"Making good tobacco better" display showing the harvesting phase
1950 to 1959

Boy bringing in tobacco leaves from field on cart
circa 1950

Dr. William E. Splinter in field with tobacco harvester
August 1967

Experimental tobacco harvester.
1960 to 1969

Harvesting tobacco
circa May 1947

Harvesting tobacco
circa 1950

It's tobacco cooking time in North Carolina.
1930 to 1939

Man collecting tobacco leaves
circa 1950

Mechanical tobacco harvester
August 13, 1953

Men gathering tobacco leaves and hauling them by horse drawn cart
circa 1950

Men gathering tobacco leaves and hauling them by horse drawn cart
circa 1950

Men loading up dried tobacco leaves onto a wagon
circa 1950

Men working in a field harvesting tobacco leaves, 1940

Powell Tobacco Harvester at the State Fair
circa 1950

Preparing tobacco leaves from the field
circa 1950

Preparing tobacco leaves from the field
circa 1950

Stalk cutter in tobacco field on North Carolina farm
circa 1920

Tobacco harvesters made at the State Fair
circa 1950

Tobacco harvesters made at the State Fair
July 11, 1944

Tobacco harvesters made at the State Fair
circa 1950

Tobacco harvesters made at the State Fair
circa 1950

Tobacco harvesters made at the State Fair
circa 1950

Tobacco harvesting
circa 1950

Tobacco harvesting machine in tobacco field with young boy driving and man in rear "priming" tobacco leaves.
1970 to 1979

Tobacco tying machines
circa 1950

Two men collecting tobacco leaves from the stalks
circa 1940

Two men harvesting tobacco leaves from divided tobacco beds
circa 1950

Walking primers and trucking with mule-drawn sled
circa 1928

Women hanging up tobacco to dry
circa 1950

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves
circa 1950

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves
circa 1950

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves
circa 1950

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves
circa 1950