Mrs. Leacey Royal, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Leacey Royal , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Leacey Royal and three children are pictured standing outside of their house .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children Houses
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Reddies River (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . LEACEY ROYAL , aged 27 , married and has 4 children . Husband is 29 . They reside in Reddies River , N.C . INCOME : Husband works on P.W.A . sixteen days a month and gets $24 . They have no other income . EXPENSES : They use everything they make for food . Taxes are $2 . HOME CONDITIONS : House has 2 rooms and there are 35 acres of land . He owns a cow and 2 steers . The house is like all the rest in this section . They own a sewing machine and a new stove . She has been stringing bags for about 5 years and makes about $7.50 a month . This work sometimes hurts her eyes but she likes to make this money which she needs very much .
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. Leacey Royal, Reddies River, 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_031.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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