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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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sprinkles, a curious car-wash location indeed, that at first glance appears that it could accommodate drive-through vehicles receiving a thorough dousing from hoses and sprinklers but instead, the side view makes it clear that the building itself is (or was) a modest motel with small, side-by-side units

Sprinkles, a curious car-wash location indeed, that at first glance ap...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The car washing must have occurred by hand in the driveway out front. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms p... More