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| Title | Mrs. Cornelia Neal |
| 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. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the foreground. |
| Subject (tgm) | Women
Bedrooms
African Americans
Stoves
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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 | NEAL, MRS. CORNELIA, (colored), age 66, husband 70; two children and four grandchildren living with her.
INCOME: They raise some of their food and a little tobacco.
HOME CONDITIONS: The house has eight rooms and there are 62 acres of land. they own 2 mules, a cow and about 50 hens. House is in bad shape but is well kept. Food costs them $3.50 a week and taxes are $41 a year. They have had to borrow money on their home and are trying to pay it back. She has been stringing for 35 years and makes about $26.00 a month. They need this money badly. It tires her a little to string bags because she is so old. |
| 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. Cornelia Neal 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_088.tif |
| path | \ncc\tbs\ |
| Format | Photographic Print |
| Rights Holder | Public domain |
