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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Poland's nameless children. Ten typical Polish orphans selected at random from a refugee camp sheltering 20,000 near Warsaw. Clothing and food distributed by the American Red Cross has considerably changed their appearance. The closely cropped hair of the boys shows that their heads were subjected to the usual delousing process that all these children undergo before they can be sent on to various Red Cross orphanages, and allowed to mingle with other children. Some of these children lost their parents at so young an age that they do not even know their true names. Capt. Lyman E. Kane of East Cambridge, New Jersey, is hilding a pretty girl of a distinct Polish type. The youngster down front in a fur trimmed cap is endeavoring to strike a military attitude in keeping wi the presence of an "Amerykanski" officer

Goatskin tannery at Hebron - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Goatskin tannery at Hebron - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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