Mrs. Betty Lyons, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Betty Lyons , North Wilkesboro , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Betty Lyons and three other people are pictured standing in front of their house . There are several bundles of tobacco bags on the steps behind them.
Subject (tgm)
Women 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
LYONS , MRS . BETTY , age 63 , married , North Wilkesboro , N.C . Children : Mrs . Lyons has one child , Faye McKann , age 32 who is married and living with her husband at home . INCOME : None HOME CONDITIONS : They rent a 6 room house and 160 acres of land , only 12 acres are worked , the rest being marginal and timberland . They own a cow and a few chickens which keep them supplied in eggs and milk . The husband is in ill health and has also been in bed about two months with phneumonia [sic] and pleurisy . He should have medical attention , but Mrs . Lyons states that they could not afford it . Bag stringing being their only source of income , is all spent on food and clothes . This income amounts to about $10 a month but is not sufficient to take care of food , clothes , and seeds , etc. necessary to run a farm . Her son-in-law has been unable to locate any work and she and her husband are too old to do any other work except on the farm . They will be unable to exist if they bags are taken away from them.
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. Betty Lyons, 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.
filename
VC331.76_S93s_077.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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