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Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plantation where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

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Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plantation where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

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01/01/1940
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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coahoma county
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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

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