Sujet

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men. Trucks leave at five o'clock in the morning for the Arkansas Delta plantations..

Date

1937

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A50_497

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,3Mo (2,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,4cm / 4960 x 3829 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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