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Boys going home from Sunday School. Right to left. Willie Long - in mill 4 yrs.; James Hurley; Lloyd Long - 12 yrs., in mill 2 yrs.; Spurgeon Price - 13 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Clarence Price - 14 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Charley Caswell- in mill 3 yrs. Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Boys going home from Sunday School. Right to left. Willie Long - in mill 4 yrs.; James Hurley; Lloyd Long - 12 yrs., in mill 2 yrs.; Spurgeon Price - 13 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Clarence Price - 14 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Charley Caswell- in mill 3 yrs. Gastonia, North Carolina.

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01/01/1908

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Gastonia (N.C.), 35.26194, -81.18722

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