White Sharecropper Priming Tobacco North Carolina 1939

A white sharecropper and wage laborer prime tobacco in a field during the early morning hours of July 1939 in Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina. This image documents agricultural labor practices in the southeastern United States. The Farm Security Administration collection provides context on the daily routines and working conditions of tobacco farming.

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