Cotton farming was a major product at the Lake Dick Project in Arkansas but it was hard, grueling and back breaking work as can be seen in these photographs taken by Russell Lee in 1938.
Young children often went to the cotton fields with their parents 
Overseer of Cotton pickers
Day Laborers were hired as cotton pickers on the Lake Dick Project, Arkansas
Some of the Day Labors picking cotton at Lake Dick September 1938
This man lived in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and was paid 75 cents a day for 100 pounds of cotton
This woman is dragging a heavy load of cotton
Day labors, and families return from a long day in the field picking cotton at Lake Dick
As dusk sets, the day laborers wait to be paid.
Click here to Join Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30-Day Free Trial 
and choose from over one million Ebooks to read for FREE!
Three complete historical novels for $14.97! Tapestry of Love Historical Series 2nd edition 2015 –
Court records dating back to the 1630s create historical accuracy as the reader is taken back to the primitive days of colonial Virginia and Maryland where the Pattendens encounter life-changing difficulties with Indians, ducking stools, illness, massacres, death, loneliness, love, and greed.
READER REVIEW OF RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel of Colonial America Book one: The exhilarating action and subplots keep the reader in constant anticipation. It is almost impossible to put the book down until completion. – Dr. Don P. Brandon, Retired Professor, Anderson University
Check out all genealogy books and novels by Donna R. Causey
RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love Book 1): Book 1 in Tapestry of Love Series (Kindle Edition)Causey, Donna R
|
||||||
