Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves

Title

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves

Description

This is a black and white photograph of African-American farm laborers harvesting tobacco leaves. The laborers are men, women, and a child. Note also their reliance on draft power in the background of the photograph.

Creator

University Archives

Source

"Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves," University Archives Photograph Collection, Tobacco Photographs, UA 023.034, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC.

Date

1950

Original Format

photograph

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Citation

University Archives, “Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves,” The State of History, accessed April 20, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/33303.