Mrs. Oscar Wingler, Reddies River, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Oscar Wingler , Reddies River , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Oscar Wingler is pictured in the doorway of her house , holding a small child . Her husband and another child stand outside .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children 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 . OSCAR WINGLER , aged 29 , married and has five children . Husband is 35 . They resides at Reddies River , Wilkes Co. , N.C . INCOME : Husband works 16 days a month for P.W.A . at $24 a month ; however , he can only go to work when he can find a ride . They have no other income . EXPENSES : They spend $13 a week for food and groceries . They owe the dentist $5 for pulling ten of wife's teeth . HOME CONDITIONS : House has three rooms , and they rent land from her mother to farm . They own 1 cow , 3 pigs and about 10 chickens . The house is falling apart and they can't afford to repair it . She makes $2.50 a week by stringing bags . She has been unable to do other work for quite a while on account of sickness .
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. Oscar 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_032.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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