Sunday, August 29, 2010

Your Sunday Boring Postcard from Michael5000


PICKING TOBACCO IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY

Connecticut is famous for Shade Leaf Tobacco

Provenance: Sent by occasional L&TM5K commenter Heatherbee, July 2010.

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4 comments:

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

I think that's the "funny" kind of tobacco right there.

Michael5000 said...

The famous, Connecticut kind.

Anonymous said...

my parents came to this country after ww2 and we grew up picking shade and helping put up leaves
Never thought of it as tedios but am sure my parents did - sticky stuff tobacco

we really young ones were not allowed to get that on us - make you sick - parents oiled hands

michelle

Michael5000 said...

Michelle -- Was this in Connecticut by any chance?