Wife of Tenant Farmer Pulling Turnips Oklahoma 1940

A tenant farmers wife pulls turnips in Creek County, Oklahoma, in February 1940. This image captures the agricultural practices of African Americans during the early 20th century. Tenant farming was common in the South and Midwest as families worked the land for sharecropping income. The FSA/OWI Collection documents rural life and labor during this era.

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