Cotton Pickers Waiting for Payment Lake Dick Arkansas 1938

Day laborers and cotton pickers gather at Lake Dick, Arkansas, in September 1938 to receive payment after a long workday. This image from the Farm Security Administration provides insight into the labor conditions faced by workers in the cotton industry during the late 1930s. Arkansas played a significant role in the cotton economy of the southern United States.

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