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cotton industry

Sharecropper Negotiating Price of His Cotton with Cotton Broker, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Sharecropper Negotiating Price of His Cotton with Cotton Broker, Clarksdale, Mississippi
ID number: 
85.87.3
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Jack Welpott
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
African-American
Keywords: 
activities agricultural laborers business & finance cotton industry farmers laborers men occupations

Cashiers Paying Off Cotton Pickers, Day Laborers, in Plantation Store, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi

Cashiers Paying Off Cotton Pickers, Day Laborers, in Plantation Store, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi
ID number: 
85.78.1
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939-11
Credit line: 
Gift of Grace Rothstein
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
African-American
Keywords: 
accountants activities agricultural laborers cotton industry cotton plantations employment harvesting laborers men occupations offices plantations wages

Young Boys Waiting in Plantation Store to Be Paid Off for Picking Cotton, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi

Young Boys Waiting in Plantation Store to Be Paid Off for Picking Cotton, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi
ID number: 
83.97.10
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Arthur Rothstein
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
African-American
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers boys child labor children clothing & dress cotton industry cotton plantations employment hats laborers plantations wages

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ID number: 
76.323.1
Maker: 
Lewis W. Hine
Date: 
1911
Credit line: 
Gift of Ansel and Virginia Adams
Copyright: 
Public Domain
Keywords: 
child labor children cotton industry equipment laborers occupations spinning machinery textile industry textile mill workers working class
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