Miss Jettie Brooks, Hunting Creek, N.C.
Rating
Title
Miss Jettie Brooks , Hunting Creek , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Miss Jettie Brooks and two other women are pictured standing outside of their house .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Hunting Creek (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MISS JETTIE BROOKS lives with her mother , sister , and brother and is 34 years of age . Resides at Hunting Creek , N.C . INCOME : Her mother gets $20 a month insurance for her son who was killed . They have no other income , but her mother has quite a bit of money in the bank . EXPENSES : Their grocery bill is $5 a week , and their taxes are $17 a year . They rent out some of their land but the income from this is very small . HOME CONDITIONS : The house has 7 rooms and there are 95 acres of land . Her mother owns 2 farms , which she rents out and this allows them to live better than others in this section . Although they can raise a little on their land , the house is in very good condition . They have a few chickens and 2 pigs . STRINGING : Although she doesn't have to string bags , she has been doing this work for 5 years and makes $11 a week . She is unable to do any other kind of work because of a recent operation which left her very weak . Although this work hurts her eyes , she likes to do it to use up her spare time .
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
Miss Jettie Brooks, Hunting Creek, 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_037.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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