Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tags
Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Location
Olive Hill, 36.42458, -79.04946
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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