Tobacco and Industry Mural by Lee Gatch | History of SC Slide Collection

This sketch was a preliminary study for the Mullins Post Office mural painted by Lee Gatch in 1940, titled "Tobacco and Industry."

Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.

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Tobacco Farmer Painting by Richard Lofton | History of SC Slide Collection

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Tobacco Farmer Painting by Richard Lofton | History of SC Slide Collection

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Artist Richard Lofton painted this tobacco farmer during the 1930s. Courtesy of the Collection of the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina. Richard Morrison Lofton, American, 1908-1966....

Tobacco Being Hung on Racks | History of SC Slide Collection

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Tobacco Being Hung on Racks | History of SC Slide Collection

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In this somewhat unusual photo around 1900, harvested tobacco is being hung on racks immediately in the field before being taken by mule-drawn wagon to the tobacco barn, where the stringing process...

U.S. Goodyear Farm, Bishopville, S.C. | History of SC Slide Collection

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U.S. Goodyear Farm, Bishopville, S.C. | History of SC Slide Collection

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U.S. Goodyear farm in Bishopville, showing a combination tobacco curing and sweet potato curing storage barn. Photograph by E.C. Hunter in October 1939. Courtesy of the Clemson University Libraries.

Sorting and Stringing Tobacco | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sorting and Stringing Tobacco | History of SC Slide Collection

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African-American and white boys work together stringing tobacco under the shade of the shed, near Marion. Sorting and stringing tobacco onto long poles was a preliminary step to curing it. Dorothea...

Interior of a Tobacco Grading Room | History of SC Slide Collection

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Interior of a Tobacco Grading Room | History of SC Slide Collection

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Interior of a tobacco grading room in a Darlington tobacco factory around 1890. Photo by August Kohn. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.