- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sharecropping Family, Macon County
- Creator:
- Lange, Dorothea
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, LC-USF34-017922-C
- Date of Original:
- 1937-07-01
- Subject:
- Sharecroppers--Georgia--Macon County
Sharecropping--Georgia--Macon County
Family--Georgia--Macon County
Women--Georgia--Macon County
Children--Georgia--Macon County
Girls--Georgia--Macon County
Boys--Georgia--Macon County
Porches--Georgia--Macon County
Poverty--Georgia--Macon County
Dwellings--Georgia--Macon County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Macon County, 32.35839, -84.04248
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Cotton sharecropper family in Macon County, 1937. The Great Depression did not end in Georgia until the United States entered World War II in 1941.
Image of a cotton sharecropper family in Macon County, Georgia, 1937. A woman sits on a porch with four young children, and she holds a crying baby in her lap. The children are barefoot and wear ragged clothing. The Great Depression did not end in Georgia until the United States entered World War II in 1941. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/poor-whites/m-10704/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/great-depression
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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