visibility Similar

A black and white photo of people in a store. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

code Related

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia.

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia

One of the little girls in Richmond Hosiery Mills. (See report). Location: Rossville, Georgia.

These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills, (see report). Location: Rossville, Georgia

These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills, (see report). Location: Rossville, Georgia

One of the little girls in Richmond Hosiery Mills. (See report). Location: Rossville, Georgia

These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills, (see report). Location: Rossville, Georgia.

Two of the young boys working in Richmond Hosiery Mills. (See report). Location: Rossville, Georgia.

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia.

description

Summary

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

label_outline

Tags

girls textile mill workers hosiery industry rest periods georgia rossville photographic prints richmond hosiery richmond hosiery co report united states history library of congress
date_range

Date

01/01/1910
person

Contributors

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
place

Location

Rossville ,  34.98313, -85.28607
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

label_outline Explore Rossville, Hosiery, Hosiery Industry

[African Americans, mostly women, sorting tobacco at the T. C. Williams & Co., tobacco, Richmond, Virginia]

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Pietro Cressano worked at the yard for seven months, and was in building construction work before that. He was born in America but both parents were born in Italy

Home work on tags. Home of Martin Gibbons, 268 [?] Centre Street, Roxbury Massachusetts. James 11, years old; Helen 9 years and Mary 6, work on tags. Helen said she could tie the most (5,000 a day at 30 cents). Mary does some but can do only 1000 a day. They work nights a good deal. The night before Helen and James worked until 11:00 P.M. See also Home Work report. Location: Roxbury, Massachusettsachusetts.

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. Mack Hayes, journeyman welder, graduated from the Richmond welding school before beginning work for Kaiser eight months ago

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of the Valley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA., during the campaign of 1864 : [Virginia] /

Mrs. Mary George, 74 Southbridge Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and Aaron, 13 yrs., and Elizabeth 12 yrs old, working on crochet slippers. The children work until 9 or 10:30 P.M. sometimes, and the mother later. Girl has so much trouble with eyes that she is very much behind in school. Mother has eye trouble, too. (See Report also.) Witness. F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Triple Railroad Crossing, East Byrd Street at Sixteenth Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Young knitter in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina

All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are the names of some:- Lahule Julian, Walter Walker, Herman Rotte, Arsone Lussier, Addones Oduet, Arthur Oduet, Alder Campbell, Eddie Marcotte, John Lavigne, Jo Bowdeon, Phil Lecryer, Joseph Granger. A small mill. Location: Burlington, Vermont

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Supt. refused to let me go through the mill so I went there at 6 P.M. and under cover of darkness got these boys as they came out. Then we went out back of the bill boards and took the photo. 3 of the smallest of there 5 boys been there 3 years. 1 other for 4 yrs. Many children in this mill. I saw about 25 boys & girls from 9 to 14 years come out at the closing hour. Location: Augusta, Georgia. L.W. Hine

These are all workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

Topics

girls textile mill workers hosiery industry rest periods georgia rossville photographic prints richmond hosiery richmond hosiery co report united states history library of congress