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The Man Who Kept It Running: A 1939 Snapshot of West Texas Farm Labor
A 1939 Library of Congress photo captures a day laborer checking a tractor wheel bearing on a 4,900-acre farm near Ralls, TX. Here's what that image really tells us.
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The Man Behind the Machine: A 1939 Snapshot of West Texas Farm Labor
A May 1939 photograph by Russell Lee captures a day laborer racing to fix a tractor mid-planting on a 4,900-acre farm near Ralls, Texas.
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Snaking Logs in East Texas: The Hard Work Behind Sabine Farms, Marshall, 1939
A 1939 Library of Congress photograph documents land clearing at Sabine Farms near Marshall, Texas — a New Deal FSA resettlement project in Harrison County.
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The Doctor and the Deal: How Sabine Farms Homesteaders Built Their Own Healthcare System in 1941
In 1941, Black homesteaders at Sabine Farms near Marshall, Texas signed a group medical contract with Dr. A.O. Lee — a quiet act of community self-determination.