Children of Mississippi Sharecropper May 1938

Children of sharecroppers play in a rural setting in the Mississippi River region of Missouri. Taken in May 1938, this image by Russell Lee illustrates the lives of farming families during the Great Depression. It is part of the FSA/OWI Collection, which documents everyday life and agricultural practices in that era.

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