Mrs. M.M. Anderson, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . M.M . Anderson , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . M.M . Anderson is pictured in the interior of her home 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
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . ALICE JOHNSON , Wilkes County , N.C. , has 4 children . She is 38 years old and her husband is about 40 . INCOME : Husband works for P.W.A . 16 days a month for $25 . The P.W.A . gives them a small food allowance , but this is their only income besides earnings from stringing bags , which is about $15.00 a month when there are any bags to do . Rent is $3.00 a month . They don't raise any food ; therefore their food is $10.00 a month which is all they can afford . There has been a good deal of sickness in the family so they owe quite a few doctors bills . They aren't able to get ahead financially on account of bills . MRS . M.M . ANDERSON , Wilkes County , N.C. . has 7 children living with her. INCOME : Husband works for $11 a week with W.P.A . One of their sons has an occasional job with a sawmill at $11 a week and he helps out with expenses . They won't admit it , but they are on Relief . Electric bill is $1.50 a month , taxes are $9 a year and groceries are about $8 a month which includes feed for stock . HOME CONDITIONS : Owns a brand new home having six rooms ; there are 10 acres of land around it . They have a horse , 2 cows , 12 hens and 25 chicks . They raise some of their food , particularly meat . They have a radio but no other conveniences . Home is well kept . Fuel is wood which they get by cutting wood for other people and keeping part for their work . Likes to do bags in winter but has to work on farm in summer and doesn't find time then to work on bags . She can string 10,000 bags a week , but does not suffer any ill effects from it . This money naturally raises their income considerably and means a lot to their welfare . Since this money is used for any expenses that come up , it would be direly missed if they weren't allowed to do it .
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. M.M. Anderson, 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_006.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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