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

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

2-900-203 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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 dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket then cover the roots with earth. 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. 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

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4106x4360
File Size : 17,483kb


Aliases

  1. 2017772372
  1. 1010002900
  1. 2-900-203
  1. 2017772372
  1. 2900203

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