Mrs. Bet Rash, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Bet Rash , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Three women and a young girl are shown standing outside of a small house . There are several chairs and a puppy in front of the house , and laundry hanging on a clothesline at left .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses Dogs Children
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
MRS . BET RASH , Wilkes County , N.C. , 60 , widow with 3 children living with her. One , a girl of 22 , is married to a man 70 . They all live together . Children are between 18 and 23 INCOME : Daughter's husband gets $1 a day working on another man's farm when he is able . He gets $10 a month old age pension . Earning $2.50 a week on bags is [sic] there are any to string . They are also on relief but won't admit it . EXPENSES : Owns home , but taxes are about $4 a year . When they have the money , they spend $5 a week on groceries , their expenses are minimum , but they cannot pay their back taxes . HOME CONDITIONS : There is 1/2 acre of land and the house has 2 rooms . There are absolutely no conveniences whatsoever , They own no animals or fowl of any sort . Water comes from a spring . They are able to grow a little to eat but have to buy most of their food . The house and grounds are in terrible condition and are not kept up at all . The people are degraded and live in a degraded state . Despite the condition and attitude of these people , they are good stringers and do 5000 bags a week . The money they get for this work constitutes a large percentage of their total income , and if it was taken away from them, it would leave them with next to nothing . They find this work easy and harmless .
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. Bet Rash, Wilkes County, 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_051.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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