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"Damned if we'll work for what they pay folks hereabouts." Crittenden County, Arkansas. Cotton workers on the road, carrying all they possess in the world

"Damned if we'll work for what they pay folks hereabouts." Crittenden County, Arkansas. Cotton workers on the road, carrying all they possess in the world

"Damned if we'll work for what they pay folks hereabouts." Crittenden County, Arkansas. Cotton workers on the road, carrying all they possess in the world

Farm workers, Crittenden County, Arkansas

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every morning during the season, near the Hallan Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, crowds of Negroes in the streets gather and are loaded into trucks by drivers who bid, and offer them anywhere from fifty cents to one dollar per day

"Damned if we'll work for what they pay folks hereabouts." Crittenden County, Arkansas. Cotton workers on the road, carrying all they possess in the world

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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arkansas crittenden county sharecroppers nitrate negatives lot 1660 carl mydans photo we ll work cotton workers ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1936
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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arkansas crittenden county sharecroppers nitrate negatives lot 1660 carl mydans photo we ll work cotton workers ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress