{"id":7732,"date":"2025-12-18T18:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:27:49","slug":"bidders-gathered-for-tobacco-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/bidders-gathered-for-tobacco-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidders gathered for tobacco sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0056.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-qRWKAQeD\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0056-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0056-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0056-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0056-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bidders gathered for tobacco sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo of bidders gathered for tobacco sale at a warehouse located between 11th &amp; Kentucky. The warehouse would later become Globe Tobacco Warehouse.<br><br>Named individuals include:<br>Mr. W. Henry Maddox (to right standing above others, alone)<br>Mrs. Lula Gutherie&#8217;s father<br>Mr. Roe Williams (part owner of the warehouse)<br>Fielding Ballard<br>J. C. Ray<br>W. T. Miller<br>Ross Shipman<br>Lucian Harbison (wearing a bowtie on the right)<br>Sam Skinner (left -tallest man turned to side with hat)<br>Harry Ware (left to the right of Sam Skinner)<br>Lester Gibbs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Circa 1915-1930s<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/building\/\" rel=\"tag\">Building<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From Shelby County Public Library via Loula Gutherie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID 0056<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of bidders gathered for tobacco sale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[50,94,93],"post_folder":[77],"class_list":["post-7732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-building","tag-business","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7735,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732\/revisions\/7735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7732"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}