Title

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. [Sack made from hog feed bag].

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A50_233

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,1Mb (1,6Mb) / 13,6in x 14,1in / 4066 x 4221 (300dpi)

Keywords

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