Daughter of Sharecropper on Porch New Madrid County 1938

A daughter of a sharecropper sits on the porch steps of a rural home in New Madrid County, Missouri. Taken in May 1938, this image documents the lives of farming families during the Great Depression. Sharecropping was a common practice in the South, where families cultivated land in exchange for a portion of the crops.

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