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Net fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. Pass Christian, Mississippi

Pass Christian, United States

Pulp wood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway near Robertsdale, Alabama

Robertsdale, United States

Farmer's daughter in the fields. Farm in Georgia

The landowner's daughter hoes cotton on a south Georgia farm

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst, United States

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Valdosta, United States

Ox team used to haul pulpwood. Mississippi

Turpentine still. Georgia

Cabin in Hancock County, Mississippi

Hancock County, United States

Pulling out the railroad tracks which lead to the closed sawmill. Careyville, Florida

Manager of turpentine still. Georgia

Turpentine still. Georgia

Overseer in the turpentine woods. Georgia

Overseer in the turpentine woods. Georgia

Families are left stranded without means of support when the lumber mill "cuts out." This family lives on a cut-over area. The mill has closed, and the father does WPA (Work Projects Administration) work. Near Kiln, Mississippi

Kiln, United States

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst, United States

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst, United States

The one inhabitant remaining in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town

Public library in the piney woods of southwestern Mississippi

library

Public library in the southwestern section of Mississippi, in the piney woods

library

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama

Macon, United States

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama

Macon, United States

Turpentine worker's camp. Georgia

landowner waiting for the bus. Mississippi