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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

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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

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Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1939

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Contributors

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

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Location

Orange Grove, 35.97597, -79.19390

Google Map of 35.9759738, -79.1939035

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Library of Congress

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html