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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A man is standing in a tobacco field. There are trees in the background.
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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Kathryn Mann on Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Kathryn Mann of Columbia, Pennsylvania, sits on a Farmall A tractor while Walter Dupes, salesman for J.B. Hostetter & Sons of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania,...
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Spheeris Brothers Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man opens the rear door of an International truck used by Spheeris Brothers Inc. The original caption reads: "Model D2, 125" W.B. - 6.00 - 16 tires." The...
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Tobacco Farm Workers

Date: 1900
Description: Group of farm workers are standing and posing in a field while threading tobacco leaves on lathes for drying. Two children and a dog are standing in the ce...
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Man Using Farmall Cub and 144 Cultivator in Tobacco Field

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: View from front of a man using a Farmall Cub and 144 cultivator in a tobacco field of Tollie E. Simonson of Readstown, Rte. 1, Wisconsin.
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Man Operating Farmall Cub in Tobacco Field

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of Jules Rudie, IH dealer at Westby, Wisconsin operating a Farmall Cub in six acres of tobacco, which previous to this y...
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Albert Hammes and Young Helper

Date: 10 13 1978
Description: Albert Hammes, of West Salem, and his young helper standing in a field spearing picked tobacco on stakes to be dried in the barn.

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