Two boys in Laurens County thrash corn, circa 1915. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States was largely an agrarian society. Since many families in the South needed their children at home to help with crop production, the summer break from school originally corresponded with the growing season.
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
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