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Going to work at 5:30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names [i.e., named] Jo. is a sweeper in Mill Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me. Been there 2 years. I saw him working inside. Said he didn't know how old he was and he couldn't spell his name. Lives 2 miles out in the country and his father drives him out and back every day. Location: Lewiston, Maine.

6 P.M. April 23, 1909. A sweeper in the Hill Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. I saw him working inside. Location: Lewiston, Maine.

5:30 A.M. Boys going to work Hill Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. I saw them at work inside. Location: Lewiston, Maine

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in #3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in #3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

One of the boys working in Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. Been there 3 years. Cannot speak English. Location: Lewiston, Maine

Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years old. Works in the mill-room. His father is boss of another room. Frank Matley next in right end of picture lives at 25 Rod St., been in mill-room No. 12 for 1 1/2 years. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb Miss. Smallest boy, a band-boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven, but mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littelson, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years old. Works in the mill-room. His father is boss of another room. Frank Matley next in right end of picture lives at 25 Rod St., been in mill-room No. 12 for 1 12 years. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts

Going to work at 5:30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names [i.e., named] Jo. is a sweeper in Mill Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me. Been there 2 years. I saw him working inside. Said he didn't know how old he was and he couldn't spell his name. Lives 2 miles out in the country and his father drives him out and back every day. Location: Lewiston, Maine.

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01/01/1909
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Lewiston (Me.) ,  44.10028, -70.21472
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