Mrs. Cora Blevins, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Cora Blevins , North Wilkesboro , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
A family , including children , is pictured outside of a one-room shack . Two chickens are visible in the foreground .
Subject (tgm)
Children Families Chickens Women
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
BLEVINS , MRS . CORA , married , aged 35 , North Wilkesboro , N.C . Children : Beverley , aged 11 , Cecil , aged 9 . Mura , aged 6 , Kelley , aged 4 , Dorothy , aged 1 . INCOME : None . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent a one room shack and about 8 acres of land . by tending this land they pay one-third of the produce to its owner as rent . All of the eating , sleeping and cooking is done in one room . The house is in a very delapidated [sic] state and unfit for housing . The children were all barefooted and very dirty . The money which is earned from bags amounts to about $10 a month . and is spent for food and seed . They own nothing . The husband is in very poor health . He has high blood pressure and for this reason has been unable to hold a job . He is in need of medical attention but is unable to afford a doctor . All that he can do is to work the farm when he is able to be out of bed . The family is in desperate circumstances and will be unable to exist if the bags are taken away .
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. Cora Blevins, North Wilkesboro, 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.
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VC331.76_S93s_004.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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