Southern U.S., Mississippi? (LOC)

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

Southern U.S., Mississippi?

ca. 1940

1 slide : color.

Notes:
 Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photograph shows truck transporting people who might be farm workers.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
 African Americans
Trucks
Agricultural laborers
United States--Mississippi
United States--Southern states

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-8 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34330

Call Number: LC-USF35-105

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    Olly C, space.riot, lawren jesse, belasco, and 71 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Barry L. Atkins (60 months ago | reply)

    Just doesn't look like Mississippi to me. Maybe Florida? I'm looking at the grass and the trees and also the clothing. If it is Mississippi, it is probably southern Mississippi. I'm from Mississippi by the way.

  3. savannahnole (60 months ago | reply)

    The trees appear to be Norfolk / Australian pines, which are common (but non-native) to south Florida.

  4. candice quates (60 months ago | reply)

    Looks like South Mississippi, where some of my family is from. Same kind of sandy ground and pines.

  5. /\ \/\/ /\ (55 months ago | reply)

    1940 was < my time. I notice Ms. Marion Post Wolcott photographed in Natchez, Clarksdale, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky so the government department might have it wrong. I was raised near Greenville and worked in the fields with the agricultural black folk. They dressed better in the 1960s than in WW2.. The trees are bending in the wind so I cannot ID them. They aren't red cedar or anything common here. If it was near the coast the gravel would be oyster shells (say if it was Stone or George County).

  6. carphoto (48 months ago | reply)

    The truck is a 34-36 International flatbed.

  7. The Library of Congress (48 months ago | reply)

    carphoto and fiat128: thanks for your identification of the truck. We will update the information and reload the description.

  8. LW Rats (46 months ago | reply)

    They look like Australian pines to me

  9. davidzapparoli (38 months ago | reply)

    I cant believe how wonderful the quality of these images are. If it weren't for the old model cars and trucks--I'd think they were taken today. A bit eerie because I see the faces of people I feel I know.

  10. SOAPGoodsCreative (10 months ago | reply)

    beautiful. almost looks editorial.

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