Mrs. Sarah Carter, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Sarah Carter , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Sarah Carter is pictured seated inside her house with her two children .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children
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
CARTER , MRS . SARAH , 3015½ Williamsburg Ave. , Richmond , Va. , aged 46 ; two children . She is married . Children , Claude , age 9 , in school . Sarah , aged 8 , in school . INCOME : Husband earns $39.20 a month on WPA . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent six rooms house at $10.00 a month . it was very shabbily furnished and rather cold . The children were very clean and neat . $5 a week is spend on food which she says is not nearly sufficient for the family's needs . She earns about $12 a month from stringing bags which she has been doing for thirty years . She said that if it weren't for this income , they would go hungry . All of this money goes for food and material for making the children's clothes . It will be absolutely necessary for her to have other relief if the bags are taken away . She enjoys doing the bags and does not find that they interfere with her household duties or affect her health in any way .
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. Sarah Carter, 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_124.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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