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Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Lange, Dorothea

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Title
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-07
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018701-E c.2
Topics
Georgia -- Douglas
Georgia -- Coffee County
Sharecroppers
Tobacco
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: Caption continues: ...In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida after cotton or tobacco harvest to work in fruits or vegetables.
Content: FSA Collection contains three copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 24110
TMS Object Number: 018701-E c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7e00e220-940a-0136-5fc3-4d2eb7255e92
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c83bd50-940c-0136-4004-251755fb2766

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c83bd50-940c-0136-4004-251755fb2766

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c83bd50-940c-0136-4004-251755fb2766

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Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction