Mrs. Alice Wilkerson, South Richmond, Va.
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Title
Mrs . Alice Wilkerson , South Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Alice Wilkerson is pictured sitting inside her kitchen .
Subject (tgm)
Women Kitchens
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
WILKERSON , MRS . ALICE , 23 W . 9th St. , South Richmond , Va . age 61 , wodow [sic] and has a daughter and a granddaughter living with her. INCOME : Her only income besides what she makes by stringing bags is $10 a week that her daughter gives her. HOME CONDITIONS : There are three rooms in her apartment which are well kept and fairly well furnished . She owns an electric refrigerator and a radio . This family is not dependent on bag stringing , but it allows them to live a little better . She has done this work for five years and makes $11 a month . She likes to do this work because she is too old to do anything else and it occupies her spare time . She would have been unable to buy coal last winter had it not been for the money she made by stringing bags .
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. Alice Wilkerson, South 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_146.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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