1939 Vintage Photo of Sharecropper Priming Tobacco in NC

A white sharecropper and wage laborer prime tobacco early in the morning in Granville County, North Carolina, in July 1939. During this time, sharecropping was a common agricultural practice in the South, allowing landowners to farm without owning the land. Tobacco was a significant cash crop, vital to the local economy.

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