Mrs. Nola Stamper, Wilkes County, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Nola Stamper , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Nola Stamper is pictured seated in front of her house , alongside another woman and two children . There are bundles of tobacco bags at her feet .
Subject (tgm)
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 . NOLA , married ; ten children ; aged 36 ; age of husband 43 ; resides in Wilkes County , N.C . Children : Verdie , aged 18 . Verna , aged 16 . Fred , aged 15 . Delia , aged 11 . Ted , aged 10 . Lula , aged 8 . Ray , aged 6 . James , aged 4 . Olley , aged 2 . Von , aged 15 months . INCOME : Husband works on government park project at $20.00 a month . HOME CONDITIONS : Own three-room house and twenty acres of land , of which about three acres is cultivated . Corn , potatoes , and beans are raised . All the money is spent on food , which is not nearly sufficient and of nourishing value for the children . All their clothes are made at home , flour and sugar bags and other odds and ends being used for material . The children were very poorly dressed and very dirty . The house is practically devoid of furniture except beds which were very dirty . They have a well at the house , but no electricity or inside toilet facilities . Stringing of bags is absolutely necessary . 83 cents a month is paid into the burial insurance . Has been doing bags for twenty years and would do it just for the pleasure of doing it . She earns about $18.00 a month 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. Nola 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_072.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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