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![Some of the young girls working in the Pelzer S.C. Mfg. Co. Not the youngest. Some of them seem surely under 12. All in the photo work. Location: [Pelzer, South Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvc29tZS1vZi10aGUteW91bmctZ2lybHMtd29ya2luZy1pbi10aGUtcGVsemVyLXNjLW1mZy1jby1ub3QtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LXNvbWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/246/jpg "Some of the young girls working in the Pelzer S.C. Mfg. Co. Not the youngest. Some of them seem surely under 12. All in the photo work. Location: [Pelzer, South Carolina]")
![Australian gift to British Red Cross of 9 Red Cross ambulances. Group of J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] press men](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvYXVzdHJhbGlhbi1naWZ0LXRvLWJyaXRpc2gtcmVkLWNyb3NzLW9mLTktcmVkLWNyb3NzLWFtYnVsYW5jZXMtZ3JvdXAtb2YtamxlbS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Australian gift to British Red Cross of 9 Red Cross ambulances. Group of J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] press men")
![Some of the young boys working Pelzer, S.C. Mfg. Co. Some of these workers seem surely near 12 years. May 27, 1912. Location: [Pelzer, South Carolina].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvc29tZS1vZi10aGUteW91bmctYm95cy13b3JraW5nLXBlbHplci1zYy1tZmctY28tc29tZS1vZi10aGVzZS13b3JrZXJzLXNlZW0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Some of the young boys working Pelzer, S.C. Mfg. Co. Some of these workers seem surely near 12 years. May 27, 1912. Location: [Pelzer, South Carolina].")
![National Child Labor Committee. #3026 Johnnie Beam, one of the young workers in the Pelzer Mfg. Co., S.C. Been working here over a year. Appears to be under 12 years. Location: [Pelzer], South Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvbmF0aW9uYWwtY2hpbGQtbGFib3ItY29tbWl0dGVlLTMwMjYtam9obm5pZS1iZWFtLW9uZS1vZi10aGUteW91bmctd29ya2Vycy1pbi02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "National Child Labor Committee. #3026 Johnnie Beam, one of the young workers in the Pelzer Mfg. Co., S.C. Been working here over a year. Appears to be under 12 years. Location: [Pelzer], South Carolina.")
