Mrs. Roxy Tedder, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Roxy Tedder , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Two people are shown sitting on the front porch of their house next to a box of tobacco bags , both people appear to be stringing bags . There is a small child in the foreground of the image .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses 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
MRS . ROXY TEDDER , Wilkes County , N.C. , married and has 6 your children . Both husband and wife are in their thirties . INCOME : The only actual cash income besides a little relief , which they do not admit , is money made by stringing bags . A Dr . Herbert owns the farm and the husband works out the rent in his orchard . EXPENSES : The only expenses are for food that they can't raise and clothes . The family is almost self-sufficient . They are of the economic status of "share-croppers ". HOME CONDITIONS : Although they have no modern conveniences or comforts and just live simply and frugally , they are not in debt , and their needs are satisfied . The house and farm are in good condition , and they raise most of their food . Water is obtained at a spring and the wood they use for fuel is taken off the land . The house is small but there is enough room . They own 2 horses , 1 hog and 10 hens . The only actual cash this family gets is bag money . She can do 5000 a week with her housework and without harming herself in any way . This money buys almost everything that they have to pay cash for. She couldn't possible string bags anywhere but in her home .
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. Roxy Tedder, 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_052.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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