Tobacco Which Has Been Stripped

Creator

Preview

Date

1890-1899

Description

Glass plate negative showing men working with stripped tobacco leaves in a large unidentified warehouse room; the men, in work clothing, use pitchforks and brooms to make a pile of leaves; additional leaves hang from the ceiling.

Note

Photographer unknown

Topical Subject

Workers; Tobacco; Tobacco industry; Labor

City/Location

Location unknown

Negative Number

1076

Negative Type

glass

Negative Information

1 glass negative (17x22 cm); 1 vintage photoprint (16x21 cm); 1 film negative (4x5 in.)

Image Size

6.5x8.25

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights Statement URL

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgment of The Valentine as a source is requested. For information about ordering copies and commercial use of these images, contact The Valentine.

Collection

Selected Images from the Cook Photograph Collection

Source

Cook Photograph Collection, The Valentine, Richmond, Virginia.

File Name

cook_1076.jpg