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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photgraphed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

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The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

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The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Louis Zabawa, 33 East St. Has been a band boy in #10 Mill, two years and six months. He says. Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Louis Zabawa, 33 East St. Has been a band boy in #10 Mill, two years a...

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Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in #8 mill for two years. He said that a short time ago an unprotected gear on his machine caught his sleeve and tore it off completely. Another boy had a large part of his hand taken off by the same machine. David Ferrier (brother to Alexander) has been doffer in #10 mill one month. Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

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All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven, but mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littleton, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band bo...

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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photgraphed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

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All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me that he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven but his mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littleton, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band bo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2086. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Teddy Szlosek, (Josef's Brother) (on right hand). Stanley Rogesky, 8 Joy St., Illiterate. A band boy in #10 mill. His playmates at school say he may be fourteen but not any more, and that he had been working there a long time. Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Teddy Szlosek, (Josef's Brother) (on right hand). Stanley Rogesky, 8 J...

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The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smalles...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2971. City not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me that he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven but his mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littleton, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band bo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven, but mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littleton, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2088. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2975. City not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. "Roxbury" pencilled on xeroxed cap... More

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3058. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2973. City not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb Miss. Smallest boy, a band-boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven, but mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littelson, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb Miss. Smallest boy, a band-boy...

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The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.

The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smalles...

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Group working in Ludlow Mills. George Barcome, Stoney Hill, Ludlow. (Front row right hand end). Been band boy for three months in #10 mill. Frank Shefjack (next George) see #2665. Eddie Grimshaw, 40 Stony Hill, (next Frank and in the middle) see #2662. Antony Gourek, (next to Eddie) see #2666. Lemmie Gebo, Indian Leap St., Indian Orchard. (Next to Antony.) Been at work in #4 Mill for four months (is young). Sam Baupre, 145 Main St., (next Lemmie, left hand in front) works in #4 Mill. Stoney Severyn, 25 Wesson St. (One of the smallest boys in the back row.) Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Group working in Ludlow Mills. George Barcome, Stoney Hill, Ludlow. (F...

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Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in #8 mill for two years. He said that a short time ago an unprotected gear on his machine caught his sleeve and tore it off completely. Another boy had a large part of his hand taken off by the same machine. David Ferrier (brother to Alexander) has been doffer in #10 mill one month. Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts

Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2670. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2972. City not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo...

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The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2974. City not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3057. Handwritten annotation on card: "The print shows single loom [...]". Credit line: National Child Labor Comm... More

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3057. Handwritten annotation on card: "The print shows single loom [...]". Credit line: National Child Labor Comm... More