Hauling tobacco (A little tobacco is raised)

Hauling tobacco (A little tobacco is raised)

Agriculture

Animals

Appalachians (People)

Horses

Tobacco -- Harvesting

Tobacco farmers

Transportation

These photographs were taken by Edgar S. Purdom. Born in 1900, Purdom opened a custom furniture shop in Wayah Valley, near Franklin, NC, in 1946. He was a hobby photographer and made these photographs in western North Carolina. There are 56 photographs in the series. Purdom died in 1987 and is buried at St. John's Cartoogechaye Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Purdom, Edgar S. (Edgar Schohill), 1900-1987

Edgar Purdom Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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2017-09-13

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North Carolina, Western

13" x 10"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia