Rachel Barnes Taylor, Wilson NC – laundress, 1900s-1927.
Sarah Henderson Jacobs Silver, Wilson NC – laundress, 1900s-1938.
Ella Mercer Barnes, Wilson NC – wife of Wesley Barnes; laundress, circa 1910.
Mary Mercer Barnes, Wilson NC – wife of Jesse Barnes; laundress, circa 1910.
Ida Colvert Stockton, Statesville NC – laundress, circa 1910.
Julia “Mollie” Henderson Hall Holt, Greensboro NC — washerwoman, circa 1910.
Agnes West Artis, Washington DC – wife of Adam T. Artis Jr.; laundress, circa 1910.
Lon W. Colvert, Statesville NC – owned and operated pressing & cleaning business, 1910s-1920s.
Bertha Taylor Reaves, Wilson NC – laundress, washerwoman, 1910s-1930s.
Selma E. Colvert, Statesville NC – laundress, 1910s.
Blanchard Aldridge, Fremont NC — pressing & cleaning, 1910s.
Hattie Mae Henderson Ricks, Wilson NC – laundress, 1920s-1930s.
Eliza Taylor Taylor, Wilson NC — laundress, circa 1920.
Greeman Taylor, Wilson NC – street bootblack, circa 1920.
Onie Miller, Salisbury NC — washing, circa 1930.
Daisy Barfield, Mount Olive NC — laundress, circa 1924.
Annie Artis Best, Wilson NC – laundress, circa 1930.
Sallie Wynn Manuel, Goldsboro NC — laundress, circa 1930.
Carrie McNeely Colvert, Statesville NC – laundress, 1930s.
Janie McNeely Taylor, Statesville NC – laundress, Statesville Steam Laundry, 1930s.
Frances McNeely, Statesville NC — laundress, Statesville Steam Laundry, 1930s.
Sarah McNeely Green, Statesville NC – laundress, Statesville Steam Laundry, circa 1930.
Sylvia Kornegay Smith, Goldsboro NC – wife of Johnnie Smith; laundress, circa 1930.
Madie Taylor Barnes, New York NY – presser, dress factory, 1930s-1940s.
Vera Barnes, New York NY – presser, dress factory, circa 1940.
Rachel Barnes Stevens, New York NY – presser, dress factory, circa 1940.
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The fifth in an occasional series exploring the ways in which my kinfolk made their livings in the 19th and early 20th centuries.