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![These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M., alone, Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work. Standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters; they appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old (See report.) Where they disappeared, I never found out. They were the size of the smallest boy on right of photo 190[., i.e., 1907?]. Location: Athens, Tennessee.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhlc2Utd2VyZS1hbGwtdGhlLXlvdW5nLWNoaWxkcmVuLWktY291bGQtZ2V0LWF0LXRoZS1hdGhlbnMtaG9zaWVyeS1taWxsLWF0LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M., alone, Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work. Standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters; they appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old (See report.) Where they disappeared, I never found out. They were the size of the smallest boy on right of photo 190[., i.e., 1907?]. Location: Athens, Tennessee.")
These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M. alone Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters. They appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old. (See report.) Location: Athens, Tennessee.
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Date
01/01/1910
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Athens (Tenn.), 35.44278, -84.59306
Source
Library of Congress
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