Photos Tobacco Sales 1936-37

[Guest]

My aunt recently suffered a stroke, and it's not likely that she will be returning home.

Her daughter (my cousin) was at her house the other day, cleaning up some things and going through some of her belongings.

She ran across some tobacco sales receipts of my grandfather's and great grandfather's from 1936-1937.

Imagine stepping back in time and walking up to these two farmers as they were exiting the warehouse with these tickets in hand.
Try to explain to them who you are, who I am, and how it came to be that you were able to see these tickets on this date in the year 2010.

 

[hilbillee]

Re: Tobacco Sales 1936-37

It's always interesting to see things like that. I wonder how many pounds they sold. I can imagine the look on their faces if they saw the price of a pack or a carton of cigarettes now. Some cartons are almost as much as they got on one of those sales tickets.

 

[Guest]

Re: Tobacco Sales 1936-37

The pounds and price per pound are on the tickets. The hosting here resized them, but if you click on each one, it will open full-sized in a new window and be easier to read.

The first ticket had 50 lbs. @ 4 cents/lb.
That must have been some floor sweepings from the pack house.

 

[WCW308]

Re: Tobacco Sales 1936-37

That is great to see. My grandparents in North Carolina built a general store on their farm in the front yard to get by 1933-40- something- closed it in the 60's and left alot of merchandise (memorabilia) in it. I found a great B &W photo of my uncle on Tinian in 1944 standing beside a gleaming B-29. Next to the old cheese counter. 40 years later. I set aside alot of stuff-still have it all. Of course, back then, doctors advised you to smoke for your health...really. It's still a cash crop & brutal to harvest.

 

[wgk714]

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Tobacco is still a cash crop, the finest cigar wrapper are grown in Connecticut and the Amish still grow some fine leaf in PA.

 

[wgk714]

Re: Tobacco Sales 1936-37

Thanks for sharing those

 

[Guest]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cohiba</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tobacco is still a cash crop, the finest cigar wrapper are grown in Connecticut and the Amish still grow some fine leaf in PA. </div></div>

Very much so here in Southern VA.
The way it's handled at market has changed, but it is still a very large part of the local economy here.

 

[TSUshooter]

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tucker301,
Cool pictures.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WCW308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is great to see. My grandparents in North Carolina built a general store on their farm in the front yard to get by 1933-40- something- closed it in the 60's and left alot of merchandise (memorabilia) in it. I found a great B &W photo of my uncle on Tinian in 1944 standing beside a gleaming B-29. Next to the old cheese counter. 40 years later. I set aside alot of stuff-still have it all. </div></div>

My Great Granddad opened a grocery store in my home town in the early 30's and it was run by my family for 50+ years. The store is still open but we don't run it anymore.

Anyway, I was helping my Granddad go through some of the things that we still have stored in the building and it turns out no one ever threw away the receipts that were kept for tax purposes. We have years worth of wholesale grocery receipts, city and school tax receipts and god knows what else, going back to the 30's. A couple of years worth are even stored in wooden ammo boxes that look like they are brand new.

Its an eye opener to see how prices have changed over the years.

 

[t0kie]

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Nice memorabilia