Mrs. Hattie Maynard is pictured standing with her husband and grandson in front of her house.
Top photograph: Mrs. Hattie Maynard, Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., 1939.
Mrs. Hattie Maynard is pictured standing with her husband and grandson in front of her house.
Bottom photograph: Mrs. Hattie Maynard is pictured seated inside her home with her grandson and two other people. The two women are stringing tobacco bags.
Mrs. Hattie Maynard has 1 grandchild living with her, whose mother and father are dead. She is 66 years old and her husband is 79. Reside at Reidsville, N.C.
INCOME: They have no income except what they make by stringing tobacco bags. Food costs them about $2.50 a week. Rent is $1 a month.
HOME CONDITIONS: The house is just a cabin and has 4 rooms. They only have enough land for a small garden. They own a cow and a few chickens. They have a sewing machine and an old piano.
Although the house is small it is very well kept. She has been stringing bags about 35 years and makes $17.00 or $18.00 a month. This is their only income and they couldn't live without this work. Since she is so old, this work bothers her eyes a little.
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Photographers: Stutz, Carleton, Maxfield, Peter A.
Source: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Digital Collection Tobacco Bag Stringing.