Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Cora Graves , Reidsville , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Cora Graves and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their house . There are two dogs visible in the photo. .
Subject (tgm)
Women Houses Dogs Children
Subject Topical
African Americans. Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Reidsville (N.C.) Rockingham County (N.C.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
GRAVES , MRS . CORA , (colored) , aged 36 , husband 38 ; have 6 children and her mother-in-law with them at Reidsville , N.C . INCOME : Their income is from farming and stringing bags . HOME CONDITIONS : House has five rooms and there are 104 acres of land . The house is about to fall to pieces but is clean . They own 2 mules , 2 cows , 3 hogs , and a few chickens . They rent the place for half of what they raise , and spend all the money they make stringing bags on food and clothes . She has been stringing bags 25 years and makes about $7.00 a month . She has high blood pressure and can do very little work but it doesn't bother her to string bags . They need this money badly .
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. Cora Graves, 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_090.tif
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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