Mrs. Sarah Call and Mrs. Oakley, Wilkes County, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Sarah Call and Mrs . Oakley , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Sarah Call and Mrs . Oakley , both widows , are shown sitting on chairs in front of a bed .
Subject (tgm)
Women Bedrooms Widows
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 . SARAH CALL and MRS . OAKLEY , Wilkes Co. , N.C. , are both widows . Mrs . Call and Mrs . L . L . Oakley are Mrs . Oakley's daughter and daughter-in-law respectively . Mrs . Call has 2 children living with her. Mrs . Call is 45 and her mother 82 . INCOME : The only other income they have besides the money from stringing bags is a little they get by renting out the land for other people to farm . The latter is very unprofitable . EXPENSES : Taxes are about $6 a year , but last year's haven't been paid . They don't know what they spend on food , but it takes all they have and they owe some besides . They very rarely buy clothes or anything else but food . HOME CONDITIONS : The house has 5 rooms and 34 acres of land . These 2 widows are practically destitute ; therefore , their house is in about the same condition as the rest of the people around who are in the same situation . They have to buy most of their food and have no money for it , so they go in debt and remain there. If it wasn't for the money they make stringing bags , they would be much worse off , if possible . They get their fuel off of their land , and they own a cow and a few chickens . They have been string as long as they can remember , and Mrs . Oakley is still able to string at her age . They can do 5000 a week ; it doesn't tire them at all since they mix it with their other 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. Sarah Call and Mrs. Oakley, 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_053a.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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