Mrs. Sallie Shilbey, Spray N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Sallie Shilbey , Spray N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Sallie Shilbey and two of her children are pictured sitting inside one of the rooms they rent . She is holding tobacco bags in her lap .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Spray (N.C.) Rockingham County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . SALLIE SHILBEY , Spray , North Carolina , age 21 . Children : Douglas 5 years . Betty 14 months . INCOME : Husband works at a local mill making $15 per week . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent 2 rooms at $4 a month . They are nicely furnished and very neatly kept . The house has electricity . She states that she clothes herself and the two children with the money she earns from stringing bags . She also states that it never interferes with her house work , and that she really enjoys doing it . Her husband's salary goes for paying rent and groceries . The groceries amount to $10 a month and payments on debts amounting to about $80 . The bags are not absolutely necessary but they are a great help .
Physical Description of Original
11 cm H x 6 cm W; 4-1/3" H x 2-1/3" 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. Sallie Shilbey, Spray 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_098.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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