Mrs. Fidell Shepard, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Fidell Shepard , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Fidell Shepard and three children are pictured inside their house , sitting between a bed and a stove . There are clothes hanging from a line on the wall .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children Families
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 . FIDELL SHEPARD , married and has 3 children . Reddis [sic] River , N.C . INCOME : Husband works for P.W.A . 16 days a month for $24 . He h as to spend $4 of his salary to pay for his transportation to work . EXPENSES : Spends all he makes on food and owes the doctor about $12 . He also owes money to his father who runs a store . They cannot afford anything for clothes . HOME CONDITIONS : House has three rooms and there is an acre of land around it . They raise a little for their food and they get their wood from their father's land . The house is new but is not well kept . They have been in debt for a long time and not able to get ahead . They own a cow , pig , 10 chickens . She can string 500 bags a day . They would have a hard time getting along without this money .
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. Fidell Shepard, 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_036.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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