Mrs. Elizabeth Gambill, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Elizabeth Gambill , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
The Gambill family is pictured gathered around a table in one of the two rooms in which they live . One of the women pictured is tying bundles of tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children Families
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
GAMBILL , MRS . ELIZABETH , aged 28 ; married , resides at No . 1004 1/2 N . 26th Street , Richmond , Va. ; has four children . Children : Dora , aged 10 in school . George aged 7 , in school , Mary aged 5 , in school . Ann , aged 3 at home . INCOME : When the husband works he earns about $1.00 per week . Only worked about four months within the past year . HOME CONDITIONS : The family lives with the wife's sister , occupying two rooms , which are very small and crowded and extremely dirty . They pay $7.00 per week which covers all living expenses . The husband has been employed with wallpaper firm , but his work has been unsteady and they cannot afford to rent a place of their own . She makes all of the children's and her clothes . She and the children were very unkempt and dirty . Income from bag stringing averages only about $4.00 or $5.00 per month , as she cannot obtain a sufficient number of bags to occupy her spare time . Insurance costs them about $1.20 a month . She states that the money derived from bag stringing is absolutely necessary and if they are taken away it will be necessary to have relief from some other source . However , she would rather work , if possible , than go on relief .
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. Elizabeth Gambill, 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_104.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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