Mrs. Brooks, Wilkes County, N.C.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Brooks , Wilkes County , N.C .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Brooks is pictured in the interior of her home , next to the stove .
Subject (tgm)
Women
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 . BROOKS , Wilkes County , N.C. , has 8 children , but only 3 live with her, one of whom is married . INCOME : Husband makes $18 a week at the tannery . She owns a farm of 37 acres which she rents out at time . She can also make about $10.00 a month by stringing bags . Electric bill is $2.50 a month and grocery bill is about $50.00 a month . The rest of their income is used for clothes and payment for various comforts they have bought for their home . HOME CONDITIONS : They own their home and 2 acres of land . The house has 7 rooms and is well kept and furnished . They also have a radio , an electric refrigerator , and an electric washing machine . They raise a little food , have a cow and a few chickens , and get all their fuel on their place . She does 5000 bags a week and uses money from them for childrens ' clothes . When there are no bags to be done , she feels the lack of money badly . She wants to work on bags as much as she can and whenever there are any to do .
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. Brooks, 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_008.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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