Mrs. Cora Wingler, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Cora Wingler , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Cora Wingler is pictured standing on the front porch of her 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
Reddies River (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . CORA WINGLER , aged 52 , married and has 4 children living with her. Husband is 57 . Resides at Reddies River , N.C . INCOME : Husband works for P.W.A . sixteen days a month at $24 a month . EXPENSES : He pays $4 a month to ride to work , taxes are $2 a year , grocery bill is about $18 a month . HOME CONDITIONS : House has three rooms and there are 35 acres of land . The house is in better condition than others in this section . He owns 1 cow , 2 steers , 1 pig , and 14 chickens . She makes about $1.75 a week stringing bags . They could not get along without this money . It does not bother her at all to do this work .
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. Cora Wingler, Reddies River, 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_038.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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