Mrs. Floss Crabbe, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Floss Crabbe , North Wilkesboro , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Floss Crabbe and a man are pictured standing outside of their house , leaning on the porch , in front of a pile of tobacco bags .
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
North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
CRABBE , MRS . FLOSS , widow , aged 48 , North Wilkesobo , N.C . Children ; DeWitt , aged 23 . Oland , aged 18 . Raymond , aged 8 . Jack , aged 14 . William , aged 9 . INCOME : She received $7.00 per month form the Government for dependent children . HOME CONDITIONS : They own a four-room house and 56 acres of land , only ten acres being cultivated . The rest of the land is timber and wasteland and not fit for cultivation . They own two cows and about 30 chickens , which supply them with milk and eggs . The two eldest boys are unable to work since they have to take care of all the farming . Jack is in very poor health but Mrs . Crabbe does not feel that she is able to afford the necessary medical attention . All of the money goes for food which she thinks is very insufficient within needs . Since the bags have been temporarily discontinued it has been necessary for them to go in debt with the grocery store , and they have not been able to spend anything on clothes . She states that it will be necessary for her to have other relief if the bags are taken away , it being impossible to run the family on $7.00 a month . She has been stringing bags around five years and would feel lost without them.
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. Floss Crabbe, North Wilkesboro, 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_027.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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