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Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. / Photo by [...]

Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina....

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Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3/08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3/08. Witnes...

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Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Some of the small girls working in the Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Some of the small girls working in the Great ...

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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

Group of boys, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. They would not tell me the truth about their ages. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of boys, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. They would not tell me the t...

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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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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Young girls going to work noon-hour Merrimac Mills. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Young girls going to work noon-hour Merrimac Mills. Location: Huntsvi...

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

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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

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

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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

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E...

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Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, N...

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Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

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Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I....

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Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Locati...

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conand, witness.] Location: [New Bedford, Massachusetts].

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen. Location: McKinney, Texas.

Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen. Location:...

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Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 75. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis...

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[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.] Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Noon Hour In an Indianapolis Cotton Mill, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon Hour In an Indianapolis Cotton Mill, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

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Noon hour, April 17, 1909. All these boys (and many others) work in the Natick (R.I.) Mills. Some of the smaller ones said they worked there two years. Location: Natick, Rhode Island.

Noon hour, April 17, 1909. All these boys (and many others) work in th...

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Noon hour. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Noon hour. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Lo...

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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, M...

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Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Location: Sanford, Maine

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the younges...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 704. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster working there, work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1060. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

One of the young doffers in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, going to dinner. Said he was 15 years old, but it is doubtful. Location: Fries, Virginia.

One of the young doffers in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, ...

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Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. Berkley, Virginia Location: Berkley, Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. B...

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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

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Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl running is one of the workers. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl running is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2297. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Montgomery Cotton Mill. Investigator saw none under 14. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Noon hour. Montgomery Cotton Mill. Investigator saw none under 14. Lo...

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Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 519. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... 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, Life 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 more. (See Hine Report). Location: Lindale, Georgia

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3361. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. Location: Sanford, Maine

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 703. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212. Location: Fall River, ...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

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Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the "hands" in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character...

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Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Ca...

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Noon hour ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R. I. All of them work in the mill. Note the boy nearest. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

Noon hour ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R. I. All of them w...

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Dangerous Noon-hour Recreation. Doffer boys and others from Pacific Mill[s]. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Dangerous Noon-hour Recreation. Doffer boys and others from Pacific Mi...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McCom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2085. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2083. 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.

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Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 519. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, N...

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Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers. Location: ...

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Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of s...

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Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Locati...

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Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

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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

One of the young helpers in Richmond Spinning Mills. Noon-hour. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

One of the young helpers in Richmond Spinning Mills. Noon-hour. Locat...

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Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster working there, work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster w...

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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack, and the force small. Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters ...

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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters ...

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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

Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers are: Kendall Hoffer, 4 Ave. & C St., said was 12 yrs. old and makes $3 to $5 a week. Sam. Mc Adams, A St., 12 years old. Working a long time. Makes a dollar a day some times. Tom Brantley, 7th Ave., said 13 years old, but like the rest he did not appear to be. Irving Williams said he was 15, but? Boys all said none under 12 can work. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian...

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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

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

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

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

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One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. [...] Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A ...

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Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. Location: Sanford, Maine.

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young...

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Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I....

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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manche...

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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works...

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Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Locatio...

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he had been doffing there four years. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he ha...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1803. 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...

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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some, but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

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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...

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Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Locati...

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Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. Location: Huntsville, A...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1763. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4275. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. [...] Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A ...

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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, M...

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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mill, Danville, Virginia June 2, 1911. All work. Not very many under fourteen. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mill, Danville, Virginia June 2, 1911. A...

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Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the mills during working hours and saw this young girl and six others like her working in the spinning and weave rooms. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the...

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Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the "hands" in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character...

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Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregular work.) This is the middle of the morning. Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregul...

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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and the force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters ...

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Noon-hour card game--Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Noon-hour card game--Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Mas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1175. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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.) Where they disappeared, I never found out. They were the size of the smallest boy on right of photo 190., i.e., 1907?. Location: Athens, Tennessee

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1906. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2031. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mill has a high type of operatives. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mi...

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Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the mills during working hours and saw this young girl and six others like her working in the spinning and weave rooms. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the...

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Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manche...

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