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  • 12. Plantation Store

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    How were sharecroppers and tenant farmers paid prior to the 1930s.

    Shelves line the walls inside the store. On a long counter sits a cash register and adding machine for ringing up purchases.

    The store, opened after the Civil War, sold food, clothing, tools and many other supplies.

    View of the interior of the store from the front door. The counter was U-shaped with glass cases for displaying sales. items.

    The store often served as a community gathering place for the plantation residents.

    View of the store in operation 1962. People are gathered around a car in front of the store's gas pumps.

    The store in 1962.