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M87- 27, Box 4
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Occupations, Agricultural
Farm workers
Agriculture--Florida--Quincy
Agricultural industries--Florida--Quincy
Plant products industry--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco industry--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco--Planting
Planting (Plant culture)
Windbreaks, shelterbelts, etc
African American agricultural laborers--Florida--Quincy
Tobacco farms--Florida--Quincy
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Accompanying note: "Gadsden County's harvest of gold, shade tobacco, is being set as weather clears and sun shines warmly. Some 43 acres on the C.W. Harbin farm are getting the plants beneath the shade this week. Priming, harvesting leaves from the plants, is expected to start in seven weeks, and continue until late June."
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Shade tobacco being planted on the C.W. Harbin farm in Quincy, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/261869>, accessed 5 June 2026.
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Shade tobacco being planted on the C.W. Harbin farm in Quincy, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/261869>
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