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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

Orange County, United States

Corner of kitchen in tobacco sharecropper's home. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Tobacco sharecropper. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

overalls farmer fedora

Zollie Lyon, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, with his wife and part of his family. Note dog run. Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County, United States

"Social Justice," founded by Father Coughlin, sold on important street corners and intersections. New York City

New York, United States

42nd Street and Madison Avenue. Street hawker selling Consumer's Bureau Guide. New York City

New York, United States

42nd Street and Madison Avenue. Street hawker selling Consumer's Bureau Guide. New York City

New York, United States

New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

New York, United States

Two tobacco tenant mothers (related) with part of their children. Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County, United States

Ferry boats still make train connections which transports passengers in and out of New York City

New York, United States

Ferry boats still transport some of the traffic between New York City and Jersey

New York, United States

Tenant farmer and friend. Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County, United States

Tenant farmer. Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County, United States

Chatham County farmers in town on Saturday afternoon. Pittsboro, North Carolina

Pittsboro, United States

Main street, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Pittsboro, United States

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

Chatham County, United States

Son of sharecropper "worming" tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County, United States

newsboy cap tobacco

Sharecropper with wife and child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill, United States

Zollie Lyons, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five

Upchurch, United States

Native of North Carolina. Sunbonnet, and homemade old-fashioned knit gloves. This woman is a member of Wheeley Church congregation. Near Gordonton, North Carolina

Gordonton, United States

Wage laborer topping tobacco. Shoofly, North Carolina

Shoofly, United States

Tobacco sharecropper's daughter getting eggs from hen's nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acres of tobacco, has a large family. Heard in conversation on his porch, "Land is like folks. It gets tired and needs a rest." Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States

Porch leading to kitchen of sharecropper cabin. They have been putting up strawberries. The sack which hangs on the side wall was used as a strainer Person County, North Carolina

Person County, United States