Tobacco curing barn near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Once there were barns like this on almost every farm in Randolph County, but they are disappearing rapidly.
(Photograph copyright 2024 by Dan Routh)
"Backer" Barn
Category: Tobacco
Working at the Barn
Processing and packing cured tobacco. Whitaker Farm. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
In the Field
Farm workers in the field. Whitaker Farms. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
On the Harvester
Whitaker Farmes. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photograph copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
Friday at the Barn
Whitaker Farms. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
Boxing and Barning Tobacco
Workers pack boxes and fill barns with tobacco to be cured at Whitaker Farms in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
“Es Un Trabajo Caliente.”
It’s a hot job in the tobacco field at Whitaker Farms in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
Harvesting Tobacco
The tobacco harvest has started at Canoy Farms in Ramseur, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
In the Tobacco Field
Whitaker Farms. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
Hot Day in the Field
Topping tobacco at Whitaker Farms. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2023 by Dan Routh)
