Tobacco warehouse, 1948

Posted on December 9, 2014 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader

Tobacco, weighing 21,000 pounds on mule-drawn wagons pulled into the Geary-Wright Tobacco Warehouse at 1086 South Broadway in Lexington in 1948. The crop was grown by R. E. Tipton on Belmont Farm. Published in the Lexington Leader November 19, 1948.

Mule-drawn wagons hauled 21,000 pounds of tobacco into the Geary-Wright Tobacco Warehouse at 1086 South Broadway in Lexington. The crop was grown by R. E. Tipton on Belmont Farm. Published in the Lexington Leader on Nov. 19, 1948.

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