Woman Harvesting Tobacco Leaves
PublisherPublished by
Clifford G. Scofield
Mediumphotography; print on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 3 9/16 × 5 1/2in. (9 × 14cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Natalie B. Powell
DescriptionColor photographic postcard of a young woman wearing a red plaid shirt hanging tobacco leaves strung to laths to dry in a tobacco shed.
Object number2020.54.1
InscribedPrinted on reverse, upper left corner: "In harvesting ripe leaves of shade grown tobacco, used for / cigar wrappers, operators sew pairs of leaves to a string / attached to a lath. The laths are hung between rafters in / large sheds, where the leaf cures."On View
Not on view
Clifford G. Scofield
Clifford G. Scofield
Nellie Scattergood Norton
Clifford Scofield Color Productions
Clifford Scofield Color Productions
Clifford Scofield Color Productions
Clifford Scofield Color Productions
The Collotype Co.
about 1945