Description
This 1873 illustration shows Waite, Miller & Company, a manufacturing firm in Culpeper that produced Piedmont Guano, an agricultural fertilizer made from the excrement of bats and sea birds. A railroad that ran next to the factory transported the guano and other goods produced by the company. In the foreground is an African American woman with a basket or bowl atop her head, and a child by her side. Citation: Circular of the Piedmont Guano, Manufactured by Waite, Miller & Co., Culpeper, VA.. F 221 v.545 no.2. Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
