tobaccoindustry
27 photos tagged tobaccoindustry, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.
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- statelibraryandarchivesofflorida
- quincy
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- workers
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- floridacigarcompany
- shadetobacco
- tobaccoproducts
- women
- cigarettes
- cigarettecards
- harvesting
- cigars
- warehouses
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Cigareets and whiskey and wild, wild wimmen from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 26 May
Tobacco workers sorting leaves - Tampa from Florida Memory uploaded February 2017
Tobacco workers hanging leaves at Charles Brinks' farm in Quincy from Florida Memory uploaded July 2015
Workers harvesting shade tobacco - Quincy from Florida Memory uploaded October 2014
Unidentified worker harvesting shade tobacco in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded February 2014
Seminoles of the Everglades from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Worker carrying sticks of shade tobacco to packers at the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Workers processing tobacco leaves for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Worker spraying tobacco leaves for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
African American boy harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Workers planting shade tobacco at the C.W. Harbin farm in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Workers rolling cigars at the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Worker harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
American Sumatra Tobacco Corporation workers waiting for back pay in Quincy, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Unidentified cigarette girls in Tallahassee, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded September 2013
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Unloading tobacco from trailer into baskets according to the...
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Worker harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida
from Florida Memory
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Florida Memory said:
Accompanying note: "The tobacco crop is never in the sun. Cheesecloth shields the growing plant from the direct rays of the sun. The crop is harvested in the shade and carried to the drying barns in covered wagons."
Workers rolling cigars at the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida
from Florida Memory
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Florida Memory said:
Accompanying note: "Handrolled cigars are treated in much the same manner as others, except the wrapper is rolled on, sealed and shaped by hand. Ends are cut by hand and each cigar is handled several times prior to boxing."
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Swordscookie said:
I expect that this was a job that required skill and fine action on the part of the rollers? Nice shot.