Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 260

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) SHARECROPPING & TENANT FARMERS UNION Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. Fourteen photographs of tenant farmer and sharecroppers (3-1/2 x 5 inches) mounted on a sheet of cardstock from an old scrap book seven bear inked captions identifying the subjects; while affixed to the page, all seem to be in very good condition. Mississippi, Arkansas, circa 1934-1939
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a valuable visual record of the terribly poor black farmers during the great depression A number of these photos identify important figures in the movement. John F. Hynds' name appears at the bottom of one side of this album page. Hynds was the organizer of St Francis County's 4500 members. A number of pages of basic research accompanies this lot.