Mrs. C.C. Combs, Hunting Creek, Wilkes Co., N.C.
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Title
Mrs . C.C . Combs , Hunting Creek , Wilkes Co. , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . C.C . Combs is pictured outside of her house . There is a pig and a chicken in front of the house , and a man is visible at left .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses Swine Chickens
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
COMBS , MRS . C . C. , aged 41 , husband 58 , eight children , all living with family at Hunting Creek , Wilkes Co. , N.C . HOME CONDITIONS : This family owns an 8-room house and 90 acres of land . They own a cow , 4 calves , 3 hogs , a mule and about 125 chickens . They also have a few hives of bees . The house is fairly new but very poorly kept . In addition , the family owns another farm which they rent for 100 bushels of corn per year . The taxes on both places amount to $60 a year . The family produces most of the food and have very little to sell . The groceries which they are required to buy , as well as food for the chickens , averages about $5 a week . The wife has been stringing bags for five years and used to average about $21.50 a month . Recently she has been sick and has discontinued all work until her recovery .
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. Bessie Kemp, 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_011.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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