Early-rising farmers
North Carolina, 1941...
With the Dawn the Chant of the Tobacco Auctioneer Will Ring in This Winston-Salem Warehouse
Early-rising farmers stack their shallow trays, or baskets, with hands of tobacco. The baskets will be weighed and placed in long rows. The buyers, moving at a shuffling pace in time to the auctioneer's singing recital, will pass down the rows, swiftly making hids. In a five-hour sales day 350,000 pounds of tobacco may be sold...
Source National Geographic
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JOSE M LOPEZ
November 30, 2025
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