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November 1939. "Negroes cut each other's hair in front of plantation store after being paid off on Saturday. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Fifteen years in the future in 1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford would enjoy having a number one hit record called "Sixteen Tons'. A sample lyric goes "St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the company store".
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