The graphic laboratory of popular science : picking cotton on a Dixie plantation

Three African American women hand pick cotton on a southern plantation. They wear headscarves & long dresses and have large bags slung over their shoulders. One woman’s clothes are in tatters. Trees are in the background.

Publication date: 1937-12-05

Size: 8.5 x 15.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Southern States

Subject(s):

• Bags--1930-1940
• African American women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Cotton plantations--Southern States--1930-1940
• Cotton pickers--Southern States--1930-1940
• Dresses--Southern States--1930-1940
• Trees--Southern States--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), Graphic Section, p. 10

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg