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![This little girl (like many others in this state) is so small she has to stand on a box to reach her machine. She is regularly employed as a knitter in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. Said she did not know how long she has worked there. (See report and other photos.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhpcy1saXR0bGUtZ2lybC1saWtlLW1hbnktb3RoZXJzLWluLXRoaXMtc3RhdGUtaXMtc28tc21hbGwtc2hlLWhhcy10by1zdGFuZC0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "This little girl (like many others in this state) is so small she has to stand on a box to reach her machine. She is regularly employed as a knitter in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. Said she did not know how long she has worked there. (See report and other photos.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.")
Group showing some of the youngest workers taken in the Scotland Neck Cotton Mill at starting time. Tiniest girl, one apparently 8 or 9, investigator saw at work at her knitting machine perched up on a box, as she was too short to reach. The next in size was seen raveling. Both were steady workers. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
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Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1914
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Scotland Neck (N.C.), 36.12972, -77.42028
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
