on Sherwood Eddy's cooperative experiment at Hill House, Mississippi
One of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas now settled at Hill House, Mississippi
Peach picker. Muscella, Georgia
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louisiana
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louisiana
Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA) and leased to private industry to bring payroll to Brookhaven, Mississippi
Hoe culture in the South. Mississippi
Hoe culture in the South. Mississippi
Hoe culture in the South. Mississippi
girl working in the fields. Mississippi Delta
Old time living on cotton patch near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Old time living on cotton patch near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Old time Mississippi living on a cotton patch near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Georgia peach pickers eating. Muscella, Georgia
Lunchtime for the peach pickers. Muscella, Georgia
Side of a cotton cabin in Georgia
A familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape. "Nests for the martin, to keep the hawks away"
Peach picker's home near Muscella, Georgia "They don't lay nothing by for food. The biggest what they do when they git a little money is chung it over to automobiles"