Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting..., near Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting..., near Olive Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

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Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange, attributed to: American: Photographer, artist, photojournalist

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Portrait
  3. Still image

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States North Carolina Person Olive Hill

  1. 36 25 00 N , 079 02 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

Society & Culture Family Life

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4070x4286
File Size : 17,036kb


Aliases

  1. 2017772304
  1. 1010002849
  1. 2-900-156
  1. 2017772304
  1. 2900156

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