Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Emma Mitchell , Reidsville , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Emma Mitchell is pictured inside of her house , seated next to her daughter , stringing tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Women
Subject Topical
African Americans. Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Reidsville (N.C.) Rockingham County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MITCHELL , MRS . EMMA , (colored) , aged 44 ; husband 58 ; have ten children , all of whom live with them at Reidsville , N.C . INCOME : Their income depends on farming and bag stringing . They raise practically all their food and only have to buy about $8.00 worth a month . Taxes are $23.00 a year . HOME CONDITIONS : The house is new and has ten rooms , is well furnished , and well kept . They own a car , two mules , two cows , three pigs , and some chickens . They also have a piano , a battery radio , and a sewing machine . She has been stringing bags for 35 years and could make her living by this work alone . She makes about $25.00 a week at this work . Her husband makes enough on the farm to support them but she likes to do this work and make extra money . Her eyes are weak but it doesn't bother her to string bags .
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. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, 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_084.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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