Mrs. Miller Bellam, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Miller Bellam , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Miller Bellam and her husband are pictured seated at the table in the rented room in which they live .
Subject (tgm)
Women
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
BELLAM , MRS . MILLER ; aged 64 ; resides at No . 818 N . 25th Street , Richmond , Virginia ; married ; husband is 74 ; no children . INCOME : Receives $10.00 a month from old-age pension . HOME CONDITIONS : They live in one room , very crowded , but kept neat and clean . They keep two children in the afternoons for which they receive $1.00 per week . Each one of them eats one meal per day with them. They rent this room for $5.00 per month . The money they receive from stringing bags is spent on food and to pay insurance . She stated she did not know what she would do without the bag money , which brings her from $4.00 to $5.00 per month . She must have outside help if the bags are taken away from her.
Physical Description of Original
6 cm H x 11 cm W; 2-1/3" H x 4-1/3" 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. Miller Bellam, 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_128.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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