Mrs. Bessie Holsbrook, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Title
Mrs . Bessie Holsbrook , North Wilkesboro , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Bessie Holsbrook and her family are pictured standing outside of their house , near a stone wall . Two of the children hold bundles of tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Children Houses Families
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
HOLSBROOK , MRS . BESSIE , aged 37 ; married ; resides in North Wilkesboro , N.C . Children : Shirley , aged 17 . Edna , aged 14 , Graham , aged 13 , Walter , aged 12 . Cora Bell , aged 3 . INCOME : Husband is a ranger in the new Government National Park and earns $52.00 a month . HOME CONDITIONS : They rent a four-room house and 90 acres of land . Fifteen acres is being tended and one-third of the produce is paid as rent . The home is nicely built , fairly well furnished and is kept very clean and neat . There is no electricity , running water or any such necessary facilities . The money earned from bags which amounts to around $10 a month is spent on food and clothes . They own two cows and around 30 chickens which keep them supplied with milk and eggs . About $300 is owed for hospital bills . She states that the bags are not absolutely necessary but this income is very helpful in paying of past due hospital bill .
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. Bessie Holsbrook, 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.
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VC331.76_S93s_026.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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