Tenant farmer and his wife, Greene County, Georgia

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Tenant farmer and his wife, Greene County, Georgia

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a close up of a man and a woman gazing into the camera. The woman on the left is middle-aged with light skin, she wears a printed cotton dress with her hair pulled back. The man on the right is middle-aged with light skin, dark hair, and a full mustache; he wears denim overals and a light-colored collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

Artist Jack Delano (American, 1914–1987)

Title Tenant farmer and his wife, Greene County, Georgia

Date June 1941

Medium Gelatin silver print

Dimensions Image: 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)

Credit Line Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 79.200.XX.5.31

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Publisher Farm Security Administration

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