Digging peanuts

Image

cj3106.jpg

Title

Digging peanuts

Subject

Oakley (S.C.)
Women -- South Carolina
Boys -- South Carolina

Description

A black woman and boy work in a field next to a scarecrow. A wooden house and shed are in the background with a wooden fence in front of it and trees growing behind it. Caption reads: "the boy and his sister dig peanuts while the scarecrow looks on. They call the peanuts 'goobers.'"

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Source

Image from opposite page 276 of Highways and Byways of the South by Clifton Johnson, 1905

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

Circa 1902

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Relation

From the Clifton Johnson Collection

Type

Photographs

Identifier

CJ3106

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

7 x 5

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Digging peanuts,” Digital Amherst, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/5005.