Mrs. A. Valdrighi, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . A. Valdrighi , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . A. Valdrighi is pictured sitting on her front porch , stringing tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Women
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Richmond (Va.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
VALDRIGHI , MRS . A. ; widow ; aged 43 ; five children ; resides No . 314 N . 21st Street , Richmond , Virginia . Children : Julia , aged 19 , laundry employee ; earns about $40.00 per month . Pearl , aged 17 , at home , unemployed . Annie , aged 14 , in school . Mary , aged 12 , in school . Alfred , aged 9 , in school . INCOME : Julia's salary is the only source of income , which amounts to $40.00 per month . One-half of this amount is given to her mother , with which to run the home . Mrs . Valdrighi receives a monthly grocery order from the City of Richmond for $16.00 . HOME CONDITIONS : Husband died two years ago and left $750.00 mortgage on home . It is doubtful if the home can be sold for the mortgage . Interest payments average about $3.50 per month . The house is kept unusually clean and neat and is nicely furnished . There is no electricity , gas being used for lighting and cooking . This amounts to around $4.50 a month . The children were very clean and neat in appearance , as was the mother . Julia has trouble with her hand and feet and has to spend about $10.00 a month on medicine and in medical treatments and, therefore , is unable to give her mother more than one-half of her income . Mrs . Valdrighi , after caring for the home and the children has only a small amount of spare time which she utilizes in stringing cotton tobacco bags . She cannot obtain enough to occupy her spare moments but she earns about $4.00 a month therefrom , using $1.40 each month to pay insurance and the balance for food . She states that bag stringing never interferes with her home work and that while it is not absolutely necessary , it is a wonderful help to the family , enabling her to protect her insurance and buy additional food .
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. A. Valdrighi, Richmond, Va. 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_115.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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