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Pickers at work

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Image ID

1238049


Item data

Title

Pickers at work

Collection

The plantation South, 1934-1937

Names

Holley, William C. (Author)
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1940
Place: Washington
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 338.1-H (Holley, W. Plantation South)

Subjects

Southern States -- Economic conditions
Sharecropping
African American farmers

Genres

Photographs

Languages

English

Identifiers

Barcode: 3343305899415
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR503947-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11673951
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a3769c0-c621-012f-5e2a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1940

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Pickers at work" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a3769c0-c621-012f-5e2a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Pickers at work Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a3769c0-c621-012f-5e2a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Pickers at work" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a3769c0-c621-012f-5e2a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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