![Roy Young, said 10 years old. Works with brother Willis, 12 years old in Massey Hosiery Mills. Roy has worked some nights, once until 10 P.M. and he fell asleep in school next day. Haywood Tidd, smallest boy, is only 5 [?] years old, according to school record. He helps his brother regularly in Massey Mill, all day. Lives 1054 R.R. Street, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvcm95LXlvdW5nLXNhaWQtMTAteWVhcnMtb2xkLXdvcmtzLXdpdGgtYnJvdGhlci13aWxsaXMtMTIteWVhcnMtb2xkLWluLW1hc3NleS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/409/jpg "Roy Young, said 10 years old. Works with brother Willis, 12 years old in Massey Hosiery Mills. Roy has worked some nights, once until 10 P.M. and he fell asleep in school next day. Haywood Tidd, smallest boy, is only 5 [?] years old, according to school record. He helps his brother regularly in Massey Mill, all day. Lives 1054 R.R. Street, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Roy Young, said 10 years old. Works with brother Willis, 12 years old in Massey Hosiery Mills. Roy has worked some nights, once until 10 P.M. and he fell asleep in school next day. Haywood Tidd, smallest boy, is only 5 [?] years old, according to school record. He helps his brother regularly in Massey Mill, all day. Lives 1054 R.R. Street, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1913
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Columbus (Ga.), 32.46111, -84.98778
Source
Library of Congress
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