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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to strip house. They are tenants and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is a part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina.
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Credit lineUntitled photo, possibly related to: Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to strip house. They are tenants and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is a. 1939-01-01. Wolcott, Marion Post. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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