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Carleton Stutz and Peter A. Maxfield

Date created
1939
Location
Wilkes County, North Carolina
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by UNC Libraries

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  • Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression: Images and text from a report in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documenting tobacco bag stringing work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939. (Page 2.3)
  • The Great Depression and World War II: Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945). (Page 2.5)

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young woman sitting outside holding small child

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Mrs. Barbara Wagoner is pictured sitting in a chair outside of her house with a baby in her lap. Several piles of tobacco bags are next to her on the ground.