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A few of the young boys working in the Cigarette Factory, Danville (Virginia) Branch of the American Tobacco Co. Photo taken at 6:30 A. M., June 6, 1911 and they all went in to work. Said they were rollers and bunch-breakers. See other photos taken in morning and at noon. Location: Danville, Virginia.

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A few of the young boys working in the Cigarette Factory, Danville (Virginia) Branch of the American Tobacco Co. Photo taken at 6:30 A. M., June 6, 1911 and they all went in to work. Said they were rollers and bunch-breakers. See other photos taken in morning and at noon. Location: Danville, Virginia.

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01/01/1911

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Danville, 36.58597, -79.39502

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