Tobacco Plantation Collection

A tobacco plantation, 1745. Creator: Unknown artist
A tobacco plantation, 1745. Private Collection

Loading cured tobacco for market, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cured tobacco for market. Georgia

Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt... on the Russell Spears farm, Ky. 1940
Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears farm, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky

Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears... vicinity of Lexington, Ky. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky

Taking burley tobacco in from the fields after it had been cut... Russell Spears farm, Ky. 1940
Taking Burley tobacco in from the fields, after it has been cut, to dry and cure in the barn, Russell Spears farm, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky

Cheesecloth covering used in growing shade grown tobacco, Suffield, Conn. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano
Cheesecloth covering used in growing shade grown tobacco; the stalks lying on the ground are left after the tobacco is cut; Suffield, Conn

Tobacco country, vicinity of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Tobacco country, vicinity of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico

Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico

Cultivating tobacco at the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration... Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Cultivating tobacco at the [Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration] experimental area, vicinity of Cayey, Puerto Rico

Untitled, 1935-1942. [Woman with tobacco leaves]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled, 1935-1942

Untitled, 1935-1942. [Tobacco plants]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled, 1935-1942

Single tobacco flower, Soofly, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Single tobacco flower. The tobacco plant is " topped" before it blooms in the field, with exception of a few plants which are saved out for seed. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Single tobacco flower, Soofly, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Single tobacco flower. The tobacco plant is " topped" before it blooms in the field, with exception of a few plants which are saved out for seed

Possibly: Bright cigarette tobacco growing in... near Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Bright cigarette tobacco growing in Negro sharecroppers field. It grows in light sandy loam. Near Upchurch, North Carolina]

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

White owner topping tobacco plant, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White owner topping tobacco plant. Person County, North Carolina

Possibly: Young sharecropper and his first child, Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina
[Untitled, possibly related to: Young sharecropper and his first child. Hillside Farm. Person County, North Carolina]

Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for... tobacco, Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for " putting in" the tobacco. Person County, North Carolina

White sharecropper and wage laborer priming... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early in the morning. Granville County, North Carolina

White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early... Granville County, North Carolina
White sharecropper and wage laborer priming tobacco early in the morning. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Negro tenants... and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children working in the field together topping and suckering tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Tobacco field of Negro sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco field of Negro sharecropper. A large field for this area. Tobacco is almost ready for priming. Wake County, North Carolina

Substantial looking tobacco farm, Person county, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Substantial looking tobacco farm. Note galvanized imitation shingle roof. Person county, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire which is curing the tobacco in the barn. Granville County, North Carolina

Families stringing tobacco brought in... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper... tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a " hands work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina

Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the tobacco has been " put up." Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Tobacco people take it easy... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Possibly: Eight year old daughter who helps... tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina]

Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina

Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured. Careful check of temperature must be made. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Tobacco strung on sticks. Granville County, North Carolina]

Tobacco strung on sticks, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco strung on sticks. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Stringing tobacco. Note " horses" for holding the sticks while stringing. Granville County, North Carolina]

Stringing tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stringing tobacco. Note " horses" for holding the sticks while stringing. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina]

Possibly: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina]

White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming... Granville County, North Carolina
White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide tobacco to the barn from the field, about a quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina]

Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Negro tenants, men and women, and white owners children working in the field together topping and suckering tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works stringing tobacco during the harvest season. Granville County, North Carolina

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

Possibly: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina]

Story-and-a-half weatherboard house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Story-and-a-half weatherboard house. Note chinaberry tree, common for shade. Note soil erosion in foreground. Note corner of tobacco field. Person County, North Carolina

Construction detail of double log cabin of Negro share tenants, Person County, North Carolina, 1939
Construction detail of double log cabin of Negro share tenants. The cowhide was hung there after being dried on a barn to be used as floor covering

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