Mrs. Oakley Stringing Tobacco Granville County NC July 1939

Mrs. Oakley strings tobacco during the harvest season in Granville County, North Carolina, in July 1939. Tenant farming was a common practice in the region, where families worked land owned by others. Tobacco was a significant cash crop, providing income to many rural households and shaping the local economy.

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