Title

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper..., Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket of water, then cover roots with earth. Person County, Olive Hill, North Carolina].

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A52_077

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 13,6in x 14,4in / 4078 x 4319 (300dpi)

Keywords

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