![Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spinner. Been working four years. Said 16 years old. Can't write her name. 3 of the family in the mill. "Pa stays home and cooks." Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmlzc3ktbWlsbGVyLWEtcHJvZHVjdC1vZi10aGUtbWlsbC1hLWZyYWlsLWdhdW50LWFkb2xlc2NlbnQtc3Bpbm5lci1iZWVuLTEwMjQuanBn/320/402/jpg "Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spinner. Been working four years. Said 16 years old. Can't write her name. 3 of the family in the mill. \"Pa stays home and cooks.\" Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].")
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![Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. In the front row are Jesse Farmer, makes 60 cents a day, been working here six months. Haskel Holt, 70 cents a day six months working. A 13 year old sister been spinning his own name. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEveW91bmctd29ya2Vycy1nb2luZy1ob21lLWZyb20tdGhlLWJlYXVtb250LW1pbGwtc3BhcnRlbmJlcmctc2ljLXNjLWluLXRoZS1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. In the front row are Jesse Farmer, makes 60 cents a day, been working here six months. Haskel Holt, 70 cents a day six months working. A 13 year old sister been spinning his own name. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.")
![Maud Cheek one of the young spinners in the Drayton Mill, Spartenberg[sic], S.C., runs 7 sides. Worked in another mill before she came here. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvbWF1ZC1jaGVlay1vbmUtb2YtdGhlLXlvdW5nLXNwaW5uZXJzLWluLXRoZS1kcmF5dG9uLW1pbGwtc3BhcnRlbmJlcmdzaWMtc2MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Maud Cheek one of the young spinners in the Drayton Mill, Spartenberg[sic], S.C., runs 7 sides. Worked in another mill before she came here. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.")
Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spinner. Been working four years. Said 16 years old. Can't write her name. 3 of the family in the mill. "Pa stays home and cooks." Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].
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Picryl description: Public domain image of girl 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
Spartanburg (S.C.), 34.94944, -81.93194
Source
Library of Congress
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