Mrs. Daisy Stamper, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Daisy Stamper , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
A large family , including several children , is pictured in front of a one-room house . A box of tobacco bags is visible in the photograph , as is the family laundry , drying on the line .
Subject (tgm)
Families Women Children Houses
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
STAMPER , MRS . DAISY ; aged 40 ; married ; eight children ; resides in Wilkes County , N.C . Children : Anna , aged 21 . Ruby , aged 20 . Edward , aged 18 . Georgie , aged 13 . Bob , aged 11 . G.D. , aged 7 . Pauline , aged 4 . Virginia , aged 1 . INCOME : Husband works on Government park project at about $20.00 per month . HOME CONDITIONS : Live in a one-room house (has small back room in which the cooking is done , and the corn , potatoes , etc. are stored . Have only a small garden in which a few vegetables are raised . One dollar a month is spent on burial insurance . The house was very delapidated [sic] and unsanitary . The walls had big cracks in them and were partially covered with paper to keep out the weather . The children were very shabbily clothed and filthy . The room in which they all slept was very ill-smelling and dirty . All the money earned by the husband is spent on food and clothes . The bag money is needed for food and to pay the burial insurance or fee . Since the bags have been temporarily discontinued , they have had to borrow money for food and the insurance . They cannot make a go of it if the bags are cut off . They earn about $14.00 a month stringing bags . The house and land belongs to her father who pays the rent on it . She is in bad health and should receive medical attention and have medicine , but it will be impossible to have either if the bags are discontinued .
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. Daisy Stamper, 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_003.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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