Sujet

Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 am for a day's work on the plantations, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plantations. Wages one dollar a day, one dollar and twenty-five cents on a few plantations. Hoers carry their lunches. They return about 8 p.m. Mississippi.

Date

1937

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A50_126

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 34,7cm x 36,8cm / 4098 x 4347 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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