Congregating At The Gin
Ovid Vickers
Decatur, Miss
The week started on Monday morning when I went to the field with an assemblage of folks dressed in garments the likes of which the world may never see again. Today, women spend hours lying in the sun because a deep tan is considered a mark of beauty. The women I knew went to great lengths to avoid direct contact with the sun.
Round circles of cardboard were often cut and fit over the crowns of straw hats in order to create a wider brim and greater protection from the sun. The legs of worn-out overalls were made into gloves. The last joint in each finger was left exposed for dexterity in picking.
Cotton pickers brought lunches in cooking pots, paper sacks, syrup buckets and Jewel T lard cans. These dinner pails were usually hung on the limbs of trees at the edge of the field. Today's avant-garde artists would have marveled at these trees glistening in the sunlight, an abundance of tin and aluminum fruit hanging from their branches.
source : cottonfarming
Ovid Vickers
Decatur, Miss
The week started on Monday morning when I went to the field with an assemblage of folks dressed in garments the likes of which the world may never see again. Today, women spend hours lying in the sun because a deep tan is considered a mark of beauty. The women I knew went to great lengths to avoid direct contact with the sun.
Round circles of cardboard were often cut and fit over the crowns of straw hats in order to create a wider brim and greater protection from the sun. The legs of worn-out overalls were made into gloves. The last joint in each finger was left exposed for dexterity in picking.
Cotton pickers brought lunches in cooking pots, paper sacks, syrup buckets and Jewel T lard cans. These dinner pails were usually hung on the limbs of trees at the edge of the field. Today's avant-garde artists would have marveled at these trees glistening in the sunlight, an abundance of tin and aluminum fruit hanging from their branches.
source : cottonfarming
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