Mrs. Fay Negaard
Rating
Title
Mrs . Fay Negaard
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Fay Negaard is pictured sitting inside one of her rented rooms , stringing tobacco bags .
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
NEGAARD , MRS . FAY ; aged 32 , married , two boys , aged 9 and 5 , both in school . INCOME : Her husband earns $70.00 per month from WPA . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent to rooms in basement at $10.00 per month , which includes light and water . The grocery bill runs about $16.00 per week . Insurance is about $1.40 per month and coal $1.55 . She earns about $8.00 a month from stringing bags , and states that if the bag stringing is discontinued she will need other work because every cent is spent in clothing and feeding the children . They have been working on bags for about six years . The house is kept very clean and neat and is nicely furnished . The children were fairly well dressed , as was the mother . She makes all the clothes for herself and buys the children's She does not find that bag stringing interferes with her housekeeping , but sometimes makes her nervous .
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. Fay Negaard 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_105.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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