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Family all in mill. Small boy been at it 4 years. Mother said "she used to make her $1.00 a day spoolin' but she never can now at spinnin'. Some are better at one thing and some at another." Nov. 1908. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Family all in mill. Small boy been at it 4 years. Mother said "she used to make her $1.00 a day spoolin' but she never can now at spinnin'. Some are better at one thing and some at another." Nov. 1908. Location: 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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