Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

Negro tenant family who barely lives on the earnings of fifty dollars a year. They pay a standing rent. There are five children working; ages from seven to fourteen. The older children cultivating, the younger children hoeing and chopping. Eutaw, AL 1936

FSA

Lange's lengthy title for this image is typical of FSA photographers' descriptive response to the 'shooting scripts' they were given by Roy Stryker.