Sujet

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field. This sharecropper family has six acres in tobacco, their main cash crop. They will sell this year's crop for about nine hundred dollars, of which they receive one-half.

Date

1938

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A51_203

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,5Mo (2,0Mo) / 40,3cm x 42,0cm / 4757 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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