Cotton hoers on the Mississippi Delta. They worked from 6 a.m. to 7 p....
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Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mech...
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A tractor pioneer of the Mississippi Delta. In 1927 he had 160 colored...
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Mississippi Delta, on Mississippi Highway No. 1 between Greenville and...
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Post office and offices of Delta and Pine Company cotton plantation, S...
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Saturday afternoon on main street of Lexington, Mississippi Delta, Mis...
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Spindles of rust cotton picker on Cloverdale Plantation, Clarksdale, M...
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A black and white photo of men working in a cotton field, Mississippi....
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Selling apples on main street on Saturday afternoon, Lexington, Missis...
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A typical plantation home. Mississippi Delta. Mississippi
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A black and white photo of two men picking cotton, possibly related to...
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An old photo of a man and a woman on a wagon, Mississippi. Farmers dur...
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A black and white photo of a group of men standing in front of a barn,...
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A black and white photo of a farmer on a tractor, Mississippi. Farmers...
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A black and white photo of an old truck and a tent, Mississippi. Farme...
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Riding boss checking off cotton brought in by pickers, Marcella Planta...
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Negro school, Marcella Plantation. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Missis...
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Cotton on the way to the gin. At right it is being taken out of the co...
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A black and white photo of a group of children, Mississippi. Farmers d...
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Blowing cotton seed from gin into freight cars for shipment to cotton ...
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Day laborers coming out of cotton field, Mileston Plantation, Mileston...
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Hopson Planting Company, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse drawn wagon ...
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Day laborers carrying sacks of cotton from field to cotton house to be...
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A black and white photo of people in a truck, Mississippi. Farmers dur...
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A black and white photo of a cow in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...
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Railway station, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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Mexicans, seasonal labor, contracted for by planters, emptying bags of...
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Saturday night juke joint outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta
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City jail, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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One of the tenant's houses with sweet potatoes and cotton on the porch...
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The business manager on Marcella Plantation paying off one of the tena...
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Center of town on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Miss...
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Negro farmer unsatisfied with price offered him by one cotton buyer ta...
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A black and white photo of a man sitting on a porch, Mississippi. Farm...
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A black and white photo of a man sitting on top of a dump truck, Missi...
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A black and white photo of two men loading hay, Mississippi. Farmers d...
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Gin of Hopson Planting Company, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississ...
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Livestock on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Missi...
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Saturday afternoon, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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Old bell on Clover Hill cotton plantation, near Clarksdale. Mississipp...
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Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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In the Mississippi Delta the land is so valuable that cotton is plante...
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Mules are taken into the yard for a couple of hours at noon during mid...
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King and Anderson Plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississip...
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King and Anderson Plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississip...
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"Gateway to the Blues" sign at the visitor center in Tunica, one of th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Cotton field near the settlement of Hollywood, Mississippi, below the ...
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Vintage car from the days of oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles, decorat...
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Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, ...
Photograph shows side of Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
A black and white photo of three men sitting on a porch, Storefront lo...
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Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta
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International cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississi...
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Rust cotton picker, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississipp...
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A black and white photo of an old truck and some people, Mississippi. ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
An old photo of a man picking cotton, possibly related to: Tents of Me...
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Day laborers carrying sacks of cotton from field to cotton house to be...
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Mr. Davis, manager of Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Del...
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A group of people picking cotton in a field, possibly related to: Pick...
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A black and white photo of a man in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...
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A group of people picking cotton in a field, possibly related to: Day ...
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Rust cotton picker in cotton field, Cloverdale Plantation, Clarksdale,...
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Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mi...
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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Great Depression FFSA / ...
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A black and white photo of a man picking cotton. Great Depression FFSA...
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A black and white photo of a train station, possibly related to: Railw...
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A black and white photo of a group of people, Mississippi. Farmers dur...
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Wagonload of cotton coming out of the field in the evening. Mileston P...
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A black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmer...
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Used car lot, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Big sales go...
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New-type cotton house where cotton is stored in field until enough is ...
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A black and white photo of a tractor in a field, Mississippi. Farmers ...
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Cotton house on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mi...
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Stockbarns with cotton field in foreground. Marcella Plantation, Miles...
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Cotton pickers on Mileston Plantation. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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Saturday afternoon on main street of Lexington, Mississippi Delta, Mis...
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Negro tenant riding boss horse home on Marcella Plantation. Mileston, ...
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Part of cotton gin with wagonloads of cottn waiting in background at D...
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Taking cotton out of the cotton house and putting it on the wagon to b...
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One of tenant families on their porch, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, ...
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An old black and white photo of a couple of men standing in front of a...
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Negro day laborers brought in by truck from nearby towns waiting to be...
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Day laborers who have just been paid off for hoeing cotton on the Hops...
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King and Anderson Plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississip...
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After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cu...
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After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cu...
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Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displac...
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King and Anderson Plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississip...
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King and Anderson Plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississip...
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Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-sum...
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A group of people sitting under a tree, Mississippi. Farmers during Gr...
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Old home and family graveyard on King and Anderson Plantation in cente...
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A group of people standing outside of a building, possibly related to:...
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Corner of the Ground Zero Blues Club in the vibrant Mississippi Delta ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Picking cotton outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mi...
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Emptying cotton seed from wagon to freight that will take it to the co...
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A black and white photo of a group of people, Mississippi. Farmers dur...
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Railway station, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
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Playing dominoes or cards in front of drug store in center of town in ...
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