Mrs. Zora Jarvis, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Zora Jarvis , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Zora Jarvis and a small child are pictured seated on a couch .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children
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 . ZORA JARVIS , Wilkes County , N.C. , has 9 children living with her. INCOME : Husband has a steady job at the tannery and makes $18 a week . She can make about $10 a month on bags when there are any to string . They make a little money off of chickens . They are gradually buying their farm . Electric bill is $2.60 a month . They burned $26 worth of coal this winter for heating . Wood for cooking costs about $4 a month . Food costs about $10.00 a week . After all expenses are paid there is very little money left . HOME CONDITIONS : They live in a nice home having 7 rooms . There are 2 acres of land on which they raise a good deal of their food . They own a few hens , 200 chicks , 1 pig , a radio , an electric refrigerator , and are considering buying a horse . This family is well off in comparison to other families in this section . Stringing : Wife is 52 and can't remember when she didn't string bags . In the winter she strings about 5000 bags a week , but has to work on the farm in the summer and can't give much of her time to bag stringing . Just does this work in order to have a little cash on hand . She is not affected in any way by this work .
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. Zora Jarvis, 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_028.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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