African American woman seated at the kitchen table using a portable typewriter.

Creek County, Oklahoma, 1942. Photograph by Russell Lee for the U.S. Farm Security Administration.

Wife of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, writing on typewriter. Through union activities this family has developed a desire for higher education. This typewriter is to them a symbol of that education and as such is the most prized family possession.

Via NYPL Digital Collections, image id 58092147.