Southeast Missouri Sharecropper Family 1938 Image

A family of a sharecropper sits on the front porch of a modest shack in Southeast Missouri. Taken in May 1938, this image documents daily life in New Madrid County during the agricultural era. Sharecropping was a common practice in the South, allowing families to farm land owned by others in exchange for a portion of the crops.

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