Mrs. J.N. Godsey, South Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . J.N . Godsey , South Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . J.N . Godsey is pictured seated between a stove and a dresser in the rented room in which she lives .
Subject (tgm)
Women Stoves Clothes chests
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
GODSEY , MRS . J . N. , 915 Ferry St. , South Richmond , Va. , aged 63 , widow and lives with her son and daughter (who is divorced from her husband) . INCOME : Her daughter works but is unable to contribute to her support . Social Service Bureau gives her $16 a month and she has to support her son . She makes a little by doing house cleaning . HOME CONDITIONS : She has one room for herself and her son . The house is in good condition and is well kept but there is no electricity and few conveniences . Groceries are $4 a week , pays her daughter $4 a month rent , coal oil is 60 cents a week and water is 33 cents a month . Insurance is 9 cents a week . Coal costs $1 a week during winter . She has been stringing bags for ten years and makes about $9.00 a month . Her health has never been affected by this work , and it enables her to live on her own . She uses most of the money to assist her son who is unemployed and cannot obtain relief .
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. J.N. Godsey, South 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_135.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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