Vintage 1939 Photo of Girl Topping Tobacco in North Carolina

A young girl works diligently in her tobacco patch in Granville County, North Carolina, in July 1939. At just 13 years old and in the eighth grade, she manages approximately 1,000 hills of tobacco. This image offers a glimpse into the agricultural practices and youth labor prevalent in rural America during the late 1930s.

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