Sharecropper Family Leaving Tobacco Farm July 1939

A colored sharecropper and his children prepare to leave their home in the pine woods after a morning of work at a tobacco farm in Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina. Taken in July 1939, the image offers insights into sharecropping life and agricultural practices, particularly tobacco stringing, in the late 1930s. This photograph is part of the Farm Security Administration collection, documenting rural American experiences.

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