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Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

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...

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

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

These were all working in the Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virginia, and the mill was running a very small force. One of the small boys belongs to family shown in photo 2206.  Location: South Boston, Virginia.

These were all working in the Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virgi...

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

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Virginia: A black and white photo of a warehouse, Great Depression

Virginia: A black and white photo of a warehouse, Great Depression

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia

Berry Hill Plantation, State Route 659 vicinity, South Boston, Halifax...

Survey number: HABS VA-304 Building/structure dates: 1835-1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000246