"Cherished customer." Negro buying gas, near Atlanta, Georgia, June 1939
A portable cane mill. The owner gets every sixth gallon for making the sorghum syrup. This is on the property of a Negro owner, Wess Cris, a tobacco farm of about 165 acres in a prosperous Negro settlement near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina. September 1939
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Bohemian miners (coal loaders) unemployed since mechanization of
mines. Jere, West Virginia. They live together in one house with a woman
housekeeper. All on relief. Spend most of their time fighting about
politics. Call their dog "Hitler" because he's so mean and nasty. To the
left is an outdoor oven for baking bread. September 1938
Carrying home groceries and supplies across
the swinging bridge, Breathitt County, Jackson, Kentucky, 1940
Children shining shoes on street corner, Hartford, Connecticut, May-June 1941
Children's favorite playground, around coal mine tipples.
Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia, September 1938
Farmer who comes to town on Saturday afternoon to sell
his chickens from door to door. Greene County, Georgia, Spring 1939
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Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers and families, Charleston, West Virginia, September 1938
Juice from sugarcane being poured into barrel. It is cooked in vat or still,
into sorghum molasses. Racine, West Virginia, September 1938
Kewpie doll bathing girls for sale along main highway
near Charleston, West Virginia, September 1938
Beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing.
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