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I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, tenant living on a small farm seven miles out of town. Farm labor in this section, until 1940, received from sixty cents to one dollar a day, working from sunup to sundown. He works as a carpenter or common laborer. Childersburg, Alabama

I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, t...

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Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek. This boy, Irvan Stevans, and the other (see 828) were the only whites working with a large number of negroes that day, and bad language was abundant. Says he works from "sunup to sundown" and has been working 3 summers. [On card with captions for both #827 and #828: Norris Lovitt. Been picking for 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, Md. (See 827 and label). July 8, 1909.]  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek....

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I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, tenant living on a small farm seven miles out of town. Farm labor in this section, until 1940, received from sixty cents to one dollar a day, working from sunup to sundown. He works as a carpenter or common laborer. Childersburg, Alabama

I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, t...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.