Daughter of a Sharecropper

This photo was taken in Pearson County, North Carolina in 1939.  The photographer's description is as follows: Daughter of white toba...

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Two Boys Smoking

Two boys smoke by a car.  Photo was taken in 1964, at Leatherwood, Kentucky.

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Young Musician at Skyline Farms

A young guitarist tunes his guitar to play at a square dance.  This photo was taken by Ben Shahn in 1937, in Alabama. Read more about t...

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An American Tragedy

This is a series of photos of a depression era family of nine, taken in 1936.  The family lived in an open field on U.S. Route 70 between C...

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Live Fish for Sale

A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana, July, 1940.

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The Juke Joint

Melrose, Louisiana, 1940

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Southern Chain Gang

Circa 1905, location unknown. Source:  Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection.

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