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Vintage pickup truck on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Vintage pickup truck on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Vintage car from the days of oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles, decorated with a scrawled homage to the town's rich blues heritage, in Clarksdale, a small but vibrant town in Mississippi's Delta region

Vintage car from the days of oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles, decorat...

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

A guitar as a local marker in Tutweiler, Mississippi, on the "Blues Trail" in the state's vibrant Mississippi Delta region

A guitar as a local marker in Tutweiler, Mississippi, on the "Blues Tr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Tutweiler is, however, better known for an episode involving a ragtime piano player, W.C. Handy, who was waiting for a train at the Tu... More

Scene at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Scene at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Converted silos are now funky motel rooms on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted silos are now funky motel rooms on the Hopson Plantation sit...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

This fellow sitting outside Red's Blues Club in Clarksdale, a vibrant music venue in Mississippi's Delta region, not only sports a Red's sweatshirt but is Red himself, Red Paden, owner of what locals call the "Juke Joint"

This fellow sitting outside Red's Blues Club in Clarksdale, a vibrant ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Juke joint (or jook joint) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing (and at least at one time in ... More

Cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Vintage pickup truck on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Vintage pickup truck on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi D...

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

A series of gaudy casinos light up the night in what, in daylight, would appear to be an unremarkable and remote corner of the Mississippi Delta region of northwest Mississippi, near Tunica

A series of gaudy casinos light up the night in what, in daylight, wou...

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

Vintage automobile at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Vintage automobile at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Old fire engine on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Old fire engine on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Vintage car from the days of oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles, decorated with a scrawled homage to the town's rich blues heritage, in Clarksdale, a small but vibrant town in Mississippi's Delta region

Vintage car from the days of oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles, decorat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The shadow in the photo is cast by the photogrpher, Carol M. Highsmith. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms... More

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Guitarist Bill Abel performs at the Hopson Plantation's converted commissary building, now a jazz venue and bar, on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Guitarist Bill Abel performs at the Hopson Plantation's converted comm...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old plantation on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized ... More

Plowed cotton fields, ready for next year's planting, on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Plowed cotton fields, ready for next year's planting, on the Hopson Pl...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Bartender, retired firefighter, and Clarksdale historian Robert Birdsong awaits the crowd at the Hopson Plantation's converted commissary building, now a jazz venue and bar, on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Bartender, retired firefighter, and Clarksdale historian Robert Birdso...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old plantation on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized ... More

Crude farm washing machine on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Crude farm washing machine on the Hopson Plantation site on the outski...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

The Hopson Plantation's converted commissary building, now a jazz venue and bar, full of antique memorabilia, on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

The Hopson Plantation's converted commissary building, now a jazz venu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old plantation on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized ... More

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi D...

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

Scene at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Scene at the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

A series of gaudy casinos light up the night in what, in daylight, would appear to be an unremarkable and remote corner of the Mississippi Delta region of northwest Mississippi, near Tunica

A series of gaudy casinos light up the night in what, in daylight, wou...

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

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi D...

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

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Converted cabin on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More

Assorted memorabilia outside the old commissary building on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region

Assorted memorabilia outside the old commissary building on the Hopson...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An old spread on which cotton was picked by black tenant farmers and mules, Hopson became one of the Old South's first mechanized cott... More