Miss Janie Johnson, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C.
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Title
Miss Janie Johnson , Reddies River , Wilkes Co. , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Janie Johnson is pictured outside of her house .
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
Reddies River (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
JOHNSON , MISS JANIE , aged 40 , lives by herself , at Reddies River , Wilkes Co. , N.C . HOME CONDITIONS : She occupies a small two-room shack and seven acres of land . Could not determine whether she owned it or was a squatter . The roof leaked very badly and the shack was generally delapidated [sic] . She washes clothes and since this the only source of livelihood other than bag stringing , when the bags cannot be obtained she lives with her brother , who cannot afford to support her. She has been stringing bags for about five years to supplement her other work , earning therefrom about $7 a month . Before the death of her mother , who was totally helpless , she strained her back in moving her mother , which badly interferes with her washing and will necessitate her in the future doing more bag stringing .
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
Miss Janie Johnson, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., 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_009.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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