Country Store, 1939, Colorized North Carolina Throughout 1940

Throughout 1940

United StatesPhotographer: John VachonRemaster & Colorization: Jordan J

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Country Store, 1939, Colorized North Carolina Throughout 1940ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH A group of tobacco farmhands enjoys a drink on a Sunday in one of America's most iconic photographs. Rayney Baynes, standing in the doorway is covering for his brother Ivey who would shortly pass away a few months after this photograph was taken. The Rural Electricity Administration provided the electricity box as part of Roosevelt's New Deal, which meant the drinks were actually ice cold, a rare treat. In a deeply segregated