Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Sharecropper Waits Turn at Smithfield Cotton Gin, 1936

Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C.
 

An unidentified sharecropper and his son wait their turn at the cotton gin in Smithfield, October 1936. This photo was taken by Arthur Rothstein and is part of the U.S. Library of Congress collection. Yale University has recently released a database of 170,000 Depression-era photos:  http://gizmodo.com/yale-just-released-170-000-incredible-photos-of-depress-1734717547?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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