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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Antonio Martín said:
    Me parece una fantástica foto que documenta una época ... PRECIOSA Saludos cordiales
  • Ann Longmore-Etheridge said:
    It could as easily been 1840 as 1940 in this picture. Not much had changed for the African American.
  • martiniano757@yahoo.com said:
    They wonderful pictures, the last time I pick cotton was in 1965, I spend all of my youth, and my teens years picking cotton, I have a picture taken in1950 of my oldest brother on top of cotton, I'm writing a book of my cotton days, I thing this part of our history, of the Mexican, American cotton pickers, not to much is know about us, from the early forties to the middle of the sixties, those were our golden years, than the cotton machine, kind took over, and the Vietnam War, because it took most our young men to War. I was looking at the cotton sacks, our were made different, we had a four inch strap to protect our shoulder, a wire going half way around the mouth of sack, this way it alway stay open, making much easier to throw the cotton, back inside the sack without looking back. I just made my first cotton, made out of duck Canvas, it nine feet long. Thanks again for all the beauiful pictures, Martin Chapa, El Milero

[African American cotton plantation workers, hired as day la...

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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • successful plot said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Social Documentary Photography & events, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
  • Justin Mcghee said:
    I still cant get over the no shoes thing, honestly blows my mind
  • Kest Schwartzman said:
    I own plenty of shoes- but when I'm visiting my father in the south, I never wear any. Feet are tougher when they aren't always protected. That said- I'm real glad I own shoes- it's good to have options.
  • Justin Mcghee said:
    lol, good luck with that, I'm from Baltimore, but i currently reside in the Atlanta Chattanooga area, which is reffered to as 'The New South,' and hardly see people barefoot anymore, lol, but when i do its kinda like the equivalent of seeing someone wear suspenders without a shirt, or no shirt at all....guess its just one of those things
  • Kest Schwartzman said:
    Yeah, Dad's in central FL- probably "The Old South". And shoes in summer? only if you are also wearing a suit. Then again, I wouldn't think twice about seeing a guy with no shirt :) Suspenders with no shirt would be weird, I agree.