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| Title | Mrs. Flossie Johnson, Reidsville, N.C. |
| Creator | Stutz, Carleton.
Maxfield, Peter A.
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| Publisher | Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
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| Date | [1939] |
| Description | The Johnson family is pictured standing in front of their house. |
| Subject (tgm) | African Americans
Houses
Families
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| Subject Topical | Tobacco industry--United States
Home labor
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| Subject Name | Stutz, Carleton.
Maxfield, Peter A.
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
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| Subject Geographic | Reidsville (N.C.)
Rockingham County (N.C.)
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| Title Note | Title supplied by repository. |
| Form General | Photographs. |
| Report Text | JOHNSON, MRS. FLOSSIE, (colored), Separated from husband and has 7 children living with her, at Reidsville, N.C. Her brother and wife live with her. Her age 34.
INCOME: They raise most of their food but their only income is what they make by stringing bags.
HOME CONDITIONS: House has 6 rooms and there are 40 acres of land. They own a radio and a mule, a cow, 2 calves, 5 pigs, and about 50 chickens. House is in good condition but is very dirty. Food costs $6 a week and taxes are $23 a year. She has been stringing for twenty years and makes about $110.00 a month. She is absolutely dependent on 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. Flossie Johnson, 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_091.tif |
| path | \ncc\tbs\ |
| Format | Photographic Print |
| Rights Holder | Public domain |
