Mother teaching children in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana. Photo by Rusell Lee, 1939
This preserved scene shows An African American woman points at the number 7 in a home-made number and alphabet chart while two young children sit in chairs facing the chart. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Mother teaching children in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana. Photo by Rusell Lee, 1939
This preserved scene shows An African American woman points at the number 7 in a home-made number and alphabet chart while two young children sit in chairs facing the chart. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Mother teaching children in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana. Photo by Rusell Lee, 1939
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
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