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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

A doffer in the Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

A doffer in the Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryv...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 269. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Orley Shrouce, 8 Ozark Mill. 10 years old. Said he worked a year, but when new law came in a while ago the mill people turned him off,--too young. "Then they came again and hired me back." Doffer--60 cents a day. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Orley Shrouce, 8 Ozark Mill. 10 years old. Said he worked a year, but ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 275. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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

Arthur Therion, 66 South Street. Has been at work ("helping father") in Mill #3, Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 3 years. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Arthur Therion, 66 South Street. Has been at work ("helping father") i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 763. The phrase "3 years" is underlined on the card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

A group of people standing in front of a brick building Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. We had not seen these children when we were shown through the mill. See photos 500 to 509. Jan. 14, 1909. Location: Augusta, Georgia

A group of people standing in front of a brick building Noon hour, Kin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 501. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Burdick Collins, 2 years in mill work. Next, Scoven Preston, 1 year in mill work. Next, Charlie Benson, 4 years in mill work. Next, Mason Matheson. Next, Robert Collins. Next, Leo House, 4 years in mill work. Next, Frank Leslie. Father in background. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia

Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Bu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

6 A.M., June 9, 1909. I found only a few youngsters going into this mill. American Thread Co., Westerly, R.I. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

6 A.M., June 9, 1909. I found only a few youngsters going into this mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 818. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they said they were 12, and then other boys said they were lying. (Which sentiment I agreed with.) Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1777. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest, 13 years, oldest 15. All had been working one year or more. Most are illiterate 27 Children apparently under 15 years, were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos) (May 1909. 720-745). Location: Winooski, Vermont

Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1077. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

Young boys working in Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vt. Very illiterate. Location: Proctor, Vermont

Young boys working in Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vt. Very illiterate...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1070. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been working in Mule Room #1, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, 1 year. Michael Keefe (next in size), 32 Marion St., been working in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for 8 months, about 13 or 14. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merimac Mill, Lowell, for 6 months, about 13 or 14. Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts

Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2618. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks?, been working in Yocona Mill, Water Valley Miss., one year. Larger boy (brother) been there six years. Housing conditions bad. Location: Water Valley, Mississippi

Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks?, been working in Yocona Mill, Water Va...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2118. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2105. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardner Rd. Works in Room #7. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardne...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2648. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Lillian Nettles, an eleven year old spinner in Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. Her sister said, " She ain't old 'nuff to draw pay," but she helps regularly, and says she can run two sides. Worked steadily all the time I was in the mill. There are nine in the family; five in the mill, including the father. "We like the mill work much better than farming," they said. Recently moved in from a small farm 50 miles a way. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Lillian Nettles, an eleven year old spinner in Magnolia Cotton Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2091. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Smallest girl in picture is Antionette Pothier, 32 Easton St. (See 2477). Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Smallest girl in picture is Antionette Pothier, 32 Easton St. (See 247...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The youngest children I saw going into Tombigbee Cotton Mill, Columbus, Miss., at 6:30 A.M. May 15, 1911. Not many youngsters there. Not working a full force. Location: Columbus, Mississippi

The youngest children I saw going into Tombigbee Cotton Mill, Columbus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2139. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) works in Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virginia Gets forty cents a day. Husband has a job in a North Caroline cotton mill not far away, and spends Sunday with the family here. They moved here a while ago, expecting steady work which was promised by the mill. Disappointed, as mill work very slack. Two girls (said to be 15 and 17) work in the shirt factory here, where I afterwards found some young children at work. Location: South Boston, Virginia

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2206. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

One of the youngsters working in the Danville Knitting works, Danville, Virginia See also photo and label 2193. Location: Danville, Virginia

One of the youngsters working in the Danville Knitting works, Danville...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2033-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino Libro, 34 Walnut Street. Apparently 10 or 11. Works in No. 4 Spinning room. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2498. Hine no. 2497. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Stephen Warren, 284 Main St., Indian Orchard. Has doffed all summer in Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Quit a few days ago but expects to get another job soon. Says he will not go to school. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Stephen Warren, 284 Main St., Indian Orchard. Has doffed all summer in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2355. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 70 cents a day. Said 12 years old. His father in the mill gets $12 a week, mother $9, sister $4.80, he gets $4.20, total $30 a week. "I had ruther go to school but the mill wanted me." Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina

Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 7...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2951. State not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Phrase "mill wanted me" is underl... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3442. 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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3604. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Neil Power, 10 years old, he said, "Turns stockings in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill." A shy, pathetic figure. "Hain't been to school much." Location: Rome, Georgia

Neil Power, 10 years old, he said, "Turns stockings in Rome (Ga.) Hosi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3355. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a violation according to both his brother and life insurance policy which say he is 12 years old now. These statements are based on the parents' statement, which is probably high. He appears to be 10 years old, and has been working 2 years. His father and older brother are in the mill. They have a house full of children, and the sanitary conditions are frightful. Location: Henderson, North Carolina

Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a vio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3888. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. Lewis W. Hine

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills,...

In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4260. Hine no. 4261. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871. Most of the windows closed even in mid-June. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4285. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Bertie Collins (girl). Has been spinning 3 years. Runs 6 sides 60 cents a day. Rudolph Collins. Has doffed 3 years. Is 12 years old. Three others will join the ranks soon as they grow a bit. Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Bertie Collins (girl). Has been spinning 3 ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 394. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Brantley Henson (boy near porch). Been in mill 8 years. Jasper Henson, (in middle) Been in 3 years. Thedie Miller (Shooting). Been in 3 years. All doffers. Salisbury Cotton Mills, (N.C.) Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Brantley Henson (boy near porch). Been in mill 8 years. Jasper Henson,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 433. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Mill at High Shoals, N.C. 8 P.M. Mill was running. Location: High Shoals, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Mill at High Shoals, N.C. 8 P.M. Mill was running. Location: High Shoa...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 265. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Doffer and spooler. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Doffer and spooler. Location: Newton...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 458. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Some of the housing conditions of the workers in Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C., to contrast with the homes and gardens sometimes shown from the "show mills" of the state. Location: Concord, North Carolina

Some of the housing conditions of the workers in Cannon Mills, Concord...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3065. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille i.e., Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years old (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina

Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3112. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Ch... More

A little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. The overseer admitted she was regularly employed. Location: Augusta, Georgia

A little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. The overseer admit...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 490. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3387. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

This was the smallest I could find in the Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Overseer said "She just brings her sister's dinner," but as it was only 9:30 A.M., and as she worked as faithfully as her sister all the time I was in the mill, I judged she was a regular "helper." She looked to be 8 years old. Others there nearly as small. Location: Newton, North Carolina

This was the smallest I could find in the Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 451. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by ...

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 9. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina

Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here. Witness, Sara R...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 383. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Kesler Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. Tallest man is Supt. Mason. He was willing I should take photos so long as I promised to represent conditions as they were. He is afraid of being misrepresented. "Truth is something stranger than fiction." Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Kesler Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. Tallest man is Supt. Mason. He was wi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 427. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Some of the youngsters (not all) that are at work in Bibb Mill No. 2, Macon Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia. Photo by ...

Some of the youngsters (not all) that are at work in Bibb Mill No. 2, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 535. Card text cut off. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Charles Chasse, 201 Main Street. When I inquired about him in the home, his mother very reluctantly admitted he was working, but said he is past 14 years of age. I met him on the street and he said he is to be 14 next month, when he hopes to get his "school papers." Said he has been working several months. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somer...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 767. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Two of the young boys working in Richmond Hosiery Mills. (See report). Location: Rossville, Georgia

Two of the young boys working in Richmond Hosiery Mills. (See report)....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1863. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of doffers working in Cotton Factory posed by the Superintendent of the factory. The smallest boy told me he had worked there three years. Location: Talladega, Alabama

Group of doffers working in Cotton Factory posed by the Superintendent...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1797. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Two of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi

Noon hour. Two of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2074. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Boys at the gate, and one running off, work in Schoolfield Mills, Danville, Virginia Location: Danville, Virginia

Boys at the gate, and one running off, work in Schoolfield Mills, Danv...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2175. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Anaemic adolescent who refused to give his name: Works in Kilburn Mill, New Bedford. (Is probably 13 or 14 years old.) Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Anaemic adolescent who refused to give his name: Works in Kilburn Mill...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2316. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to work. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, Witness. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2780. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Nerva Wright, 119 William St., runs 4 sides in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg sic, S.C. Been spinning one year. 3 children are in the mill. "My eyes hurt me when I'm out doors. It's so dark in the spinnin room." Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Nerva Wright, 119 William St., runs 4 sides in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2978. City recorded at top of caption card as "Spartanberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collecti... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3051. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young workers, (adolescents and younger). Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to work. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Young workers, (adolescents and younger). Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2779. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. Location: Weldon, North Carolina

Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3882. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manchester, Connecticut

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manch...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4966. Single card covers 4966-5008. No state or city recorded on caption card; South Manchester, Connecticut, bas... More

Doffer boys in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia

Doffer boys in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 531. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

6 A.M., June 10, 1909. Boys going to work in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren, R.I. Plenty of youngsters here. Location: Warren, Rhode Island

6 A.M., June 10, 1909. Boys going to work in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 814. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-62155. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress... More

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 sides and earns 52 cents a day. Overseer has hand on boy' s shoulder. He said this mill made 70% profit last year and excepts to make 100% this year. This is owned by Bibb Mfg. Co. Location: Macon, Georgia

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 538. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Company, Fall River. Manuel Corieiia i.e., Correira, 144 Cove St., works in Spinning room on top floor. Said, "I only help mother." He was apparently 13 or 14. Manuel Oliver, George Street, works in card room. Seems surely only 12 years old. Manuel Benevirdes, 30 Otto Street, works on top floor. Manuel Rage, 51 George Street, works in spinning room on fourth floor. John Oliver, 93 Slater Street, works in spinning room on third floor. Joseph Ariuda, 23 Shorr Street, works in spinning room on third floor. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Comp...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2333. Hine no. 2334. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Alexander Durand, 35 Tucker Street, next boy in middle of picture appears 12 years old. Is in mill room No. 2. Joseph Courtois, 33 Tucker St., at the right Alex. appears about 13 years old. Works in the spinning room. Majorie Bonclair, at left of Alex. see 2592. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts

Alexander Durand, 35 Tucker Street, next boy in middle of picture appe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2593. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The road to dividends - Drawing. Public domain image.

The road to dividends - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows poor child carrying a heavy load followed by wealthy industrialists with mills in the background. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. Annotation: "And a little child shall lead him new ass... More

Portuguese. Spinner. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Portuguese. Spinner. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lew...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4246. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Doffers in Cherryville Mfg. Co., N.C. Plenty of others. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

Doffers in Cherryville Mfg. Co., N.C. Plenty of others. Location: Cher...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 263. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngsters here. Some boys were so small they had to climb up on the spinning frame to mend the broken threads and put back the empty bobbins. Location: Macon, Georgia

488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngster...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 488. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1222. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, ... More

Little spinner in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She was so small she had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads. See also photo 488. Jan. 19, 1909. Location: Macon, Georgia

Little spinner in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She was so small she had...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 530. The words "climb up" are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1854. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Virginia) Knitting Mills. One of these, fourteen years old, said she had been working here, off and on, for four years, and earns about one dollar a day now. Location: Suffolk, Virginia

Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Virginia) Knitting Mills. One of t...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2228. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years old Been doffing in Spring Mill all summer. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years old Been doffing in Spring Mill all...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2379. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1492. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4383. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 63. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 356. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. 40 cts. to start, 60 cents a day now. Brother and mother in mill. Morris Small (boy with cap) "Reckon I been in mill 2 yrs. Don't remember." Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 loom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 331. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... 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. 12 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 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 436. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Azy Warn--Winds. Stella Warn (little one) spins 4 sides. "Been at it a long time." Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Azy Warn--Winds. Stella Warn (little one) spi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 391. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things to help out their lunch. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 34. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time off to eat. "Eat a-workin'." 9:00 P.M. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908. Mill was running. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 285. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sar...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 379. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Boys in front work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire

Boys in front work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manch...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 802. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

6:30 A.M. May 19, 1909. One of the small boys going into Mill No. 1, Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Saw 6 going into this mill under 14; some looked to be about 11. There are several other mills in this corporation, and they employ many more youngsters. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

6:30 A.M. May 19, 1909. One of the small boys going into Mill No. 1, G...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 809. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many girls this age and much younger work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire

Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many girls this age and much younger ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 754. The words "much younger" are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee col... More

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small boys did not get into photo. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 534. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Smallest boy is Louis Godbout, 132 Lincoln St. Bennington, Vermont

Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Smallest boy is L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1063. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photoes sic #720-745 May, 1909). Location: Winooski, Vermont

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1079. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

A young doffer working in Central Mills. Location: Sylacauga, Alabama

A young doffer working in Central Mills. Location: Sylacauga, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1824. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Children under sixteen years are dismissed half an hour before the rest at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. 5:30 P.M. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Children under sixteen years are dismissed half an hour before the res...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1349. Similarly captioned images (#1449, 1489, 1967, 2006, 2011, 2030, 2031), dated April 1911. Credit line: Nati... More

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, John Crawley. (See my report for addresses.) Most of these boys could not spell own names. All claimed to be over 14, but their disputes showed "These's a reason." They get from three to four dollars a week and some pay board. One said, "I get all over $2.60." Some were surely under twelve. All work. Lindsey Witt has been working there 2 years. Dewey Anderson, three years. Myron Cole, some time. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smal...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2026-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Virginia I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. Some of them, especially the girls, refused to be in the Photos. Location: Portsmouth, Virginia

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2237. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1494. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

School in Mill District, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi

School in Mill District, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2013-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Camillo DeMarco, 129 Common St., been in the Washington Mill spinning room No. 1, 3 months. Birth certificate makes him 14. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Camillo DeMarco, 129 Common St., been in the Washington Mill spinning ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2470. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Some of Batise's illiterate neighbors. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

Some of Batise's illiterate neighbors. Location: Winchendon, Massachus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2390. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Maud Cheek one of the young spinners in the Drayton Mill, Spartenberg sic, S.C., runs 7 sides. Worked in another mill before she came here. Maud's two sisters Blanche and Grace all in the spinning room with her. Father did not appear to be working. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Maud Cheek one of the young spinners in the Drayton Mill, Spartenberg ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3010. City recorded at top of caption card as "Spartenberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collecti... More

The Wilson twins going to work. Location: Belton, South Carolina

The Wilson twins going to work. Location: Belton, South Carolina

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3022-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912), while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks that he is 12. His brother (photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer, North Carolina

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3070. Hine no. 3071. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit... More

Joseph Roposa, 376 Webster St. Young Greek, said been working in weave room of Cornell Mill a short time. Going to dinner. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Joseph Roposa, 376 Webster St. Young Greek, said been working in weave...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2790. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Insurance papers, and through conversations with the children and parents, and found these that I could prove to be working now, or during the past year, at 10 and 11 years of age, some of them having begun before they were ten. Further search would reveal dozens or more. (See Hine Report). Lindale, Georgia

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days followin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3365. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Fourteen year old spinner in a Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas

Fourteen year old spinner in a Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Viol...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3642. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3258. No state or location recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

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