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Inside a cotton mill at Malaga - spooling room and girl employees, Spain

Inside a cotton mill at Malaga - spooling room and girl employees, Spa...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (82)-10419. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Water; Industry Cotton; Ph. Ind.

Boy on left is Arthur Pugh. Said he made bands (25 cents a day) in Starkville, (Miss.) Cotton Mill. Boy on right worked some time ago. Location: Starkville, Mississippi.

Boy on left is Arthur Pugh. Said he made bands (25 cents a day) in Sta...

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Some of the doffers at the Salisbury (N.C.) Cotton Mill, October 18th, 1912. The average age of the children here is rather high, but there are some youngsters. Location: [Salisbury, North Carolina]

Some of the doffers at the Salisbury (N.C.) Cotton Mill, October 18th,...

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Spinners in a cotton mill. See 2134(?).

Spinners in a cotton mill. See 2134(?).

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A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) runs 1 1/2 sides. Elic (oldest boy) works regularly. Eddie (next girl) helps in mill, sticks on bobbins. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off and got married. The family left the farm 2 years ago to work in the mill. January 22, 1909. Location: Tifton, Georgia.

A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young work...

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John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for eight months in the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills. Violation of law. Gets a dollar a day now. Before he came here, he worked in the cotton mill at West, Tex., for five or six years. Said boys work in the Cuero mill under age. "They don't even bother to ask your age. Didn't ask mine. Easy 'nuff to git a job." The mills were not running on account of floods this week. I found only one other boy under age, "Spider" Estes said he is fourteen years old and been working here, doffing one year. Location: Cuero, Texas.

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...

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Warping room, cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., U.S.A.

Warping room, cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., U.S.A.

Stereograph showing several spools of thread being pulled through cotton mill machines to make fabric. Copyright 1892 by Underwood & Underwood. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md., Ottawa, Kas., ... More

Clarence Wool, 11 years. Spinner in North Normal [i.e., Pownal?] Cotton Mill. Worked only during vacation. Edward F. Brown. Location: No[rth] Pownal, Vermont.

Clarence Wool, 11 years. Spinner in North Normal [i.e., Pownal?] Cotto...

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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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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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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

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

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in cotton mill, Olneyville, Providence. Eight persons live in these three small rooms, three of them are boarders. Inner bed-rooms are 9 x 8 feet, the largest room 12 x 12 feet. 23 Chaffee Street, Polish People. Property owned by the mill. Rent $4.50 a month. Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in co...

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Hughes children. All except two smallest work and help in Magnolia, (Miss.) Cotton Mill. Oldest is fifteen, next is fourteen, next eleven, next ten. "We like the work first rate." Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Hughes children. All except two smallest work and help in Magnolia, (M...

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The Dickerson Family, Dependent Parents. Father (not in photo) works in a machine shop. All except mother and two babes work in the cotton mill, Winona. Mother said, "Father earns good pay. The children all together earn twelve to fourteen dollars a week. Been here two years. Came from the farm, but we couldn't get the children back onto the farm now. They like the mill work." Home was bare and poorly kept. Queries:- Where does the money go? Where is the need for the little ones working?. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

The Dickerson Family, Dependent Parents. Father (not in photo) works i...

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Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas.

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal a...

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Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young. Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning i...

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"Tornado" fence at cotton mill. Atlanta, Georgia

"Tornado" fence at cotton mill. Atlanta, Georgia

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Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the cotton mill at Matoaca, Virginia, for two years. His brother, next to him, helps in the mill. The others in the photo are not working yet. The father is not at work now as work is slack. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the ...

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A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) runs 1 1/2 sides. Elic (oldest boy) works regularly. Eddie (next girl) helps in mill, sticks on bobbins. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off and got married. The family left the farm 2 years ago to work in the mill. January 22, 1909. Location: Tifton, Georgia.

A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young work...

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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

Youngsters making bands, cotton mill, North Pownal, Vt. Clarence Noel, 11 years old. Location: No[rth] Pownal, Vermont.

Youngsters making bands, cotton mill, North Pownal, Vt. Clarence Noel,...

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Saturating cotton thread with sweet potato starch at cotton mill. Laurel, Mississippi

Saturating cotton thread with sweet potato starch at cotton mill. Laur...

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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

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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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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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

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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Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work in Riverside Mill, Olneyville, Providence. Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work i...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Tex. Their Family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister (fifteen years old). Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Val...

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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. Clopper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 75. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the cotton mill at Matoaca, Virginia, for two years. His brother, next to him, helps in the mill. The others in the photo are not working yet. The father is not at work now as work is slack. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the ...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas. Their family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister fifteen years old. Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Vall...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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Coleman Manufacturing Co., a Negro operated cotton mill, Concord, N.C.

Coleman Manufacturing Co., a Negro operated cotton mill, Concord, N.C.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: N.C.; African Americans In busines... More

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The wheels are kept running through noon hour (which is only 40 minutes) so employees may be tempted to put in part of this time at machine if they wish. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The ...

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[Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work in Riverside Mill, Olneyville, Providence. See 3196. For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.] Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

[Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work ...

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A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama. Been working over forty years in the cotton mills of Columbus, Ga. Started at 4 years old for 20 cents a day. Now getting $2. and is getting ready to be replaced by younger man. An ardent Socialist which has made him trouble here. Says, "I had to put one of my girls into the Mill when she was 9 yrs old, or steal. Why don't they give us enough wages to support our families? They don't intend to do that." Location: Phoenix, Alabama

A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3437. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3644. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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Spinners in a cotton mill. See 2134(?)

Spinners in a cotton mill. See 2134(?)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2127. No date, state, or locality recorded on card. Date based on surrounding cards. Credit line: National Child ... More

[Addie Card], anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See photo No. 1056. Location: Vermont.

[Addie Card], anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See ...

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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

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

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

Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to blow. Whitnel N.C. Cotton Mill. The smallest boy and girl were about 50 inches high. One of the medium sized boys has doffed 4 years,--some at night. Get 60 cents a night. Smallest girl looked 10 years old. Been in mill 2 years. 1/2 year at night. Runs 8 sides part of the time. Photo by flashlight. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to ...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Tex. Their Family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister (fifteen years old). Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Val...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3640. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Interior of tent of white migrant family near Edinburg, Texas. Bed is on the floor. Tent was made of patched cotton materials of various sorts. The man said he had worked in a cotton mill in Dallas, Texas, and had obtained the materials then

Interior of tent of white migrant family near Edinburg, Texas. Bed is ...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos ? Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas. Their family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister fifteen years old. Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos ? Valley...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3639. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

One way to keep the children out of the mill. Mrs. D.E. Hudson, South Boston, Virginia Her children are seated around her. In the chairs are some of her boarders. Children are well-kept. The home showed her thrift. Husband is in the cotton mill. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

One way to keep the children out of the mill. Mrs. D.E. Hudson, South ...

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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

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

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

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

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

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The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, including the High School. Population of the town is 2,000. Where are rest of children? Asked these children how many had ever worked in a cotton mill. About one-third of them held up their hands. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, includin...

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Cotton mill, Coolidge Mill, Manchester, N.H.

Cotton mill, Coolidge Mill, Manchester, N.H.

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Sunday ball game. All work, (a help) in Laurel (Miss.) Cotton Mill. Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Sunday ball game. All work, (a help) in Laurel (Miss.) Cotton Mill. L...

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Drawer - in Cotton Mill. / L.W. Hine.

Drawer - in Cotton Mill. / L.W. Hine.

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A husky tinsmith who works 8 hours a day, much of it out-doors. Compare him with some of our adolescent boys and girls who work in close confinement of the cotton mill 10 hours a day. Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

A husky tinsmith who works 8 hours a day, much of it out-doors. Compar...

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Mixing starch into proper consistency for application to cotton thread. Cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi

Mixing starch into proper consistency for application to cotton thread...

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The remains of an old cotton mill at Scull Shoals. Greene County, Georgia

The remains of an old cotton mill at Scull Shoals. Greene County, Geor...

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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. Clopper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 75. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2213. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Supt. refused to let me go through the mill so I went there at 6 P.M. and under cover of darkness got these boys as they came out. Then we went out back of the bill boards and took the photo. 3 of the smallest of there 5 boys been there 3 years. 1 other for 4 yrs. Many children in this mill. I saw about 25 boys & girls from 9 to 14 years come out at the closing hour. Location: Augusta, Georgia. / L.W. Hine.

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Sup...

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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

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

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

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

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

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Father taking it easy at home while his two girls work in the cotton mill. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Father taking it easy at home while his two girls work in the cotton m...

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Weaving room, cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., U.S.A.

Weaving room, cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., U.S.A.

Stereograph showing cotton mill machines in an empty weaving room. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cotton mill. The boy shooting is Henry Dedman, a warper. Been in mill 5 years. His grandmother said "I don't like to have ' em play marbles on Sunday, but when can they play?" "Yes he stands the mill work pretty well. Early getting' up is the makin' of 'em." Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 465. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

R.B. Whitley, who was one of the first citizens of the town and is one of its leading citizens, owner of the general store, president of the bank, and owns a cotton mill nearby and a farm. He is a big land owner, owns Whitley-Davis farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled the stumps out of the main street, and was the first man in that town of Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina

R.B. Whitley, who was one of the first citizens of the town and is one...

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Mr. R.B. Whitley (in chair) visiting in his general store. He is president of the bank and practically owns and runs the town. He is a big landowner, owns Whitley-Davis farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled up the stumps out of the main street, and was the first man in that town of Wendell. Wake County, North Carolina

Mr. R.B. Whitley (in chair) visiting in his general store. He is presi...

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Mr. R.B. Whitley visiting in his general store. He is president of the bank and practically owns and runs the town. He is a big landowner, owns Whitley-Davis Farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled up the stumps in that town of Wendell. Wake County, North Carolina

Mr. R.B. Whitley visiting in his general store. He is president of the...

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A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

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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

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

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

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

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, N.C. Has worked in cotton mill for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. When can he get any education? Other boy one year in mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cotton mill. The boy shooting is Henry Dedman, a warper. Been in mill 5 years. His grandmother said "I don't like to have ' em play marbles on Sunday, but when can they play?" "Yes he stands the mill work pretty well. Early getting' up is the makin' of 'em." Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cot...

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Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 467. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Some Sweepers in a N.C. cotton mill. N.C. Location: North Carolina.

Some Sweepers in a N.C. cotton mill. N.C. Location: North Carolina.

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Some of the children in King Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Some of the children in King Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. Location: Augu...

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John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for eight months in the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills. Violation of law. Gets a dollar a day now. Before he came here, he worked in the cotton mill at West, Tex., for five or six years. Said boys work in the Cuero mill under age. "They don't even bother to ask your age. Didn't ask mine. Easy 'nuff to git a job." The mills were not running on account of floods this week. I found only one other boy under age. - "Spider" Estes said he is fourteen years old and been working here, doffing, one year. Location: Cuero, Texas.

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...

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Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas.

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal a...

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Interior of Whitley general store. A Negro who is president of an industrial school is trying to get a donation for its support from Mr. R.B. Whitley. He is president of the bank, owner of very large store, practically owns and runs the town. He is a big landowner, owns Whitley-Davis farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled up the stumps out of the main street and was the first man in that town of Wendell. Wake County, North Carolina

Interior of Whitley general store. A Negro who is president of an indu...

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A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Supt. refused to let me go through the mill so I went there at 6 P.M. and under cover of darkness got these boys as they came out. Then we went out back of the bill boards and took the photo. 3 of the smallest of there 5 boys been there 3 years. 1 other for 4 yrs. Many children in this mill. I saw about 25 boys & girls from 9 to 14 years come out at the closing hour. Location: Augusta, Georgia. / L.W. Hine.

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Sup...

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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

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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China, Kiangsu Province, Shanghai, industrial plants on Soochow Creek, with boats at a cotton mill in the foreground

China, Kiangsu Province, Shanghai, industrial plants on Soochow Creek,...

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Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the children in town who attend school. 2,000 population. One-third of these raised their hands when asked, "How many have worked in a cotton mill?". Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the childre...

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cotton-mill employee using seat that is on the end of her machine. Pawtucket, R.I. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cotton-mill employee using seat t...

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