Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres of land. Route No. 1, Box 59, Dennison, Halifax County, Virginia. This is six miles south (on Highway No. 501) of South Boston. He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living. These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner. He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging, to keep the flies away
Summary
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Location
South Boston (Va.), 36.69861, -78.90139
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html