Title

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper..., Olive Hill, 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 dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket then cover the roots with earth. Olive Hill, North Carolina].

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A52_144

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 13,7in x 14,6in / 4105 x 4373 (300dpi)

Keywords

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