Mrs. Rosa Bell, Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., 1939
Mrs. Rosa Bell and several family members are pictured standing in front of their house.

Several tools are hanging on the exterior of the house.

Caption
BELL, MRS. ROSA, has 12 children, all but one of whom live with her. She is 45 years old and her husband is 47. They reside in Reidsville, N.C.

INCOME: The whole family farms and raises most of their food. They also raise tobacco and corn to sell. His aunt owns the place and husband rents additional land for farming. He pays ¼ of what he makes for the use of this land. Groceries cost $2.00 a week.

HOME CONDITIONS: The house has 5 rooms and there are 33 acres of land. They own 2 cows, 2 mules, 3 hogs and 25 chickens. They also have a sewing machine. The house is like the rest in this section and is poorly kept. She has been stringing tobacco bags ever since she can remember and makes about $15.00 a month. She likes to do this work and it has never affected her health...

Photographers: Carleton Stutz, Peter A. Maxfield

UNC Digital Collection: Tobacco Bag Stringing - Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.