Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, Bulls Gap, Tennessee. 91 years old. In addition to daily work around the home, she finds time to raise some cotton, carding and spinning it herself. She also does some hand weaving.

Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, Bulls Gap, Tennessee. 91 years old. In addition to daily work around the home, she finds time to raise some cotton, carding and spinning it herself. She also does some hand weaving.

Photograph

Lewis W. Hine

Maker
American, 1874–1940

Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, Bulls Gap, Tennessee. 91 years old. In addition to daily work around the home, she finds time to raise some cotton, carding and spinning it herself. She also does some hand weaving.

October 22, 1933
Gelatin silver print
24.4 x 16.5 cm.
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
1978.0735.0010
Inscriptions verso-(applied typed label with pencil inscription) "H-12" "Mrs. Sarah
J. Wilson, Bulls Gap, Tennessee. (91 years old) In addition to daily
work around the home, she finds time to raise some cotton, carding and
spinning it herself. She also does some hand weaving. Taken 10-22-33."
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