Mrs. J.L. Parker, Hunting Creek, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . J.L . Parker , Hunting Creek , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
A woman is pictured standing on the front porch of her house .
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
Hunting Creek (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
PARKER , MRS . J . L. , married and has two children ; her age 39 ; husband's age 49 ; 1 child lives with her and the other lives with her grandmother . Reside at Hunting Creek , N.C . INCOME : Husband has T.B . and is not able to work regularly . He has a car and is able to work a few days a week as a salesman . He can only make $4.00 a week at this job . They are on relief and she has to stay with her sister part of the time in order to live . They have to spend $5.00 a week on groceries and $1.50 a year for taxes . HOME CONDITIONS : The house has 3 rooms and there is only 1 acre of land . The house is in very poor condition and is very dirty and poorly kept . The place belongs to his mother and she lets them live there for nothing . This family is destitute and would be unable to exist at all if it wasn't for bags . She has been stringing for 4 years but only makes $7.00 or $8.00 a month because she has so much work to do around the home .
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. J.L. Parker, Hunting Creek, 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_057.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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