Mrs. Susie Crowder, South Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Susie Crowder , South Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Susie Crowder is pictured sitting in her bedroom , stringing tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Women Bedrooms
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
CROWDER , MRS . SUSIE , 901 Porter St. , South Richmond , Va. , aged 31 , husband 35 ; has on child living with her. INCOME : Husband was working for $2.50 a week but now works for a garage doing piece work , but only gets very little for this. HOME CONDITIONS : Apartment has two rooms which are well kept , but the house is in need of repairs . She has been sick and has to go to the clinic twice a week , and is , therefore , unable to work . Groceries cost $2.50 a week , rent $3.00 a month , lights have been cut off , insurance had to be discontinued , and water is 66 cents a month . The City has been giving them coal and coal oil . She has been stringing for six years and makes $1.50 a week . She has to have this work in order to live . This doesn't bother her, and she likes to do it .
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. Susie Crowder, South 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_142.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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