![Eagle and Phoenix Mill. "Dinner-toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to the machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's [?] Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWFnbGUtYW5kLXBob2VuaXgtbWlsbC1kaW5uZXItdG90ZXJzLXdhaXRpbmctZm9yLXRoZS1nYXRlLXRvLW9wZW4tdGhpcy1pcy1jYXJyaWVkLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Eagle and Phoenix Mill. \"Dinner-toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to the machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's [?] Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
Eagle and Phoenix Mill. "Dinner-toters" waiting for the gate to open. ...
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ren [i.e., ten] or more a day. They go around in th[e] mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ren [i.e., ten] or more a day. They go around in th[e] mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ren [i.e., ten] or more a day. They go around in th[e] mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ren [i.e., ten] or more a day. They go around in th[e] mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.
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Group of workers in Moritas Mill, Columbus, Ga. Could not get the youn...
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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![Eagle and Phoenix Mill. "Dinner-toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to the machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's [?] Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWFnbGUtYW5kLXBob2VuaXgtbWlsbC1kaW5uZXItdG90ZXJzLXdhaXRpbmctZm9yLXRoZS1nYXRlLXRvLW9wZW4tdGhpcy1pcy1jYXJyaWVkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Eagle and Phoenix Mill. \"Dinner-toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to the machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's [?] Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
Eagle and Phoenix Mill. "Dinner-toters" waiting for the gate to open. ...
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Pho[e]nix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Pho[e]nix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3435. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.
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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...
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!["Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZGlubmVyLXRvdGVycy13YWl0aW5nLWZvci10aGUtZ2F0ZS10by1vcGVuLXRoaXMtaXMtY2FycmllZC1vbi1tb3JlLWluLWNvbHVtYnVzLTYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "\"Dinner-Toters\" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Ph[o]enix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.")
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Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3455. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More