Flue Cured Tobacco Almost Ready for Harvest in Oxford, North Carolina

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Description

This scene in rural Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, shows the tobacco crop almost ready for harvest. Flue-cured tobacco processing is preferred to air-cured in North Carolina, and the state ranks first in U.S. tobacco production. Granville County is in the northern part of the state near the Virginia border.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering.

National Archives Identifier: 595677

Full Citation: 54-TIA-8C-4000; Photograph of Flue Cured Tobacco Almost Ready for Harvest in Oxford, North Carolina; 1924; Photographs of Tobacco Farms and Cultivation, 1908–1936; Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Record Group 54; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/flue-cured-tobacco-oxford-north-carolina/, April 2, 2026]

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