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King Cotton Mills, Augusta, Ga.

King Cotton Mills, Augusta, Ga.

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[Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent]

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[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

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One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: New...

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Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Ca...

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N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 years. 13 years old. Doffs--75 cents a day. Eureka Cotton Mills, Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 year...

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Going home from the Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Not allowed to photo inside. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Going home from the Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Not allowed to ...

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In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga. Jan. 19, 1909. L.W.H. Location: Macon, Georgia

In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga. Jan. 19, 19...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 524. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Boy with hands in pockets been in mill 1 year. See label #538. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Boy with hands in pockets been in mill 1...

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Hercules Cotton Mills, Querétaro

Hercules Cotton Mills, Querétaro

J148789(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 071650.

Doffers in Pell City Cotton Mill. Location: Pell City, Alabama.

Doffers in Pell City Cotton Mill. Location: Pell City, Alabama.

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Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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Group of doffers working in Pell City Cotton Mill arranged by the Overseer. Superintendent of the mill is also Mayor of Pell City. Location: Pell City, Alabama.

Group of doffers working in Pell City Cotton Mill arranged by the Over...

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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1804. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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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Some of the young workers in Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia The very young would not be photographed. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young workers in Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville, Virgi...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McCom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2085. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2083. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2144. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Groups of doffers, etc., all working in the Liberty Cotton Mill, Clayton, N.C., taken at 10:00 A.M., October 29th, 1912. I saw a few very young spinners, one apparently ten years old, working, but could not get them out. Location: Clayton, North Carolina.

Groups of doffers, etc., all working in the Liberty Cotton Mill, Clayt...

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Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to work when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work during the morning when I went through. Mr. W.H. Swift talked with a boy recently who said he was ten years old and works in the Clayton Cotton Mill, also that others the same age worked. Here they are. I couldn't get the youngest girls in the photos. Clayton is but a short ride from the State Capitol. (The Superintendent watched the photographing without comment.) Location: Clayton, North Carolina.

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to...

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Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds, and the good housing conditions. Location: Greensboro, North Carolina.

Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the bea...

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Groups of doffers, etc., all working in the Liberty Cotton Mill, Clayton, N.C., taken at 10:00 A.M., October 29th, 1912. I saw a few very young spinners, one apparently ten years old, working, but could not get them out. Location: Clayton, North Carolina

Groups of doffers, etc., all working in the Liberty Cotton Mill, Clayt...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3089. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to work when whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work during the morning when I went through. Mr. W.H. Swift talked with a boy recently who said he was ten years old and works in the Clayton Cotton Mill, also that others the same age worked. Here they are. I couldn't get the youngest girls in the photos. Clayton is but a short ride from the State Capitol. (The Superintendent watched the photographing without comment.) Location: Clayton, North Carolina

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3101. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

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[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good conditions prevail. See Alabama report.] Location: [Mobile, Alabama].

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good conditions prevail....

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Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work the next day when I went through the spinning room at 10 A.M. Some of them are surely under 12 years old. Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina

Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when the whistle ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3859. Hine no. 3876. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Spinning cotton yarn in the Great Textile Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Spinning cotton yarn in the Great Textile Mills, Lawrence, Massachuset...

Two women working in foreground. J218087 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22080.

Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--7 months term. Miss Lela Ginsinger, Principal (been here 2 years). Photo shows only 6 children present and 2 teachers in the third week of school. Expect 24 pupils. All absences are due to cotton. A few of the larger ones will be out in the Spring for cotton. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report. Location: Potawotamie County, Oklahoma.

Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--...

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Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location...

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Cotton Seed Storage Building, End of Wall Street between State Route 124, East Lake Drive & Lakeshore Road, Braselton, Jackson County, GA

Cotton Seed Storage Building, End of Wall Street between State Route 1...

Significance: The Cotton Seed Storage Building is a contributing historic resource in the Braselton National Register of Historic Places District and represents the agricultural and industrial significance of t... More

One of the doffers Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Nov. 10, 1908. L.W.H. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

One of the doffers Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Nov. 10, 190...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 267. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

One of the workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko, Miss., cotton mills. The superintendent objected to my photographing the workers. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi

One of the workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko, Miss., cotton ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3706. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many more as small as she. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many more as small as she. Loc...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 346. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 519. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Tupelo (Miss) Cotton Mill and Village. Conditions rather good. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo (Miss) Cotton Mill and Village. Conditions rather good. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2027-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM 1722, Garrett, Ellis County, TX

Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of C...

Significance: The farmstead is symbolic of the assimilation of Eastern Europeans into early twentieth century American culture. Although the front of the house resembles a 1920s craftsman bungalow, the original... More

Spooler tenders - 14 and 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Spooler tenders - 14 and 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: ...

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"Hell's Half Acre," a row of disreputable houses at the edge of the mill settlement at Avondale. These houses harbor the scum of the negroes and whites of the vicinity, and are separated from the mill village by a shallow ditch, which gave Gov. Comer, owner of the mills, the excuse that they were not on the mill property when the question of their removal was taken to him a while ago. A prominent social worker told me that not only do the mill people patronize these resorts, but that the broken down mill girls end up in these houses and that there are, on court record, three cases within a year of girls under fourteen years of age ruined in Hell's Half Acre. Told me, that there are innumerable instances showing the bad moral influence of the cotton mill settlement. (See report on Avondale conditions). Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

"Hell's Half Acre," a row of disreputable houses at the edge of the mi...

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J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County, AL

J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County...

Significance: With various frame outbuildings (including a seed house, a corn crib and two other storage buildings) and the plantation store extent, J.A. Minter & Son's farm is representative of the plantation ... More

J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County, AL

J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County...

Significance: With various frame outbuildings (including a seed house, a corn crib and two other storage buildings) and the plantation store extent, J.A. Minter & Son's farm is representative of the plantation ... More

J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County, AL

J. A. Minter & Son Plantation, 3 County Road 462, Selma, Dallas County...

Significance: With various frame outbuildings (including a seed house, a corn crib and two other storage buildings) and the plantation store extent, J.A. Minter & Son's farm is representative of the plantation ... More

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Ca...

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Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Detroit publishing company. Public doma...

Interior scene showing foreman and several laborers operating cotton gins. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Company. No. 1572.

Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut Street & Hines Alley, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME

Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut ...

Significance: This cotton storage building was built by the Bates Manufacturing Company to store large shipments of cotton required to supply the newly developed Jacquard Weaving Mill No. 6, constructed in 1892... More

Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut Street & Hines Alley, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME

Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut ...

Significance: This cotton storage building was built by the Bates Manufacturing Company to store large shipments of cotton required to supply the newly developed Jacquard Weaving Mill No. 6, constructed in 1892... More

"Drawing-in" -15 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

"Drawing-in" -15 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Mass...

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Some of the adults Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some of the adults Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Geo...

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Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

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G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Road, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Ro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Main House is a component of the farmstead that was associated with George H. Cunningham, who owned vast amounts of land in Ellis and nearby counties. Cunningham was more ... More

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

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Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of s...

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[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

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"OUR BABY DOFFER" they called him. Donnie Cole. Has been doffing for some months. When asked his age, he hesitated, then said, "I'm Twelve." Another young boy said "He can't work unless he's twelve." Child Labor regulations were conspicuously posted in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

"OUR BABY DOFFER" they called him. Donnie Cole. Has been doffing for s...

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Dallas Compress Company, 2010 Alabama Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Dallas Compress Company, 2010 Alabama Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The warehouse complex consists of 25 c. 1870s and c. 1880s brick warehouses with 12 inch firewalls and fire doors. The buildings flank Alabama Avenue and are contained between Alabama Avenue, Sel... More

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Locati...

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Cotton Press, Near Routes 917 & 38, moved from Berry's Crossroads, Latta, Dillon County, SC

Cotton Press, Near Routes 917 & 38, moved from Berry's Crossroads, Lat...

Significance: Significant in the field of rural industry as the only known remaining cotton press of this era in South Carolina; the primary machine which pressed and baled ginned cotton. Survey number: HAER S... More

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of these youngsters smoke. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of...

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Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3/08. Sara R. Hine, Witness. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as sm...

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Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Ad...

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Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blue Spring Cotton Mill, Route 20, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL

Blue Spring Cotton Mill, Route 20, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL

Significance: Blue Spring Cotton Mill was constructed in 1885 and produced 4 x 4 cotton sheeting, along with other products. Survey number: HAER AL-189 Building/structure dates: 1999 Demolished Building/stru... More

It seems a pity that some of the spinning frames are so large that the children cannot operate them. Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

It seems a pity that some of the spinning frames are so large that the...

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Charlie Lott a thirteen year old doffer in cotton mill at West. His Family Record says born March 12, 1900. Has been working for a year in the mill at Laurel, Miss. Came here recently and was put to work at once although he was in bad shape physically. Maybe malaria, maybe hookworm. Location: West, Texas.

Charlie Lott a thirteen year old doffer in cotton mill at West. His Fa...

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Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Locat...

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Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills, N.C. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills, N.C. Location:...

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

Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi, mammoth plate negative

Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi, mammoth plate negative

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Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi, mammoth plate negative

Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi, mammoth plate negative

"Detroit Photographic Co." and "01566" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01566. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Title devised. Unloading bails from horse-drawn wagons. "Detroit Photographic Co." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01573. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Mohawk Valley cotton mills, Utica, N.Y.]

[Mohawk Valley cotton mills, Utica, N.Y.]

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Cotton compress - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Cotton compress - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Cotton exchange, Savannah, Ga. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Cotton exchange, Savannah, Ga. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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[Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent]

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Cotton exchange, Mobile, Ala. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Cotton exchange, Mobile, Ala. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Frank Craneshaw. Has doffed for 3 years in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Gets 75 cents a day. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Frank Craneshaw. Has doffed for 3 years in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C...

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Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof. B. F. Roof --10 years in mill. Lawrence Roof--4 years in mill. Albert Roof--(Smallest) 1 year in mill. Doffs--50 cents a day. 56 inches high. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 367. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in the above mill. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in...

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Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operatives, 10 of them small boys and girls like these. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operati...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 454. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy said he had worked in the mill off and on for five years. Spins now. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy sai...

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Beaumont Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C., Panoramic Photograph

Beaumont Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C., Panoramic Photograph

H125657 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; April 12, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43776. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 yrs in mill. Two boys on left hand end are country boys just beginning to work, get 50 cents a day Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto ...

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Some of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. Smallest boy, in middle, a frail anaemic youngster, said he had been doffing over a year. Said he was twelve, but I doubt it. Other small boy, on left, spinner, runs four sides, been working there two years. Location: Munford, Alabama

Some of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. Smallest boy, in middle, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1794. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been working there one year. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been wo...

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Group of spinners in Cotton Factory. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

Group of spinners in Cotton Factory. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, ...

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Young doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Young doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, A...

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