Truck Load of Tobacco Weighing 23,188 Lbs

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Description

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."

Details

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)

Watson family.
Tobacco industry--North Carolina.

Subject (Images)

Group portraits
Trucks
Tobacco
Tobacco industry

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

Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.)

Contact Information

Braswell Memorial Library | 727 North Grace Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 | 252-442-1951

Digital Collection

Images of North Carolina