Mrs. Eulah Saunders, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Eulah Saunders , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Eulah Saunders is pictured sitting next to a bed on which two children are laying .
Subject (tgm)
Women Children Bedrooms
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 . EULAH SAUNDERS , 28 , married and has 4 children living with her. Husband is 33 . Lives in Wilkes Co. , N.C . INCOME : Husband works about 3 days a week at the foundry and makes 30 cents an hour . They have no other income except money from stringing bags . EXPENSES : They own their home but haven't paid for it . Their grocery bill is about $25 a month . Taxes are $6 a year . HOME CONDITIONS : They own 16 acres of land . They just raise a little food to eat . They have their own wood . House is in good condition and is fairly well furnished . House has 4 rooms and is well kept . Two of the children have scarlet fever . She has been stringing bags for about 5 years and strings about 5000 a week . It does not bother her in any way to do this work . She could get along without this money but it helps to pay the debt on 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. Eulah Saunders, 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.
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VC331.76_S93s_056.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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