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| Title | Mrs. B.F. Staley, Reddies River, N.C. |
| Creator | Stutz, Carleton.
Maxfield, Peter A.
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| Publisher | Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
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| Date | [1939] |
| Description | Mrs. B.F. Staley is pictured in the interior of her home, sitting next to an ornate wooden dresser. Part of Mrs. Staley's kitchen is visible in the background. |
| Subject (tgm) | Women
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| Subject Topical | Tobacco industry--United States
Home labor
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| Subject Name | Stutz, Carleton.
Maxfield, Peter A.
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
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| Subject Geographic | Reddies River (N.C.)
Wilkes County (N.C.)
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| Title Note | Title supplied by repository. |
| Form General | Photographs. |
| Report Text | STAYLEY [Staley], MRS. B.F., married and has 14 children but all of them are away from home. Her age is 65; her husband's age is 69. Reside at Reddis [sic] River, N.C.
INCOME: Husband makes all his money by farming and by lending money. They have one son who is a school teacher and who stays with them when school is out, but he only pays board.
HOME CONDITIONS: They raise practically all their needs and only have to buy things occasionally. Wife just borrowed $1400.00 on her home. They own 200 acres of land and the house has 8 rooms. They also have 2 steer, 2 cows and a calf, 35 chickens and 450 chicks. They own a new car. She just strings bags for a past time and makes $10.00 a month and it doesn't bother her at all to string. |
| 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. B.F. Staley, 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_041.tif |
| path | \ncc\tbs\ |
| Format | Photographic Print |
| Rights Holder | Public domain |
| Notes | The original item misspelled the surname as "Stayley." The correct spelling as identified by a descendant is "Staley." |
