Mrs. Evie Wingler, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Evie Wingler , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Two women are pictured in the doorway of their house .
Subject (tgm)
Houses Women
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Reddies River (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . EVIE WINGLER (widow) , about 70 years , married and has two children living with her. Live at Reddies River , N.C . INCOME : She rents her land to her son who gives her a third of what he makes . She has another son who has a job occasionally and helps her out . EXPENSES : Her taxes are $1.50 a year . Speinds [sic] everything for food because she can't raise any herself . HOME CONDITIONS : House has two rooms and she owns 37 acres of land . The house is in very poor condition and they have no conveniences or comforts . She owns a cow and a dozen hens . Stringing brings about $11.50 a month and this money keeps her from starving . Since she is unable to do any other kind of work she strings bags as much as possible . She has never suffered any ill effects from this 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. Evie Wingler, Reddies River, 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_002.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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