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Date Original
1976 January 1
Description
Photographic print of Rufus Laine, custodian for Bay schools, riding a horse-drawn plow at his family farm.
Physical Description
Photograph, 4" x 5"
Subjects
Agriculture; Photography
Contributor
Tom McDonald
Geographical Area
Bay, Craighead County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MSNE.0076, Box 138, Folder 1
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Tom McDonald records, MSNE.0076
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives
Recommended Citation
Photograph of Rufus Laine plowing in a field, Tom McDonald records, Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives, Powhatan, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
Comments
Mr. Laine appears in many of my favorite photographs in this collection. Picking just one was very difficult. However, I selected this one because it is also representative of a significant part of our history in the Delta. Agriculture, in all its many forms “from plantations to sharecropping to today's corporate farms" has been the backbone of the region's economy for more than a century. This image captures the essence of that beautifully. - Lisa Perry