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Topping tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Shoofly, United States

overalls farmer tobacco

Country store on dirt road, Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on right and gasoline pump on the left. The brother of the owner of the store stands in the doorway. Near Gordenton, North Carolina

Gordonton, United States

Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team. Fourth of July, Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill, United States

porch community center

Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. The men in the baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. They are called the Cedargrove Team

Chapel Hill, United States

Women of the congregation of Wheeley's Church on steps with brooms and buckets on annual clean up day. Gordonton, North Carolina

Gordonton, United States

Women assembled at Wheeley's Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, to clean up church and grounds on annual cleaning up day

Gordonton, United States

Wheeley's Church and grounds. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

church or chapel

Congregation entering church. Wheeley's Church. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

church or chapel

The tobacco barn, a distinctive American architectural form. Note tobacco growing in field behind barn. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Construction detail of double log cabin of share tenants. The cowhide was hung there after being dried on a barn to be used as floor covering. Shelf shows churn, also bucket of water in which baby's bottle is kept cool. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

The one-and-a-half story part of this house was built fifty to sixty years ago. The two-story part was built in 1900. Farm is owned by a woman whose husband died seventeen years ago. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works stringing tobacco during the harvest season. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

sun hat tobacco barn

Construction detail of tobacco barn showing method of firing

Granville County, United States

White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

overalls farmer tobacco

Tobacco strung on sticks. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured. Careful check of temperature must be made. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the tobacco has been "put up." Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

overalls farmer

Tobacco people take it easy after their morning's work "putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a "hand's work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

overalls farmer straw hats

Congregation gathers after services to talk. Wheeley's Church, Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

church or chapel

Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Tombstone in a red clay cemetery. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States