The Back-breaking Leaf

The Back-breaking Leaf

29 minutes 1959 HD

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Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."

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