Daviess County tobacco field, southeast of Owensboro

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This file appears in: Daviess County, Kentucky

This photograph, taken around 1920, shows a tobacco field located southeast of Owensboro. Daviess County was named for a War of 1812 veteran. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Daviess County, Kentucky

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