Negroes in bunkhouse in strawberry fields near Hammond, Louisiana; Note crude bunks, straw mattresses, and crowded conditions, April 1939.
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Negroes in bunkhouse in strawberry fields near Hammond, Louisiana; Note crude bunks, straw mattresses, and crowded conditions, April 1939.
Collection
Farm Security Administration Collection
Louisiana.
Russell Lee.
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1939-04
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Farm Security Administration Collection
Subjects
Louisiana
Interiors
African American men
African American agricultural laborers
African Americans -- Social conditions
Hammond (La.)
African Americans -- Louisiana
Bunk beds
Mattresses
Genres
Notes
Content: FSA, LA. 6/14 1/2 4402 (1939)
Physical Description
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b22609769
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6af4d90-c612-012f-48be-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Negroes in bunkhouse in strawberry fields near Hammond, Louisiana; Note crude bunks, straw mattresses, and crowded conditions, April 1939." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6af4d90-c612-012f-48be-58d385a7bc34
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