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![[Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work the next day when I went through the spinning room at 10 A.M. Some of them are surely under 12 years old.] Location: [Fayetteville, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvdG9sYXItaGFydC1hbmQtaG9sdC1taWxscy1hbGwtdGhlLWNoaWxkcmVuLXdlbnQtaW4td2hlbi10aGUtd2hpc3RsZS1ibGV3LWFuZC02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work the next day when I went through the spinning room at 10 A.M. Some of them are surely under 12 years old.] Location: [Fayetteville, North Carolina]")
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![Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvYm95LW9uLXJpZ2h0LWNoYXJsaWUtYnVydG9uLTktb3phcmstbWlsbC10aGlzLWFuYWVtaWNzaWMtaG9sbG93LWNoZXN0ZWQtc3Rvb3AtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--\"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'.\" \"Night work is 12 hours at a stretch.\" His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.")
A few of the hands on the night shift in Highland Park Mill No. 3, Charlotte, N.C. 10:30 P.M. January 7/09. 100 hands in all. Ten children as small as smallest in photo to some smaller. One chap (48 in. high) was kept out of photo. Looked 9 years old. Boy on right hand and (by barrel) has been in mill work 9 years ; half of it at night. said "Rather work nights." Boss of spinning room began at 8 years and is now 30. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Date
01/01/1909
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Charlotte (N.C.), 35.22722, -80.84306
Source
Library of Congress
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