14 year old Spinner - Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massac...
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![Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mill. Vt. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and new would "stay." E. F. Brown. See Photo #1050. Location: North Pownal, Vermont.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWRkaWUtY2FyZC0xMi15ZWFycy1zcGlubmVyLWluLW5vcnRoLXBvcm1hbC1pZS1wb3duYWwtY290dG9uLW1pbGwtdnQtZ2lybHMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mill. Vt. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and new would \"stay.\" E. F. Brown. See Photo #1050. Location: North Pownal, Vermont.")
Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mi...
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Centreville, Virginia (vicinity). Mrs. Spinner's house
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A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen,...
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![Hattie Hunter, spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. 52 inches high, worked in mill for 3 years. Gets 50 cents a day. Dec. 1, 1908. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina. / L.W. [Hine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvaGF0dGllLWh1bnRlci1zcGlubmVyLWluLWxhbmNhc3Rlci1jb3R0b24tbWlsbHMtc2MtNTItaW5jaGVzLWhpZ2gtd29ya2VkLWluLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Hattie Hunter, spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. 52 inches high, worked in mill for 3 years. Gets 50 cents a day. Dec. 1, 1908. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina. / L.W. [Hine]")
Hattie Hunter, spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. 52 inches high,...
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![[Addie Card], anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See photo No. 1056. Location: Vermont.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWRkaWUtY2FyZC1hbmFlbWljLWxpdHRsZS1zcGlubmVyLWluLW5vcnRoLXBvd25hbC1jb3R0b24tbWlsbC1zZWUtcGhvdG8tbm8tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[Addie Card], anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See photo No. 1056. Location: Vermont.")
[Addie Card], anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See ...
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Little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Overseer said she wa...
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![The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXNtYWxsZXN0LWJveS1pcy1hLWJhbmQtYm95LW5leHQtaW4tb3JkZXItaXMtYS1kb2ZmZXItdGhlLXNtYWxsZXN0LWdpcmwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' [i.e., Cowpen's?] Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). Location: [Cowpens], South Carolina.")
The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smalles...
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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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvd2hpc3RsZS1ibG93cy1ub29uLW9wZWxpa2EtY290dG9uLW1pbGwtc21hbGxlc3QtZ2lybC1pbi1waG90b2dyYXBoLWlzLXZlbG1hLTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "[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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A typical spinner. Mamie --------- Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Locat...
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A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending...
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Eglantine La Barge, an adolescent spinner, working in Spring Village M...
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![Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mill. Vt. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and new would "stay." E. F. Brown. See Photo #1050. Location: North Pownal, Vermont.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWRkaWUtY2FyZC0xMi15ZWFycy1zcGlubmVyLWluLW5vcnRoLXBvcm1hbC1pZS1wb3duYWwtY290dG9uLW1pbGwtdnQtZ2lybHMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mill. Vt. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and new would \"stay.\" E. F. Brown. See Photo #1050. Location: North Pownal, Vermont.")
Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal [i.e., Pownal] Cotton Mi...
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The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill sc...
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Spinner, General U.S.A. (not in uniform)
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Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a spinner in th...
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![[Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. Rather go to work.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvYXBwbHlpbmctZm9yLXdvcmstcGFwZXItZmlyc3QtdGltZS1nZXJ0cnVkZS1wZXJlaXJhLTk5LXN0b3dlLXN0LTE0LXllYXJzLW9sZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. Rather go to work.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.")
[Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14...
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Little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Overseer said she wa...
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A spinner and a doffer in Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Out of for...
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3 year old spinner in the Belton S.C. Mills. Cornelia and James Wilson...
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Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many more as small as she. Lo...
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![[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last couldn't spell the street he lives on. They spoke almost no English. ]. Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEveW91bmctZG9mZmVyLWFuZC1zcGlubmVyLWJveXMtaW4tc2VhY29ubmV0LW1pbGwtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LWFyZS1tYW51ZWwtcGVycnktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last couldn't spell the street he lives on. They spoke almost no English. ]. Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]")
[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Man...
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![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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZm91cnRlZW4teWVhci1vbGQtc3Bpbm5lci1pbi1hLWJyYXpvcy12YWxsZXktY290dG9uLW1pbGwtYXQtd2VzdC12aW9sYXRpb24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "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. V...
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![Clarence Wool, 11 years. Spinner in North Normal [i.e., Pownal?] Cotton Mill. Worked only during vacation. Edward F. Brown. Location: No[rth] Pownal, Vermont.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvY2xhcmVuY2Utd29vbC0xMS15ZWFycy1zcGlubmVyLWluLW5vcnRoLW5vcm1hbC1pZS1wb3duYWwtY290dG9uLW1pbGwtd29ya2VkLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Clarence Wool, 11 years. Spinner in North Normal [i.e., Pownal?] Cotton Mill. Worked only during vacation. Edward F. Brown. Location: No[rth] Pownal, Vermont.")
Clarence Wool, 11 years. Spinner in North Normal [i.e., Pownal?] Cotto...
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Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manu...
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Oldest girl, Minnie Carpenter, House 53 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Spi...
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![Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, been working since May. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvZWxpemFiZXRoLWRlbWFyYWlzLWllLWRlbWFyaXMtMTMteWVhcnMtb2xkLWEtc3Bpbm5lci1pbi10aGUtc3ByaW5nLXZpbGxhZ2UtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, been working since May. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.")
Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Sp...
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![[Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily as spinner in the Lumberton Cotton Mills. Makes 30 cents a day. Lonnie Britt, 7 years old has been working steadily for 1 year as spinner. Makes 40 cents a day. Ages and data given me by their grandmother at home, and I saw them going and coming early and late. 2 smallest in group. When Mr. Swift made his last visit to Lumberton he was shown through these mills by Mr. Jennings, who asked Mr. Swift how many children he thought there were under age. Mr. Swift said about 20, Mr. Jennings told him there were at least 30, and called one of his men to prove he was right. He told Mr. Swift that all the mills were employing children under age. N.B. SEE OTHER SIDE BEFORE USING LABEL (over) Important. [verso of card]: N.B. April 1915: A subsequent visit to this family brought out the information that Flossie was 8 years old and Lonnie 10 years old when I saw them. That the boss asked the mother to bring Lonnie to work, and that she worked about 1/2 year as steadily as she could. That another boss asked the mother to bring Flossie to work and that the girl soon became sick. The mother became disgusted and quit the mill for life on her father's farm where they are now located. There was no need for the children working. Since they moved to the farm the superintendent and 2 other persons visited the family and tried to intimidate them and get them to make mis-statements about the children's ages and work. See Hine report for additional details, all given to Mr. Hine in the presence of a prominent Lumberton attorney.] Location: [Lumberton, North Carolina].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvZmxvc3NpZS1icml0dC02LXllYXJzLW9sZC1oYXMtYmVlbi13b3JraW5nLXNldmVyYWwtbW9udGhzLXN0ZWFkaWx5LWFzLXNwaW5uZXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily as spinner in the Lumberton Cotton Mills. Makes 30 cents a day. Lonnie Britt, 7 years old has been working steadily for 1 year as spinner. Makes 40 cents a day. Ages and data given me by their grandmother at home, and I saw them going and coming early and late. 2 smallest in group. When Mr. Swift made his last visit to Lumberton he was shown through these mills by Mr. Jennings, who asked Mr. Swift how many children he thought there were under age. Mr. Swift said about 20, Mr. Jennings told him there were at least 30, and called one of his men to prove he was right. He told Mr. Swift that all the mills were employing children under age. N.B. SEE OTHER SIDE BEFORE USING LABEL (over) Important. [verso of card]: N.B. April 1915: A subsequent visit to this family brought out the information that Flossie was 8 years old and Lonnie 10 years old when I saw them. That the boss asked the mother to bring Lonnie to work, and that she worked about 1/2 year as steadily as she could. That another boss asked the mother to bring Flossie to work and that the girl soon became sick. The mother became disgusted and quit the mill for life on her father's farm where they are now located. There was no need for the children working. Since they moved to the farm the superintendent and 2 other persons visited the family and tried to intimidate them and get them to make mis-statements about the children's ages and work. See Hine report for additional details, all given to Mr. Hine in the presence of a prominent Lumberton attorney.] Location: [Lumberton, North Carolina].")
[Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily a...
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![[The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill school who have to make the 8 weeks schooling for the year. The school is miserably equipped. Willie Laty, the shortest boy, said he was 10 years old, and been working there about 1 year. He and the other boy said he had a job as a spinner and sweeper, but that he had just been fired (probably after the boss saw the investigator photograph them.) Collie Webb and Archie Croll are also probably under 12, and some girls not in this photograph.] Location: Anniston, Alabama.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1pbGwtc2Nob29sLW9mLXRoZS1hbm5pc3Rvbi1tZmctY28tdGhlc2UtYXJlLWJveXMtYXQtdGhlLW1pbGwtc2Nob29sLXdoby0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill school who have to make the 8 weeks schooling for the year. The school is miserably equipped. Willie Laty, the shortest boy, said he was 10 years old, and been working there about 1 year. He and the other boy said he had a job as a spinner and sweeper, but that he had just been fired (probably after the boss saw the investigator photograph them.) Collie Webb and Archie Croll are also probably under 12, and some girls not in this photograph.] Location: Anniston, Alabama.")
[The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill s...
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Spinner. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.
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Young spinner in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. Said fourteen years ...
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![Francis E. Spinner to John G. Nicolay, [1864] (Introduction)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNpcy1lLXNwaW5uZXItdG8tam9obi1nLW5pY29sYXktMTg2NC1pbnRyb2R1Y3Rpb24tMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "Francis E. Spinner to John G. Nicolay, [1864] (Introduction)")
![Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex [i.e., Inez?] Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small force. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvY29tcGFyaXNvbi1vZi1hZ2VzLXNvbWUtb2YtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LXdvcmtlcnMtaW4tcm9hbm9rZS12YS1jb3R0b24tbWlsbHMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex [i.e., Inez?] Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small force. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.")
Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia)...
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![[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last couldn't spell the street he lives on. They spoke almost no English. ]. Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEveW91bmctZG9mZmVyLWFuZC1zcGlubmVyLWJveXMtaW4tc2VhY29ubmV0LW1pbGwtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LWFyZS1tYW51ZWwtcGVycnktMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last couldn't spell the street he lives on. They spoke almost no English. ]. Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].")
[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Man...
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Little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Overseer said she wa...
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![Francis E. Spinner to John G. Nicolay, [1864] (Introduction)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNpcy1lLXNwaW5uZXItdG8tam9obi1nLW5pY29sYXktMTg2NC1pbnRyb2R1Y3Rpb24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "Francis E. Spinner to John G. Nicolay, [1864] (Introduction)")
Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a profane gr...
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Centreville, Virginia (vicinity). Mrs. Spinner's house
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