Mrs. Kate Pullman, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Kate Pullman , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
The Pullman family is shown standing in the middle of a plowed field .
Subject (tgm)
Women Families Farms
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
PULLMAN MRS . KATE , aged 54 , married ; resides in Wilkes County , N.C . Children ; Ray , aged 18 . Walter , aged 13 , in school . INCOME : None HOME CONDITIONS : Mrs . Pullman owns a three-room house and one and one-half acres of land , one-half of it being tended . The rest is in a run down condition and she hasn't the money to improve it . She raises corn , potatoes and garden vegetables . She earns about $14 a month by stringing bags , all of which is spent for food and clothes . Her daughter has tried to find work but has been unable to do so and her husband has to stay home to tend the field . The house is very old and dilapidated but the inside is kept very neat and clean . They have no stock which will help them with their food . She states that if the bags are taken away it will be necessary to find other means for relief .
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. Kate Pullman, 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_067.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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