![Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 70 cents a day. Said 12 years old. His father in the mill gets $12 a week, mother $9, sister $4.80, he gets $4.20, total $30 a week. "I had ruther go to school but the mill wanted me." Location: Rock Hill, [South Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYXJ0aHVyLW5ld2VsbC1kb2ZmZXItaW4tbWFuY2hlc3Rlci1taWxscy1yb2NrLWhpbGwtMy13ZWVrcy1hdC1pdC03MC1jZW50cy1hLTEwMjQuanBn/320/401/jpg "Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 70 cents a day. Said 12 years old. His father in the mill gets $12 a week, mother $9, sister $4.80, he gets $4.20, total $30 a week. \"I had ruther go to school but the mill wanted me.\" Location: Rock Hill, [South Carolina]")
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Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 70 cents a day. Said 12 years old. His father in the mill gets $12 a week, mother $9, sister $4.80, he gets $4.20, total $30 a week. "I had ruther go to school but the mill wanted me." Location: Rock Hill, [South Carolina]
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Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1912
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Rock Hill, 34.92487, -81.02508
Source
Library of Congress
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