Family of W.T. Frakes,Cotton Pickers,Comanche County,Oklahoma,Lewis W. Hine
Title: Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday 'An I don't make him pick; he picked last year.' Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. 'We move about a good deal' mother said. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1916 October 11.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 4574.
Names of children are underlined on the caption card.
Subjects:
Boys.
Girls.
Women.
Croplands.
Cotton pickers.
United States--Oklahoma--Comanche County.
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