Mrs. Martha Belton, Spray N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Martha Belton , Spray N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Martha Belton and her husband are pictured standing on the front porch of their house .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses
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 . MARTHA BELTON , Spray , North Carolina , age 69 , has one child 27 years of age who lives at home . INCOME : Anna , the daughter , works in the Spray mill doing part time work and earning about $5 or $6 a week . Mrs . Belton gets $12 per month on the old age pension . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent a house at $18 a month . The home is fairly well furnished and neatly kept . The money earned from the bags which amounts to $10 a month is spent on food and doctor's bills . She and her husband are both in very poor health , and have gone in debt with a doctor , being unable to meet the bills . Mrs . Belton has to have special food which makes their grocery bill rather high . They daughter , Anna , is in bad health and really should not work , having had two operations during the past year . She states that the bags are a wonderful help and says that they will have to have other relief if they are taken away . She enjoys doing them as it helps occupy her mind .
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. Martha Belton, 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_092.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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