Mrs. Roy Anderson, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Roy Anderson , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mr . and Mrs . Roy Anderson are pictured standing on the front porch of their house . There is a bag of tobacco bags on the porch .
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
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . ROY ANDERSON , Wilkes County , N.C. , has 8 children one of whom is in a C.C.C . Camp . INCOME : Husband works in tannery and gets $18 a week . He has a steady job . The son in the C.C.C . Camp will be through in April . She gets about $3.00 a week stringing bags . Rent is $8 a month . Electric bill is $1.25 a month . Grocery bill is about $10.00 a week . Husband has industrial insurance . HOME CONDITIONS : House has 4 rooms and a garden which produces some of their food , but they have to buy most of it . They have a radio but no other conveniences or comforts . Water comes from a well . House in fair condition . Family is comparatively well off , but any additional expenses would be a great burden . She has been stringing for a long time and can do about 1000 bags a day with her other duties . Enjoys earning the extra money which is used to buy clothes for the children and fuel . She strings whenever it is possible .
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. Roy 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_019.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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