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| Title | Mrs. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, 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. Gertrude Maynard and her family are pictured in one of the bedrooms in their house. |
| Subject (tgm) | Women
Children
Families
African Americans
Bedrooms
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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 | Reidsville (N.C.)
Rockingham County (N.C.)
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| Title Note | Title supplied by repository. |
| Form General | Photographs. |
| Report Text | MAYNARD, MRS. GERTRUDE, (colored) married and has 9 children, all of whom live with her. She is 39 years old and her husband is 44. Reside at Reidsville, N.C.
INCOME: Her husband farms and two of her daughters have jobs at $3.00 a week a piece. Her husband raises 8 acres of tobacco and 15 acres of corn, all of which he sells. He rents his place for half of what he makes. Food costs about $3.50 a week.
HOME CONDITIONS: House had 5 rooms and there are about 30 acres of land. The house is in good condition but is not well kept. They own a cow and use the owner's mules to work the farm. She has been stringing bags for 30 years and makes $16.00 or $17.00 a month. This money is badly needed and is a large percent of their income. |
| 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. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, 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_083.tif |
| path | \ncc\tbs\ |
| Format | Photographic Print |
| Rights Holder | Public domain |
