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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

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01/01/1914
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Weldon (N.C.), 36.42722, -77.59556
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