Tenant Farming and Sharecropping in the Post-Civil War South – Object #3

Neal Jones' berry pickers, Springdale

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<p>On the left of the photo, two women in dresses and hats, sit with a large wooden basket of berries, while a man with a hat sits atop a wagon. A wooden structure is in the center of the photo. One man leans against it, while five women are near him. 7 additional people, including children, are at the right side of the photograph.</p>

A group of men, women and children with berries, Springdale, Arkansas, ca. 1900

Questions:

List the people, objects and activities you see in this photograph.

What type of work have these people been doing? How does it compare to the work in the other photographs?

How do you think life might have changed for these people after the Civil War? Give evidence from the photograph to support your answer.

Citations

Agriculture Photograph Collection, (UALR.PH.0053), UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture