- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Planting Cotton, 1941
- Creator:
- Delano, Jack
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, LC-USF34-044231-D
- Date of Original:
- 1941-05-01
- Subject:
- Agriculture--Georgia--Heard County
Cotton--Georgia--Heard County
Donkeys--Georgia--Heard County
Wheelbarrows--Georgia--Heard County
Farmers--Georgia--Heard County
African American farmers--Georgia--Heard County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Heard County, 33.29703, -85.12827
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A Heard County farmer plants cotton in 1941. The photographer, Jack Delano, worked under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration documenting farm families in Georgia.
This image shows two Heard County, Georgia farmers planting cotton in 1941. Each man stands behind a donkey that pulls a small wooden wheelbarrow. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/great-depression/m-10714/
- 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
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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