Mrs. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Barbara Wagoner , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Barbara Wagoner is pictured sitting in a chair outside of her house with a baby in her lap . Several piles of tobacco bags are next to her on the ground .
Subject (tgm)
Women Infants Children
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
WAGONER , MRS . BARBARA ; married ; two children ; aged 20 years ; reside in Wilkes Co. , N.C . Children : Jacob , aged one year . Buck , aged 9 - child by husband's first wife . INCOME : About $20.00 per month . Husband is laborer on government park project in this section . However , this work is to be discontinued in a short while . HOME CONDITIONS : They own a three-room house and about forty acres of land . Most of this land is forest and rocky , only about 1/2-acre being suited for raising crops . All the food has to be bought except corn and potatoes . The house is very dirty and untidy . She makes all the clothes except husband's . The children were very dirty and clothes ragged . They own a cow and a few chickens which supply the milk and eggs . No running water , electricity or inside toilet facilities . The water is gotten from the creek . 50 cents a month is paid on burial insurance ; the rest is spent on food and necessities . She earns about $8.00 a month stringing bags . She enjoys doing them, and says they are absolutely necessary to maintain the family .
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. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C.
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_007.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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