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This little girl like many others in this state is so small she has to stand on a box to reach her machine. She is regularly employed as a knitter in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. Said she did not know how long she had worked there. (See other photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

This little girl like many others in this state is so small she has to...

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Group of young girls, all working in May Hosiery Mills. Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Group of young girls, all working in May Hosiery Mills. Location: Nas...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Luther Perdue, 114 Sheldon St. Said 9 years old. Been working 6 months in High Point Hosiery Mill, N.C. Works all day now, making about $3.00 a week. Said he expects to go to school later. "We live outside the Corporation and school begins late" (a chance for children to evade school attendance and work). Location: [High Point, North Carolina]

Luther Perdue, 114 Sheldon St. Said 9 years old. Been working 6 months...

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One of the smallest workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. I saw only two I thought under 12. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

One of the smallest workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette,...

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One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Loc...

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A black and white photo of a factory with mannequins. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a factory with mannequins. Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, ...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Young knitter in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Young knitter in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, ...

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[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me."]. Location: [Scotland Neck, North Carolina]

[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been wo...

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Boy working in Talladega Hosiery Mills. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

Boy working in Talladega Hosiery Mills. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

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These are all workers in Cleveland Hosiery Mills,. Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

These are all workers in Cleveland Hosiery Mills,. Location: Clevelan...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upward. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a ma...

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Bee Hive department store, business in Patchogue, Long Island. Hosiery and cosmetics

Bee Hive department store, business in Patchogue, Long Island. Hosiery...

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Knitters in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columbus, Ga. Others smaller, there. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Knitters in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columbus, Ga. Others smaller, there....

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These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, "I ravels and pick up." Small boy in another mill said "Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they have to stand em on boxes to reach." Children here and in the hosiery mills generally seemed better dressed and in better condition than in spinning mills. (See report.) Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with...

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These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills, (see report). Location: Rossville, Georgia.

These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills, (see report). ...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Looks intricate, but this contraption is an old story to this young woman employee of an Eastern hosiery plant which is now forty-percent converted to the manufacture of mosquito netting for the armed forces. These warp holders are used to determine the tensile strength of yarn and to keep it in place during machine operations. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Looks intricate, but this contraption is ...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which produced some of America's sheerest hosiery. Today he's working for America's armed forces on these same machines, which are producing mosquito netting for the Army and Navy. In the picture, he's servicing the mesh gears of a loom. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Public relations office

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Public relations office

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David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing.

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing.

Two of the tiny workers, a raveler and a looper in Loudon Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Two of the tiny workers, a raveler and a looper in Loudon Hosiery Mill...

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Groups of workers in Delaware Hosiery Mill. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Groups of workers in Delaware Hosiery Mill. Location: Wilmington, Del...

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All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy. ...

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Knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills. (See photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills. (See pho...

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All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea]rs. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest workers get about $3. a week for turning, knitting, or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making $6. to $9. a week "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea...

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Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members of the delegation of three hundred hosiery workers from Philadelphia who paraded to the White House today in protest against the Japanese Silk boycott present a convincing argument on why women should continue to wear silk hose, 1/28/38

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members o...

A group of women sitting next to each other holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Show window from outside I

Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Show...

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Sosnick & Thalheimer, business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. View to hosiery

Sosnick & Thalheimer, business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. View ...

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Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Large room

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Large room

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David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing.

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing.

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 / C.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 / C.

Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 / C.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 / C.

Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

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Toppers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

Toppers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafa...

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Night Work! Group of boys, all working in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columbus, Ga. Most of them had been working all day and had an hour for supper and were going back into the mill (6:00 P.M.) to work until 8 P.M. as they have done several nights this week and for some time past. I found 4 ten year olds and several of 11 and 12 working in the evenin[g] after supper and they said it was a regular thing. Ferrell [i.e., Terrell?] Butler, 10 yrs old, 1114 21st St., been working off and on 1 yr. Marvin Williams, 11 yrs. old been working 1 yr. part of the time at night. Lawrence Webb, 12 yrs. Old. Jack Wright, 15[?] yrs. working [3] yrs., co]uldn't write his ow[n] name. Are working nights now, as well as the following who were not in these photos. Gordon Stone, 10 yrs. old. Rufus Matthews, 10 yrs. old, works before and after school and nights some. Lives 1171 [27th?] Street, and Harry McElroy, 10 yrs. old night [...] Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Night Work! Group of boys, all working in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columb...

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A 12 year old knitter in the Rome Hosiery Mill. Been there some time. Earns four to five dollars a week. Location: Rome, Georgia.

A 12 year old knitter in the Rome Hosiery Mill. Been there some time. ...

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Group of workers in a Ga. hosiery mill. Location: Georgia.

Group of workers in a Ga. hosiery mill. Location: Georgia.

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Group of workers in Perkins Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Not many very young children here. Dozens of them in the adjoining mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Group of workers in Perkins Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Not many very ...

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Group of workers in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. See other photos and labels. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Group of workers in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. See other photo...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them any more. Conversion of a large Eastern mill from production of women's stockings to mosquito netting for the Army and Navy, gives this worker a vital defense job. She's drawing yarn from warp machine into warp beams prior to its use on looms. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once wove stockings for Miss America. Today they've been put to work for her Uncle Sam in the conversion of a large Eastern hosiery plant to production of mosquito netting for America's armed forces. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once...

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Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Oblique shot of counters, from above

Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Obli...

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Gotham Hosiery Shop, business at Madison Ave. and 59th St., New York City. Interior

Gotham Hosiery Shop, business at Madison Ave. and 59th St., New York C...

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Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. To entrance of showroom

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. To entrance of showroom

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All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest b...

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Loopers in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular workers. (See other photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Loopers in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular worke...

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John Bryan, a young turner in London i.e., Loudon? Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee

John Bryan, a young turner in London i.e., Loudon? Hosiery Mills. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1889. There is both a Loudon and a London, Tennessee. UMBC records similar photos as "Loudon," however. Credit li... More

One of the tiny workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

One of the tiny workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossvil...

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Elmer Skinner, 10 yrs. old. Turner in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Been working there four months. Works all day. No school. Does not work nights. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Elmer Skinner, 10 yrs. old. Turner in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, G...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

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Topper at her machine, Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

Topper at her machine, Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette Ga. Loc...

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Neil Power, 10 y[ea]rs old, he said, "Turn stockings in Rome (Ga) Hosiery Mill." A shy, pathetic figure. "Haint been to school much." Location: Rome, Georgia.

Neil Power, 10 y[ea]rs old, he said, "Turn stockings in Rome (Ga) Hosi...

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Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. She has been going to school and helping her step-brother, Lawrence Webb, regularly after school. Her mother has recently stopped her working as it hurt her eyes. Lawrence, 12 years old, has been working nights there. Live 1124 22d. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, G...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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A group of people sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people sitting around a table. Office of War Information Ph...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Show window from outside II

Gotham Hosiery, business at 5th Ave. and 51st St., New York City. Show...

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Gotham Hosiery Shop, business at Madison Ave. and 59th St., New York City. Exterior

Gotham Hosiery Shop, business at Madison Ave. and 59th St., New York C...

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David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. No. 8726. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection ... More

A young raveler in London Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

A young raveler in London Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

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Caricature, Puck Christmas number, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Puck Christmas number, public domain cartoon image

Print shows Puck tending to a fire in a large fireplace where stars-and-stripes stocking are hanging from the mantel and the faces of caricatured figures appear in the smoke above a large log labeled "1897". I... More

Group of knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular workers. (See other photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Group of knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are reg...

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

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, "I ravels and picks up." Small boy in another mill said, " Over in Mill they work em so little they have to stand em up on boxes to reach." These children were well dressed for workers. Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl ...

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

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them going in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked: I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, owner of the Union Point hosiery mill in their home in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia

Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, owner of the Union Point hosiery mill in their home...

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A black and white photo of a factory filled with mannequins. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a factory filled with mannequins. War Poduc...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of women sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of women sitting around a table. Office of War Information Pho...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Posed photograph at a department store in Philadelphia, with volunteer woman investigator checking for Office of Price Administration's (OPA) enforcement agency prices of lingerie and hosiery

Posed photograph at a department store in Philadelphia, with volunteer...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Cases of mosquito netting stand ready for shipment to ordnance officers throughout the country. Women's hosiery was once the chief product of the Eastern mill which is now forty percent converted to production of netting for American troops. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Cases of mosquito netting stand ready for...

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Mojud Hosiery Corporation, Long Island City, New York. Exterior III

Mojud Hosiery Corporation, Long Island City, New York. Exterior III

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Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Showroom, over table

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Showroom, over table

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Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Office

Hanes Hosiery, Inc., 630 5th Ave. Office

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week) 1 boy said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day) (See Also report). Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durham, Durham County, NC

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Knitters in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columbus, Ga. Others smaller, there. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Knitters in Massey Hosiery Mills, Columbus, Ga. Others smaller, there....

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Workers in Weiss Hosiery Mill, (a small mill). I saw a number of little girls like these at work inside, but could not get them to pose outside. Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

Workers in Weiss Hosiery Mill, (a small mill). I saw a number of littl...

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These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M. alone Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters. They appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old. (See report.) Location: Athens, Tennessee.

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mi...

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Workers in May Hosiery Mills,. Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Workers in May Hosiery Mills,. Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

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Group of "loopers" in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular workers. (See other photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Group of "loopers" in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are re...

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Knitter in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Knitter in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Te...

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All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co.,. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co.,. Location: Sweetwate...

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Some of the workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill live in shacks like these. Location: Rome, Georgia.

Some of the workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill live in shacks like...

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All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Locati...

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A black and white photo of a bunch of shoes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of shoes. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of people sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people sitting around a table. Office of War Information Ph...

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