Children Eating Watermelon in North Carolina 1939

Children enjoy watermelon on the porch of a rented house in July 1939, six miles north of Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. Taken during a time of economic hardship, this image shows the daily life of millworkers families. The Farm Security Administration documented these living conditions to highlight the realities of rural working-class life.

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