Mrs. B.F. Staley, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . B.F . Staley , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . B.F . Staley is pictured in the interior of her home , sitting next to an ornate wooden dresser . Part of Mrs . Staley's kitchen is visible in the background .
Subject (tgm)
Women
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
STAYLEY [Staley] , MRS . B.F. , married and has 14 children but all of them are away from home . Her age is 65 ; her husband's age is 69 . Reside at Reddis [sic] River , N.C . INCOME : Husband makes all his money by farming and by lending money . They have one son who is a school teacher and who stays with them when school is out , but he only pays board . HOME CONDITIONS : They raise practically all their needs and only have to buy things occasionally . Wife just borrowed $1400.00 on her home . They own 200 acres of land and the house has 8 rooms . They also have 2 steer , 2 cows and a calf , 35 chickens and 450 chicks . They own a new car . She just strings bags for a past time and makes $10.00 a month and it doesn't bother her at all to string .
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. B.F. Staley, 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_041.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
Notes
The original item misspelled the surname as "Stayley. " The correct spelling as identified by a descendant is "Staley. "
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