Dunning, John Rain gauge Weather is an important factor in growing any kind of crop, but especially tobacco. Too much or too little water could ruin a tobacco farmer’s entire crop, and by doing so, ruin an entire season’s pay. Keeping track of how much it rained was important for a tobacco farmer, and these small gauges helped to remind him of that. Tobacco warehouses often gave out rain gauges like the one pictured to farmers, not only to aid in the growing process, but as a way of promoting the name of a warehouse. This warehouse was distributed by Works Tobacco Warehouses and Works Tobacco Seed located at 1441 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount, N.C. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the item and its distribution. Tobacco Farm Life Museum 14252 745 1930 1970 1930-1970 three dimensional object equipment Advertising Tobacco North Carolina Rocky Mount Tobacco industry North Carolina Rocky Mount Rain gauges North Carolina Rocky Mount United States North Carolina Johnston County (N.C.) Kenly (N.C.) United States North Carolina Nash County (N.C.) Rocky Mount (N.C.) This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina History and Fiction Collection encdl Artifacts encdlartifacts Tobacco Farm Life Museum tfl Agriculture agriculture Tobacco tobacco Manufacturing and Business mab Tobacco Farm Life Museum Rain gauge Weather is an important factor in growing any kind of crop, but especially tobacco. Too much or too little water could ruin a tobacco farmer’s entire crop, and by doing so, ruin an entire season’s pay. Keeping track of how much it rained was important for a tobacco farmer, and these small gauges helped to remind him of that. Tobacco warehouses often gave out rain gauges like the one pictured to farmers, not only to aid in the growing process, but as a way of promoting the name of a warehouse. This warehouse was distributed by Works Tobacco Warehouses and Works Tobacco Seed located at 1441 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount, N.C. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the item and its distribution. Advertising--Tobacco--North Carolina--Rocky Mount 1930-1970 PhysicalObject equipment J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University 14252 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Tobacco industry--North Carolina--Rocky Mount Rain gauges--North Carolina--Rocky Mount United States--North Carolina--Johnston County (N.C.)--Kenly (N.C.) United States--North Carolina--Nash County (N.C.)--Rocky Mount (N.C.) video videos local, filename 14252.0001 17704008 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 b938217ca920972c36fb0985683b6495 ecu:digital_collections 2926 2014 RGB mm mm 20110209 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14252.0002 28158796 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 b7e6f4d5d14d318d75fe66c876590710 ecu:digital_collections 2500 3751 RGB mm mm 20110209 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal null md5 True