Creator

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Date

1880-1920

Description

Glass plate negative showing men granulating tobacco at the Falk Tobacco Company, E. Grace and 22nd Streets, Richmond, Virginia; image of men in work clothes and caps making piles of fine tobacco leaves on a warehouse floor; supervisor (?) in suit and hat, stands at right.

Topical Subject

Tobacco industry; Labor; Tobacco

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Negative Number

1101

Negative Type

film

Negative Information

2 vintage photoprints; 19 x 24 cm.; 1 film negative (1964); 5 x 7 in. ; 1 film negative; 4 x 5 in.

Image Size

4x5.25

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

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_1101.jpg

Keywords

Tobacco industry; Labor; Tobacco

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