North Carolina, Granville County- Wilburne Community, Pack House (23,026)
The barn was located near the Wilburne community in northwest Granville County. The barn resemble a type of agricultural structure that is called a pack house. The pack house was common on tobacco farms in the Southeast. The pack house was used to store cured tobacco, grade it, and bundle it ready for transport to the warehouse where it would be sold. Often, farmers would hold cured tobacco in the pack house hoping that prices would increase later in the buying season. Photograph was taken in 2010.
(This image is the property of Earl C. Leatherberry. Use of the image requires written permission. The image may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media.)
North Carolina, Granville County- Wilburne Community, Pack House (23,026)
The barn was located near the Wilburne community in northwest Granville County. The barn resemble a type of agricultural structure that is called a pack house. The pack house was common on tobacco farms in the Southeast. The pack house was used to store cured tobacco, grade it, and bundle it ready for transport to the warehouse where it would be sold. Often, farmers would hold cured tobacco in the pack house hoping that prices would increase later in the buying season. Photograph was taken in 2010.
(This image is the property of Earl C. Leatherberry. Use of the image requires written permission. The image may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media.)