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Billy, four year old son of Mrs. Compton, with stick of tobacco. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina

Mrs. Compton and her four year old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to the strip house. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina

Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to strip house. They are tenants and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is a part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina. See captions 52055-D and 52080-D. See general notes on subregion. September 28, 1939. Number four

Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to strip house. They are tenants and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is a part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina. See captions 52055-D and 52080-D. See general notes on subregion. September 28, 1939. Number four

The Compton family taking sticks of tobacco out of the barn to the strip house. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina

Two women standing in front of a log cabin, possibly related to: Mrs. Compton and her four year old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to the strip house. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina

Compton, Negro sharecropper and his wife stripping and grading tobacco. He has a Negro landlord who lives in Mebane, part of a very prosperous Negro settlement. Near Carr, North Carolina. See general notes on subregion, Sept. 28, 1939, number four

Billy, son of Negro sharecropper Compton, taking off tobacco for grading and stripping in strip house. Near Carr, North Carolina

The Compton family taking sticks of tobacco out of the barn to the strip house. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina

Billy, four year old son of Mrs. Compton, with stick of tobacco. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina

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01/01/1939
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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