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![[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLXN0b3ZhbGwtc3QtbG91aXMtYWwtYmFzZWJhbGwtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/497/jpg "[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]")
![[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.] Location: [Opelika, Alabama]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvd2hpc3RsZS1ibG93cy1ub29uLW9wZWxpa2EtY290dG9uLW1pbGwtc21hbGxlc3QtZ2lybC1pbi1waG90b2dyYXBoLWlzLXZlbG1hLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: \"That haint no way to encourage children to work.\" Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.] Location: [Opelika, Alabama]")
![[Joe Berger, Walter "Biff" Schaller, "Kid" Gleason, Chicago AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvam9lLWJlcmdlci13YWx0ZXItYmlmZi1zY2hhbGxlci1raWQtZ2xlYXNvbi1jaGljYWdvLWFsLWJhc2ViYWxsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Joe Berger, Walter \"Biff\" Schaller, \"Kid\" Gleason, Chicago AL (baseball)]")
![[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLXN0b3ZhbGwtc3QtbG91aXMtYWwtYmFzZWJhbGwtMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]")
![[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLXN0b3ZhbGwtc3QtbG91aXMtYWwtYmFzZWJhbGwtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]")
![[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLXN0b3ZhbGwtc3QtbG91aXMtYWwtYmFzZWJhbGwtNC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[George Stovall, St. Louis AL (baseball)]")
