Just one more porch photographed by John Vachon — this one in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in November 1940.*
What frills attached to such a simple farmhouse and yard.
Her dress goes with the house and her curls with the porch.
*via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
“George Barbee, 13 years old topping. . . . Nicholas County, Kentucky” by Lewis Hine, August 1916, via the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Tobacco plants have to be topped and suckered in order to produce good leaves for market. The flowers of Nicotiana tabacum are pink.
A short documentary about traditional tobacco growing methods is here.
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