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(Right hand boy) John Campbell, (Box 294, Gastonia, N.C.) 10 years old. Been three years in mill. In school part of this time. (Left hand boy) Roy Little. Said 12 years old. 2 years in mill and worked nights 9 months. Doffer. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

(Right hand boy) John Campbell, (Box 294, Gastonia, N.C.) 10 years old...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 253. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Closing hour, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. One of the smallest boys said he had been in mill 2 or 3 years (and is 12 years old). Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Closing hour, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. One of the smallest boys said...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 261. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Oldest girl, Minnie Carpenter, House 53 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Spinner. Makes fifty cents a day of 10 hours. Works four sides. Younger girl works irregularly. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Oldest girl, Minnie Carpenter, House 53 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Spi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 251. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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