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Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide the tobacco to barn from the field, about quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Noon time chores of tenant farmer: feeding the pigs. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Conversation among members of congregation after services. Wheeley's Church, Gordonton, North Carolina

Gordonton, United States

Millworker's children eating watermelon on porch of rented house. Six miles north of Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina

Roxboro, United States

Oxford, North Carolina. Small agricultural center. Note everpresent Confederate monument, and calf in a two horse wagon

Oxford, United States

Wife and five month old baby of young tobacco sharecropper (Mr. Taylor) in window of their home. She is seventeen years old. On the following day she helped "put in" tobacco at the farm. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Millworker's home six miles north of Roxboro, North Carolina. Person County, North Carolina

Roxboro, United States

Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. Note everpresent Confederate monument in town center

Oxford, United States

Sons of tenant farmer go off visiting on Saturday afternoon. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Noontime. Son and grandson of tenant farmer bring in the mules to water at noon. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Noontime chores: feeding chickens on tenant farm. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Noontime chores. Mules are brought in from the field and watered at well across the road from the house. Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County, United States

Log home of rural non-farm family. Father works in a chair making factory. Orange County, North Carolina

Orange County, United States

Daughter of tenant churning butter. Randolph County, North Carolina

Randolph County, United States

Appliqued embroideries for sale on street in front of ten cent store. Saturday afternoon. Siler City, North Carolina

Siler City, United States

Father crippled with rheumatism. When well he works in a chair making factory. Orange County, North Carolina

Orange County, United States

tenant topping tobacco. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Wife and child of young sharecropper in cornfield beside house. Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Young sharecropper and his first child. Hillside Farm. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Railroad yards, Kearney, Nebraska. Overland train passengers go back to their cars after ten minute train stop on trip between San Francisco and Chicago

Kearney, United States

Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California

Merced, United States