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Truck load of tobacco weighing 23,188 lbs. Sold for $7,030.95, averaging $30.37 per hundred lbs. Grown by Mr. Van S. Watson. Sold by Easley's Warehouse, Rock Mt., N.C. Inscribed on the right bottom corner of the photograph, "A Harrell Photo."

Title
Truck Load of Tobacco Weighing 23,188 Lbs
Date (Text)
October 14, 1935
Date
1935-10-14
Geographic Coverage
Rocky Mount (N.C.)
Nash County (N.C.)
Edgecombe County (N.C.)
Subject (Topic)
Tobacco industry--North Carolina.
Subject (Images)
Subject (Name)
Type
Image
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Group portraits
Photographs
Language
English
Standard Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Digitization Notes
This item was digitized as part of the Digital Public Library of America Hubs Pilot, a project supported by the Digital Public Library of America with funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Contributing Institution
Contact Information
Braswell Memorial Library | 727 North Grace Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 | 252-442-1951
Digital Collection
Images of North Carolina
Accessibility Statement
Archival Content: this is a digital surrogate of an item that was created before April 26, 2027. It is presented here for research, reference or recordkeeping. For help accessing this material, please visit https://www.digitalnc.org/about/policies/accessibility/

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