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Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, appears 13 yrs. old). Has been working a few weeks in Mule Room #4. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, ...

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Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington,...

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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

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

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

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Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adam...

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Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during working hours. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinn...

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in Mule Room, Lonsdale Cotton Mills, Lonsdale, R.I. Nov. 2212. Location: Lonsdale, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in Mule Room, Lonsdale Cotto...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3153. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Name: Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Burlington, Vt. Chace Cotton Mill. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Name: Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Burlington, Vt. Chace Co...

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Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years...

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Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boys out of picture because below par physically. Two boys on right had adenoids so that they had great difficulty in breathing. See individual pictures. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boy...

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

[Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills.] Locati...

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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

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during working hours. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinn...

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

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

In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4379. Hine no. 4380. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More

Name: Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Burlington, Vt. Chace Cotton Mill. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Name: Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Burlington, Vt. Chace Co...

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Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boys out of picture because below par physically. Two boys on right had adenoids so that they had great difficulty in breathing. See individual pictures. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boy...

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

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

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Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Ad...

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Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4382. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adam...

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Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Ad...

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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: Ad...

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in Mule Room, Lonsdale Cotton Mills, Lonsdale, R.I. Nov. 22/12. Location: Lonsdale, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in Mule Room, Lonsdale Cotto...

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Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1 Merrimac Mill, Lowell, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size) 32 Marion St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for six months; about 13 or 14 probably. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been wo...

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

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

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Wood carving group of working boys at King Philip Settlement - Names beginning at our right: 6. Frederick Reinhadt, 15, 147 Grant Street. 5. Arthur Bourque, 14, 415 Kilburn St., 3. Anthony Bello, 16, 75 Mt. Hope Ave. 8th grade Slade School - wants good education more than work. 1. William Berupe, 15, 36 Assonet St., Sweeper, Iron Works, 7:30-11:30, 1-5. Barber Shop 7 years old, now Fridays and Saturday afternoons and until 12 at night. 4. Herman Reinhadt, 17, Hub Clothing Co. clerk. Was a doffer in the mule room. 7. Manuel Ferreira, 15, 27 Whittier St. Sweeper, Iron Works, same schedule as Berupe. 2. John Megna, 16, 75 Mt. Hope Avenue, Sweeper, Iron Works, - Two previous positions. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Wood carving group of working boys at King Philip Settlement - Names b...

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Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, appears 13 yrs. old). Has been working a few weeks in Mule Room #4. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2722. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

[Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills.] Locati...

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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: Ad...

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Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Ada...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4381. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Sweepers & mule-room boys in Royal Mill, River Point, R.I. Boy left hand end, Manuel Mites has been in mill 2 years. Clinton Silvey and Louis Perry (centre boys) have been in mill one year and said they are now 12 years old. Boy on right hand Manuel Silvey been in mill 1 year. (They could not speak English). Location: River Point, Rhode Island.

Sweepers & mule-room boys in Royal Mill, River Point, R.I. Boy left ha...

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Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1 Merrimac Mill, Lowell, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size) 32 Marion St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for six months; about 13 or 14 probably. Location: Salem, Massachusetts

Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been wo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2617. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4378. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

The Mule Room in the New Bedford Cotton Mill. Some small boys are employes in mule rooms. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The Mule Room in the New Bedford Cotton Mill. Some small boys are empl...

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Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boys out of picture because below par physically. Two boys on right had adenoids so that they had great difficulty in breathing. See individual pictures. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boy...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4309. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... 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...

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2211. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington,...

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

Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boys out of picture because below par physically. Two boys on right had adenoids so that they had great difficulty in breathing. See individual pictures. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mule room - Group of back boys 14 -16 years old. Overseer kept two boy...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4309. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2211. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4379. Hine no. 4380. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... 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

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Tube boy - 16 years - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Ada...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4381. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

The Mule Room in the New Bedford Cotton Mill. Some small boys are employes in mule rooms. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Mule Room in the New Bedford Cotton Mill. Some small boys are empl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2742. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4379. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4378. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4382. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years...

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