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"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer. Been working in Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills one year. Violation of the law. Location: Cuero, Texas.

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"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer. Been working in Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills one year. Violation of the law. Location: Cuero, Texas.

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01/01/1912

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Cuero (Tex.), 29.09389, -97.28917

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