Tobacco Production, Richmond, Virginia, 1870s
Caption: Stringing the Primings; shows a woman removing the lowest leaves of the tobacco plant (the primings), helped by small children; a boy in the background hangs the leaves out to dry. Although this scene is from the post-emancipation period, it can serve to illustrate earlier years. See King for description of tobacco trade in the Richmond (p. 632 ff.).
Image Title
Tobacco Production, Richmond, Virginia, 1870s
RegID
SI-OB-369
Date
1870-1880
Title
Tobacco Production, Richmond, Virginia, 1870s
Source
Scribner's Monthly (May 1872-Oct. 1872), vol. IV, p. 652; also published in Edward King, The Great South . . . profusely illustrated from original sketches by J. Wells Champney (Hartford, Conn., 1875), p. 633. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)
Language
English
Item sets
New World Agriculture & Plantation Labor
Spatial Coverage
North America--Virginia
Reproduced In
Scribner's Monthly (May 1872-Oct. 1872), vol. IV, p. 652
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0253