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[A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill, Arkwirght, R. I. She has worked there 1 year. Looked 12 yrs. old and had a hectic flush caused by warm, close atmosphere.] Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island.

A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill, Arkwirght, R. I. She has worked there 1 year. Looked 12 yrs. old and had a hectic flush caused by warm, close atmosphere. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island.

A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill, Arkwirght, R. I. She has worked there 1 year. Looked 12 yrs. old and had a hectic flush caused by warm, close atmosphere. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island

Spinners and doffers in the Interlaken Mill, Arkwright, R.I. Girl in front, Amelia, is a spooler. Small Mill. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island

Spinners and doffers in the Interlaken Mill, Arkwright, R.I. Girl in front, Amelia, is a spooler. Small Mill. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island

Spinners and doffers in the Interlaken Mill, Arkwright, R. I. Girl in front, Amelia, is a spooler. Small Mill. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island.

Spinners and doffers in the Interlaken Mill, Arkwright, R. I. Girl in front, Amelia, is a spooler. Small Mill. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island.

A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. Been there "bout 2 years." 50 operatives and there were 10 children that looked to be under 12 years of age. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

This little spinner has been in the mill 4 years. She was about 52 inches high and looked not quite 12 years old. Plenty of others there Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina

A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill, Arkwirght, R. I. She has worked there 1 year. Looked 12 yrs. old and had a hectic flush caused by warm, close atmosphere. Location: Arkwright, Rhode Island.

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01/01/1909
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Arkwright ,  41.72871, -71.54840
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Library of Congress
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Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. One of the smallest boys. Doffer. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone. I'm going west to Lubbock and Arizona. Last year I worked in the cotton"

Sweeper and Doffer Boys, Lancaster Mills (Cotton). S.C. Many more as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

View of spinning frames which were tended by some very young workers apparently eight to ten. The superintendent refused permission to photograph the workers. Kosciusko Cotton Mill. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi

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