Large families are crowded into small homes

Three African Americans share one bed. Large families often crowded into small homes on a typical share-crop cotton plantation.

Publication date: 1937-12-05

Size: 8.8 x 10.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Mississippi County (Ark.)

Subject(s):

• Beds--1930-1940
• Cotton pickers--Arkansas--Mississippi County--1930-1940
• Cotton plantations--Arkansas--Mississippi County--1930-1940
• Families--Arkansas--Mississippi County--1930-1940
• Sleeping--1930-1940
• African Americans--Domestic life--Arkansas--Mississippi--1930-1940
• Poverty--Arkansas--Mississippi County--1930-1940
• Sharecroppers--Arkansas--Mississippi County--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 5, 1937), p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Murchie, Guy, 1907-