Dorothea Lange Photographs from 1937
259 photographs taken in 1937, from the Library of Congress archive.
Interior of Negro church of the Mississippi Delta
Mississippi, Mississippi Delta
Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields.…
Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis
Mt. Holly Plantation house, built in 1840, still occupied.…
Washington County, Mississippi, Foote
Looking down Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis
Mississippi Negress hoeing cotton. She was born a slave…
Mississippi
Mississippi Negress hoeing cotton. She was born a slave…
Mississippi
Member of the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi
Hillhouse, Coahoma County, Mississippi
Lumber mill in the piney woods, showing dry stacking. Texas
Texas
Cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson Plantation…
Tennessee
The last truckload of cotton hoers from Memphis bound for…
Tennessee
Approach to the Delta cooperative farm from highway,…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Cottonworker's cabin with outside stairway and loft. Near…
Arkansas, Mississippi County, Blytheville
One of Delta cooperative farmsteads after a year of…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Clarence…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Negro…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the…
Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse,…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Working in the community garden which supplies fresh…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse,…
Mississippi, Hillhouse, Coahoma County