“Instructions for Using John W. Barnett’s Patent Process for Curing Leaf Tobacco.”
Big Spring, Virginia: 1879. Handbill measuring 8 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches. A handbill describing a process for curing tobacco, patented in 1879 by John W. Barnett of Big Spring, a town in northern Virginia. Tobacco has long been a hugely important cash crop in the region; in 1860, Virginia.....