Negro plowing corn, on dirt road from Highway 144, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Negro plowing corn, on dirt road from Highway 144, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

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Negro plowing corn. He is a tenant; raises mainly tobacco; has lived here for four years. The cornfield is grassy and poor. On dirt road from Highway 144. Person County, North Carolina. He is saying "You ain't looking for money, is you?" Person County, 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

  1. 36 23 00 N , 078 58 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4067x4300
File Size : 17,079kb


Aliases

  1. 2017772315
  1. 1010002856
  1. 2-900-163
  1. 2017772315
  1. 2900163

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