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Employees hanging strung shade-grown tobacco at the Florida Cigar Co. barn in Quincy, Florida.

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M87- 27, Box 4
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Industry, Cigarmaking--Florida--Quincy
Occupations, Agricultural
Farm workers
Agriculture--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco farms--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco--Storage
Tobacco barns
Tobacco curing
Leaves
Plant products industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Cigar industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco workers--Florida--Quincy
African American agricultural laborers--Florida--Quincy
Agricultural industries--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "[...] sticks are taken to packers and then to the cigar plant in bundles which weigh about 150 pounds. Brittle and dry, the tobacco would crumble if anyone tried to bend or fold them."

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Chicago Manual of Style
Finch, Ellis. Employees hanging strung shade-grown tobacco at the Florida Cigar Co. barn in Quincy, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/262409>, accessed 7 February 2025.
MLA
Finch, Ellis. Employees hanging strung shade-grown tobacco at the Florida Cigar Co. barn in Quincy, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/262409>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Finch)
