1936 Tenant Farmer and Children Cotton Farming Alabama

In June 1936, a tenant farmer and children work in a cotton field near Anniston, Alabama, in Calhoun County. This scene reflects the sharecropping system that defined agricultural life in the South. Farming families relied on this system for their livelihoods, which was common in rural America during that era. The image is part of the Federal Security Agency and Office of War Information collections, offering a glimpse into the daily lives of these communities.

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