African American seasonal cotton workers waiting in hopes of being hired for a day of 'chopping cotton,' field work hoeing out Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-african-american-seasonal-cotton-workers-waiting-in-hopes-of-being-50045160.html
RMCWBN34–African American seasonal cotton workers waiting in hopes of being hired for a day of 'chopping cotton,' field work hoeing out
Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows o . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows of closely spaced plants are chopped out with hoes, leaving them divided into small clumps separated by hoe-width spaces. This work must be done within a certain period of time, and generally every member of the family helps out....shows Harmony's one [African-American] owner and two of his grandsons chopping cotton. The drought this year h Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/harmony-community-putnam-county-georgia-when-the-cotton-is-three-or-four-weeks-old-the-rows-o-scope-and-content-full-caption-reads-as-follows-harmony-community-putnam-county-georgia-when-the-cotton-is-three-or-four-weeks-old-the-rows-of-closely-spaced-plants-are-chopped-out-with-hoes-leaving-them-divided-into-small-clumps-separated-by-hoe-width-spaces-this-work-must-be-done-within-a-certain-period-of-time-and-generally-every-member-of-the-family-helps-outshows-harmonys-one-african-american-owner-and-two-of-his-grandsons-chopping-cotton-the-drought-this-year-h-image261977017.html
RMW662A1–Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows o . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows of closely spaced plants are chopped out with hoes, leaving them divided into small clumps separated by hoe-width spaces. This work must be done within a certain period of time, and generally every member of the family helps out....shows Harmony's one [African-American] owner and two of his grandsons chopping cotton. The drought this year h
Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California. He and his family from Independence, Kansas, have been looking for work chopping cotton. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/merced-vicinity-california-migratory-cotton-picker-on-highway-near-merced-california-he-and-his-family-from-independence-kansas-have-been-looking-for-work-chopping-cotton-image469808224.html
RM2J89H54–Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California. He and his family from Independence, Kansas, have been looking for work chopping cotton.
African-American family, multigenerational, standing in a field and chopping cotton while working as sharecroppers in White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, June, 1941. From the New York Public Library. () Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/african-american-family-multigenerational-standing-in-a-field-and-chopping-cotton-while-working-as-sharecroppers-in-white-plains-greene-county-georgia-june-1941-from-the-new-york-public-library-image242458817.html
RMT2CXKD–African-American family, multigenerational, standing in a field and chopping cotton while working as sharecroppers in White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, June, 1941. From the New York Public Library. ()
African American seasonal cotton workers waiting in hopes of being hired for a day of 'chopping cotton,' field work hoeing out weeds. During the Great Depression, tractors, combined with low cotton prices, created hard times for agricultural workers. June 1938 photo by Dorothea Lange. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-african-american-seasonal-cotton-workers-waiting-in-hopes-of-being-32389926.html
RMBTKDK2–African American seasonal cotton workers waiting in hopes of being hired for a day of 'chopping cotton,' field work hoeing out weeds. During the Great Depression, tractors, combined with low cotton prices, created hard times for agricultural workers. June 1938 photo by Dorothea Lange.
White Plains (vicinity), Georgia. Mrs. Leroy Dunn chopping c Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-white-plains-vicinity-georgia-mrs-leroy-dunn-chopping-c-105336600.html
RMG3ADWC–White Plains (vicinity), Georgia. Mrs. Leroy Dunn chopping c
Black and White Illustration; The Anglo-Saxon Calendar; June; Cutting and Collecting Wood Source; MS Cotton Julius A vi; Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-black-and-white-illustration-the-anglo-saxon-calendar-june-cutting-30786420.html
RMBP2CB0–Black and White Illustration; The Anglo-Saxon Calendar; June; Cutting and Collecting Wood Source; MS Cotton Julius A vi;
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RF2H9T0DG–Blank kitchen apron mockup. 3d illustration isolated on white background
Cotton sharecroppers weeding their small cotton crop in Greene County Georgia. July 1937 photo by Dorothea Lange. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-cotton-sharecroppers-weeding-their-small-cotton-crop-in-greene-county-50027012.html
RMCWAWY0–Cotton sharecroppers weeding their small cotton crop in Greene County Georgia. July 1937 photo by Dorothea Lange.
Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows o . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows of closely spaced plants are chopped out with hoes, leaving them divided into small clumps separated by hoe-width spaces. This work must be done within a certain period of time, and generally every member of the family helps out....shows Harmony's one [African-American] owner and two of his grandsons chopping cotton. The drought this year h Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/harmony-community-putnam-county-georgia-when-the-cotton-is-three-or-four-weeks-old-the-rows-o-scope-and-content-full-caption-reads-as-follows-harmony-community-putnam-county-georgia-when-the-cotton-is-three-or-four-weeks-old-the-rows-of-closely-spaced-plants-are-chopped-out-with-hoes-leaving-them-divided-into-small-clumps-separated-by-hoe-width-spaces-this-work-must-be-done-within-a-certain-period-of-time-and-generally-every-member-of-the-family-helps-outshows-harmonys-one-african-american-owner-and-two-of-his-grandsons-chopping-cotton-the-drought-this-year-h-image259092299.html
RMW1EJTB–Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows o . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia.... When the cotton is three or four weeks old, the rows of closely spaced plants are chopped out with hoes, leaving them divided into small clumps separated by hoe-width spaces. This work must be done within a certain period of time, and generally every member of the family helps out....shows Harmony's one [African-American] owner and two of his grandsons chopping cotton. The drought this year h
In Memphis, Tennessee hundreds of colored laborers congregated near the bridge every morning at daylight in hopes of work chopping cotton on a plantation. They are hauled to and from work on trucks. Reduced cotton acreage has made employment scarce for this class of seasonal labor in all towns. "You can't live the commonest way on six bits a day. Not alone nor no way. A man like me can't get no foothold. It's a mighty tough old go. The people here in the morning are hungry, raggedy, but they don't make no hungry march". Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/in-memphis-tennessee-hundreds-of-colored-laborers-congregated-near-the-bridge-every-morning-at-daylight-in-hopes-of-work-chopping-cotton-on-a-plantation-they-are-hauled-to-and-from-work-on-trucks-reduced-cotton-acreage-has-made-employment-scarce-for-this-class-of-seasonal-labor-in-all-towns-quotyou-cant-live-the-commonest-way-on-six-bits-a-day-not-alone-nor-no-way-a-man-like-me-cant-get-no-foothold-its-a-mighty-tough-old-go-the-people-here-in-the-morning-are-hungry-raggedy-but-they-dont-make-no-hungry-marchquot-image467010124.html
RM2J3P450–In Memphis, Tennessee hundreds of colored laborers congregated near the bridge every morning at daylight in hopes of work chopping cotton on a plantation. They are hauled to and from work on trucks. Reduced cotton acreage has made employment scarce for this class of seasonal labor in all towns. "You can't live the commonest way on six bits a day. Not alone nor no way. A man like me can't get no foothold. It's a mighty tough old go. The people here in the morning are hungry, raggedy, but they don't make no hungry march".
Cotton sharecroppers weeding their small cotton crop in Greene County Georgia. July 1937 photo by Dorothea Lange. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-cotton-sharecroppers-weeding-their-small-cotton-crop-in-greene-county-32389895.html
RMBTKDHY–Cotton sharecroppers weeding their small cotton crop in Greene County Georgia. July 1937 photo by Dorothea Lange.
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RF2H9T13X–Blank kitchen apron mockup. 3d illustration isolated on white background
Ex-slaves, working in a gang on a cotton plantation with a nearby overseer in 1875, ten years after emancipation. Many Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ex-slaves-working-in-a-gang-on-a-cotton-plantation-with-a-nearby-overseer-50045985.html
RMCWBP4H–Ex-slaves, working in a gang on a cotton plantation with a nearby overseer in 1875, ten years after emancipation. Many
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/between-tulare-and-fresno-two-families-originating-from-independence-kansas-on-us-99-started-out-from-fresno-that-morning-for-work-cotton-chopping-image469808437.html
RM2J89HCN–Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping.
Ex-slaves, working in a gang on a cotton plantation with a nearby overseer in 1875, ten years after emancipation. Many ex-slaves preferred the relative independence of share cropping to gang labor, 1897. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ex-slaves-working-in-a-gang-on-a-cotton-plantation-with-a-nearby-overseer-32390681.html
RMBTKEJ1–Ex-slaves, working in a gang on a cotton plantation with a nearby overseer in 1875, ten years after emancipation. Many ex-slaves preferred the relative independence of share cropping to gang labor, 1897.
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RF2H9T0R6–Blank kitchen apron mockup. 3d illustration isolated on white background
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/between-tulare-and-fresno-two-families-originating-from-independence-kansas-on-us-99-started-out-from-fresno-that-morning-for-work-cotton-chopping-image469808500.html
RM2J89HF0–Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping.
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/between-tulare-and-fresno-two-families-originating-from-independence-kansas-on-us-99-started-out-from-fresno-that-morning-for-work-cotton-chopping-image469808538.html
RM2J89HGA–Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping.
Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. Farmer from Independence, Kansas, on the road at cotton chopping time. He and his family have been in California for six months. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/between-tulare-and-fresno-on-us-99-farmer-from-independence-kansas-on-the-road-at-cotton-chopping-time-he-and-his-family-have-been-in-california-for-six-months-image469808510.html
RM2J89HFA–Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. Farmer from Independence, Kansas, on the road at cotton chopping time. He and his family have been in California for six months.
Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used in corn which practically eliminates need for hand labor at chopping season, just as a mechanical picker would eliminate the hand pickers at harvest. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/check-row-planting-of-cotton-a-new-process-which-has-been-long-used-in-corn-which-practically-eliminates-need-for-hand-labor-at-chopping-season-just-as-a-mechanical-picker-would-eliminate-the-hand-pickers-at-harvest-mississippi-delta-near-greenville-mississippi-image467000257.html
RM2J3NKGH–Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used in corn which practically eliminates need for hand labor at chopping season, just as a mechanical picker would eliminate the hand pickers at harvest. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi.
Colored laborers in Memphis, waiting at daylight in hopes of being transported to a cotton plantation for cotton chopping. Memphis, Tennessee. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/colored-laborers-in-memphis-waiting-at-daylight-in-hopes-of-being-transported-to-a-cotton-plantation-for-cotton-chopping-memphis-tennessee-image467010121.html
RM2J3P44W–Colored laborers in Memphis, waiting at daylight in hopes of being transported to a cotton plantation for cotton chopping. Memphis, Tennessee.
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