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Story: Tobacco Farming in Person County, North Carolina, July 1939
36 photos
Wife and child of tobacco sharecropper. The littlest girl comes in from outside for something to eat while mother is doing her housework. The child next to the baby is called in this country the "knee baby". Person County, North Carolina
Corner of kitchen. Home of tobacco sharecropper. Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper ready to return to the field. Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper with his oldest daughter. Person County, North Carolina
Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper tells about his prospects. Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper and his children working on tobacco patch, "topping" and "worming."
Putting in new flues in tobacco barn. The fire burns out the bricks and furnaces have to be replaced every ten or fifteen years. Orange County, North Carolina
Corner of kitchen in tobacco sharecropper's home. Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper. Person County, North Carolina
Piles of wood for firing the tobacco barns and curing the tobacco. These piles are characteristic of the landscape in tobacco country. Chatham County, North Carolina