For a couple of centuries small farms produced much of the tobacco crop in North Carolina. Tobacco curing sheds endure as iconic reminders of a way of life in America's rural South from Richmond, Virginia to southern Georgia. They bear witness to mid-South Americana from a time when tobacco was king. Based on centuries-old designs and traditions passed on within families, farmers built unique barns and sheds to cure the leaves.
Once common sights along highways and byways only about 50,000 tobacco curing barns still stand. Some have been re-purposed, most remain as abandoned ruins and nostalgic structures inspiring wistful trips down memory lane and quests for stories of people who made a living in their shadows.
© Ilija Lukić 2015
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| Faded Livelihood (Tobacco curing shed near Pittsboro, North Carolina USA) |
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| Tobacco Road Shed |
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