Mrs. Jesse Lee Shepherd, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Jesse Lee Shepherd , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Jesse Lee Shepherd and her family are pictured in a bedroom of their home , which is in the back of a store owned by Mr . Shepherd . Mrs . Shepherd holds a baby in her lap .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children Families Infants Stores & shops
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 . J . C . SHEPARD [Jesse Lee Shepherd] , 24 , married and has three children . Her husband is 30 . Resides at Reddis [sic] River , N.C . INCOME : Husband works for P.W.A . 16 days a month for $24 . He also owns a store that issues bags and farms a little . Profit on the store is about $20 a month , half of which comes from bags . EXPENSES : Owes $160 on goods in his store . His taxes are about $21 a year , and he has no other expenses because he gets all his supplies from the store . HOME CONDITIONS : They live in the back of the store , which is new . They own 30 acres of land but only farm 6 acres . He gets his wood on his place . He owns a small truck , a cow , 2 calves , one hog , and a few chickens . His bag agency brings business to his store because he pays for stringing with goods from the store . He family does not do much stringing for themselves .
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. Jesse Lee Shepherd, 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_034.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
Notes
The original item misspelled the individual's name as "Mrs . J . C . Shepard. " The correct name as identified by a descendant is "Mrs . Jesse Lee Shepherd. "
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