As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia

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Title
As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-07
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018709-E
Topics
Tobacco farmers
Georgia -- Douglas
Georgia -- Coffee County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 24114
TMS Object Number: 018709-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 885c1280-940a-0136-6890-7575959cbbaa
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0876640-940c-0136-29e8-083982379af9

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0876640-940c-0136-29e8-083982379af9

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0876640-940c-0136-29e8-083982379af9

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As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money. Douglas, Georgia