Mrs. Wagner, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Wagner , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Wagner is pictured seated inside one of her rented rooms , stringing tobacco bags . There are a couple of framed paintings leaning on the mantel next to her.
Subject (tgm)
Women Paintings
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Richmond (Va.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
WAGNER , MRS . ; 53 years of age ; married , no children ; resides at 3005 Williamsburg Avenue , Richmond , Va . INCOME : Husband works intermittently ; has been employed only six months out of past year ; earns around $12.00 or $15.00 a week when he works . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent 5 rooms at $10.00 per month , which are very scantily furnished and extremely dirty , and very delapidated [sic] . Everything they earn is spent . They sometimes get food from the church and charity . The husband states that if it were not for these bags they would be out on the street . At present they are in arrears in their rent and electricity . They have been doing this work for forty-five years and feel that it would be impossible to get along without it . They do not find bag stringing hard work but it makes them a little nervous . The income from the bags is about $8.00 to $10.00 a month . Both were very poorly dressed and she states she has only one dress and no shoes or stockings .
Physical Description of Original
11 cm H x 6 cm W; 4-1/3" H x 2-1/3" W
Digital Collection
Tobacco Bag Stringing
Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Local Identifier
VC331.76 S93s
Citation
Mrs. Wagner, Richmond, Va. In Tobacco Bag Stringing Operations in North Carolina and Virginia, 1939. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
filename
VC331.76_S93s_113.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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