Bundling tobacco
- Title
- Bundling tobacco
- Description
- Four African American woman bundling tobacco leaves. Dates from negative sleeve.
- Date
- August 19, 1960 - August 20, 1960
- Original Format
- negatives
- Extent
- 5cm x 5cm
- Local Identifier
- 0741-b24-fd-v24.d.53
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Tobacco--Processing--North Carolina--Greenville
- Women tobacco workers--North Carolina--Greenville
- African American women--North Carolina--Greenville
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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Bundling tobacco
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- is part of
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Sleeve 53, Folder d, Box 24
- Found in theme/project
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Agriculture
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African American History and Culture
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Daily Reflector Images
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Tobacco
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Women's History
- Location of Original
- Daily Reflector Negative Collection from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Sometimes, when the temperatures reached the upper 90's, the tobacco tying process was moved outsde. There was no air conditioning on the farms and very few electric fans. If there was, they were not used in the "grading room", for fear of drying the tobacco. Notice the "grading bench" with the sticks inserted into holes. These sticks are to separate the "grades" of tobacco. Normally, you will have about four grades, beginning with the brightest and clearest leaves, on down to the darker ones with brown spots, tears or holdes in them. If any leaves are left that do not fit into any of these grades, it will be sold for scrap tobacco.