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Frank Gaines work boots on his porch in Parson's Cove. He uses twisted plastic bags for shoe laces.

Although a very rare sight, even in 1988, some folks still plow their small plot of land by hand.

The daughter of Frank and Urline Gaines stands behind the screen door of their home.

Waiting for a ride near Parson's Cove.

Close-up of Ernie Massey's 100-year-old hands.

Ernie Massey, a 100-year-old former sharecropper, sits in the breezeway of his shack in Sunny South, AL. For the most part he spends his time watching cars go by.

Sherman Parsons, former sharecropper, drinks spring water from a jar after he and Frank Gaines chopped wood.

A Fisherman waits for a bite in Vicksburg, MI. The remnants of an old paddlewheel steamboat can be seen at left.

The fancy duds are saved for Sunday church services.

Urline Gaines, wife of Frank Gaines, uses a paper fan to keep cool.