Mrs. Coy Anderson, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Coy Anderson , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
A family is pictured in a bedroom , gathered around a bag of tobacco bags . Mrs . Coy Anderson is sitting , holding an infant in her lap . There is a guitar on the bed .
Subject (tgm)
Women Families Infants 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
ANDERSON , MRS . COY , married and has seven small children who live with her; resides in Wilkes County , N.C . INCOME : Husband gets $30.00 a month for working in an orchard belonging to a Mr . Moorehouse . They are on relief but won't admit it . Mr . Moorehouse owns place and husband works out rent . Electric bill is about $1.00 a month . Most of their food is bought and costs around $5.00 a week . There are no other expenses except a little for clothes . HOME CONDITIONS : The house is in poor condition and has only three rooms . They have a hog and a few chickens which supply their meat needs . She likes to string bags and does 5,000 a week when she can get them. This doesn't upset her routine at all , and provides most of the money for their food . It is a great comfort to her to be able to do bags and to make 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. Coy 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_022.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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