Title

South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers. Fords are beginning to appear among the tobacco sharecroppers. They can bring the crop to the auction at the warehouse, take flour and groceries back to the farm and even carry the boys to Florida for a season's work in the fruit.

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A51_186

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 15,6in x 16,5in / 4680 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

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