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Listen: The World ProgramWorker harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Co. in Quincy, Florida.
Image Number
TD00654U
Photographer
Finch, Ellis.
Date
1959
Date Note
Photographed in May 1959.
Rights
Collection
Tallahassee Democrat collection.
M87- 27, Box 4
M87- 27, Box 4
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Industry, Cigarmaking--Florida--Quincy
Occupational groups
Occupations, Agricultural
Farm workers
Agriculture--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco farms--Florida--Quincy
Leaves
Tobacco--Harvesting
Agricultural industries--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Cigar industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco workers--Florida--Quincy
African American agricultural laborers--Florida--Quincy
Plant products industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Occupational groups
Occupations, Agricultural
Farm workers
Agriculture--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco farms--Florida--Quincy
Leaves
Tobacco--Harvesting
Agricultural industries--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Cigar industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Tobacco workers--Florida--Quincy
African American agricultural laborers--Florida--Quincy
Plant products industry--Florida--Quincy--Employees
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.
General Note
Accompanying note: "The tobacco crop is never in the sun. Cheesecloth shields the growing plant from the direct rays of the sun. The crop is harvested in the shade and carried to the drying barns in covered wagons."
Worker harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Co. in Quincy, Florida.
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