Mission Photograph Album - Negro #1 page 0021

Mission Photograph Album - Negro #1 page 0021

1910-1920s

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Missions

African-American

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H2400 Busy day in the trucking regions. The shortage of cars compelled the
truckmen to wait from 7 in the morning until nightfall before unloading and
getting home. Brookhaven District, Miss.

H2401 Garden truck awaiting shipment. Crates of cabbages and hampers of
beans delayed by the shortage of cars. From one station 120 carloads of
strawberries were shipped to northern markets in a single day. Brookhaven
District, Miss.

H2403 Hauling heavy lumber to market. Brookhaven District, Miss.

H2402 Farm buildings of prosperous negro. In some sections the white
sentiment tolerates the erection of modern and adequate buildings on negro
farms. Brookhaven District, Miss.

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