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27 photos tagged tobaccoindustry, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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Tags that often appear on the same photos:

• tobacco
• florida
• statelibraryandarchivesofflorida
• quincy
• gadsdencounty
• tallahasseedemocrattallahasseefloridanewspaper
• workers
• employees
• 1950s
• agriculture
• labor
• unidentified
• victoriantradecards
• miamiuniversitylibraries
• muohiodigitalcollections
• floridacigarcompany
• shadetobacco
• tobaccoproducts
• women
• cigarettes
• cigarettecards
• harvesting
• cigars
• warehouses

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• Florida Memory 17 photos
• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 8 photos
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo
• New York Public Library 1 photo

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African American boy harvesting shade tobacco for the Florida Cigar Company in Quincy, Florida

from Florida Memory

• 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."

• Ted Partrick said:

  This little boy will go home hot, tired and covered in tobacco sap. This is hard child labor and not long ago.

Unidentified worker harvesting shade tobacco in Quincy, Florida

from Florida Memory

• 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."

United Cigar Stores Company: Tampa, Florida

from Florida Memory

• Chasen West said:

  Is there any information as to where this was located at more specifically?