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This little spinner has been in the mill 4 years. She was about 52 inches high and looked not quite 12 years old. Plenty of others there Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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01/01/1908

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Newton (N.C.), 35.66972, -81.22139

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