Agricultural labor
After the Civil War, many African Americans in the South were sharecroppers where the farmer received a portion of the crops as payment from the landlord.
Art of farming
James Cunningham, at age 11, entered into this indenture agreement with Alexander Cunningham to be his apprentice to learn the art of farming. The Freedmen's Bureau...
Building a little house on the prairie
This 1884 document records the sworn statements of Almanzo Wilder that he had built a “12 ft. square frame” house in the Dakota Territory and was cultivating the...
Dryland farmers
This Native American farming family sat for their portrait in front of a dwelling on the Flathead Reservation near Niarada, Montana, on September 16, 1921. They...
Farm family in field
This undated photograph showing a farm family relaxing in a field is part of the vast photographic record of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), established in 1953....
Farmer listens to radio broadcast
This photograph, taken in August 1933, shows a farmer in Clarkston, Utah, listening to a radio broadcast. This image comes from a series of photographs created and...
Following the crops
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Documerica project marked the start of Bill Gillette's work photographing migrant labor and sparked his interest in...