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Golla Chambers, House 38 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. In mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weaver 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Golla Chambers, House 38 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. In m...

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Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Dec. 6, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Dec. 6, 1908. ...

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Cherryville Mfg. Company, An adolescent spinner. Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Cherryville Mfg. Company, An adolescent spinner. Cherryville, N.C. Lo...

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Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill. John Black, (next) 2 years in mill. Charlie Clark--4 years. Earl Lander--Beginning. Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill...

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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...

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Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a boy working at a machine, he was quickly swept out of range. "He isn't working here, just came in to help a little." Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys...

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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

Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in the above mill. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in...

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[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years.] Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 year...

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Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder--Been in mill 1 year--runs 4 sides. Little sister-- Tince--Mother said, "She helps." Bystander said she works regularly and that plenty of other little ones do. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder--Been in mill 1 year--runs 4 side...

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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

One of the smallest spinners in the Mollahan Mills. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

One of the smallest spinners in the Mollahan Mills. Witness, Sara R. H...

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Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Eddie Williamson (taller). Been in mill 3 years. John Eliot--Been in mill 7 years. Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Eddie Williamson (taller). Been in mil...

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Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy said he had worked in the mill off and on for five years. Spins now. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy sai...

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A few of the youngsters employed in Clinton Mills (S.C.) Going home from work. Location: Clinton, South Carolina.

A few of the youngsters employed in Clinton Mills (S.C.) Going home fr...

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Eugene Bell, House 48 Loray Mill. Said he was 12 years old. (question). "Leastwise that's what mother says." (I am convinced that many children believe they are as old as they say they are,--their parents have misstated their ages so long.) Worked most two years--sweeping. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Eugene Bell, House 48 Loray Mill. Said he was 12 years old. (question)...

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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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Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Mother said she is very good hand at spinning. Been at it 3 years. Runs 4 and 5 sides, about 50 cents a day. Little sister Lettie helps. Mother said "she is learnin'." Looked 7 years old. Dec. 2/08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Clinton, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C...

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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

6 A. M., June 10, 1909. Going into Warren (R.I.) Mfg. Co. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

6 A. M., June 10, 1909. Going into Warren (R.I.) Mfg. Co. Location: W...

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Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 yrs in mill. Two boys on left hand end are country boys just beginning to work, get 50 cents a day Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto ...

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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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6 P.M., May 25, 1909. Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W. Lord. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

6 P.M., May 25, 1909. Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W...

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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

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

Loopers in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular workers. (See other photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Loopers in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. All are regular worke...

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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

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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Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been working there one year. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been wo...

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Group of spinners in Cotton Factory. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

Group of spinners in Cotton Factory. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

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All these I saw regularly at work during work hours in Richmond Spinning Mills. Tiny girl on left, five years old, is Goldie, who helps her sister, girl back of her. When I tried to get a photo of her at work at her machine, the Overseer said, "Don't put her in. A photo of that might get me into a lot of trouble." I said, "But she isn't working, she's only helping." All the same" he replied, "if they caught her in here, they might fine me a hundred dollars." Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

All these I saw regularly at work during work hours in Richmond Spinni...

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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

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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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, ...

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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 doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Young doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, A...

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All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

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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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Inez Johnson (9 years old) and Lily, her cousin (7 years old). Both were helping Mrs. Johnson, a spooler in Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Inez said she works regularly. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Inez Johnson (9 years old) and Lily, her cousin (7 years old). Both we...

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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

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

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

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

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...

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Smallest is Albert Valbert (or Vallee), 14 Park St. Next in size is Adelard Dion, 1 Palmer St., works in #1 Spinning Room. Both failed to write their names correctly in English. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Smallest is Albert Valbert (or Vallee), 14 Park St. Next in size is Ad...

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Mamie La Barge, September 30, '11. See #2364. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Mamie La Barge, September 30, '11. See #2364. Location: Winchendon, M...

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Smallest boy is Thomas Losesque, 82 Margin Street. Other is Wilfred Valliere, 79 Margin Street, probably 14. Both work in mill room at Wood Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Smallest boy is Thomas Losesque, 82 Margin Street. Other is Wilfred Va...

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Joseph Richard (head only), 26 Wheatland St., Castle Hill, works in Spinning Room #1 fourth floor; been doffing three years; gets $7.80 a week now. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Joseph Richard (head only), 26 Wheatland St., Castle Hill, works in Sp...

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[Mamie La Barge. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

[Mamie La Barge. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

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Young workers called "Peewee" in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts.

Young workers called "Peewee" in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams, Ma...

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Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Virginia I did not see very many. Following are names of some of the youngest--working in the finishing and seaming rooms: Dannie Newburn, Fitzhugh White, Charlie Culpepper. Location: Berkley, Virginia.

Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkle...

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These boys, and others, work in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley, Virginia See also photos and label 2245 to 2249. Following are some of their names; - (the youngest refused to give names): Otto, Lowe, 78 Seaboard Ave. Finishing Room. D. M. Deschields, 25 Phillip St. So, Norfolk, Winding Room. Oscar Westo[n] 1320 Berkley Ave. Totes work. Lonnie Wommack, Hawthorn Ave. So. Norfolk, Winding Room. Jack Harrell, 66 Perry St., So. Norfolk, Finishing Room. Waverley Roseberry, 250 St. James St., So. Norfolk, Winding Room. Charlie McHorney, 4 Poindexter St., So. Norfolk, Winding Room. Location: Berkley, Virginia.

These boys, and others, work in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley...

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Boy is John Parent, 14 Congress St. Works in Spinning Room #2, Fifth Floor; noon. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Boy is John Parent, 14 Congress St. Works in Spinning Room #2, Fifth F...

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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

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared about eight or nine: could not speak English except to tell us that he was a sweeper in the spinning room (two other boys confirmed this); watched him go in at noon and come out at 6 P.M. on Aug. 21, 1911. At the houses his mother gave his name as Jose Mello, ten years old. There was no certificate for this boy at the superintendent's office. Birth records ambiguous. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared abou...

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Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working. Boy not photographed. Hector Dubois, 24 Water St. Doffer in Indian Orchard; crushed finger in pump. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was workin...

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Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work with Blanch ---. I'm 10 years old. Been in the First Grade three years and Second Grade one year." See photo of family, #2097 and label. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work...

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[Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working, (see previous lists of names).] Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

[Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was work...

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[Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old. Is a "Loom boy" in spinning room of the Ayer Mill; has a steady job now and makes $5.15 a week now.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old...

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All work in the Butler Mills. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

All work in the Butler Mills. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. The Supt. said, "We relieve all children under sixteen for two hours a day except the doffers, who get plenty of time off. They go out and play." Then turning to the children he said, "Now play." They eyed him blankly, "Play wot?" "Oh, play anything." Before they could do it, however, he had to pose them himself (see photo 2106) which was especially posed for the occasion. In this photo, note the disparity between the (alleged) ages of the younger ones who said that they were 12 and 13, and the older ones, who said 15 years old. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yar...

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All are workers in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Virginia) Smallest boy in the middle helps. See label No. 2162. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

All are workers in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Virginia) Smallest boy in the...

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Manuel Andrew, 14 Windsor St., Ward 5. Small boy in left of picture is sweeper in spinning-room. Manuel Jason to right of picture (See 2288). Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Manuel Andrew, 14 Windsor St., Ward 5. Small boy in left of picture is...

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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

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

Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spinner. Been working four years. Said 16 years old. Can't write her name. 3 of the family in the mill. "Pa stays home and cooks." Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].

Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spin...

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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

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room of the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C. She said her brother 8 years old helps too. Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room...

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Girls flirting through window of Manomet Mill. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Girls flirting through window of Manomet Mill. Location: New Bedford,...

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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 ...

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John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in #3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Sm...

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Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went into work when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work during the morning when I went through. Mr. W.H. Swift talked with a boy recently who said he was ten years old and works in the Clayton Cotton Mill--also that others the same age worked. Here they are. I couldn't get the youngest girls in the photos. Clayton is but a short ride from the state Capitol. (The Superintendent watched the photographing without comment.) Location: Clayton, North Carolina.

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went into ...

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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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Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone (except the boy behind the fence) has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone...

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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

Two young workers in Spinning Room of Columbus Mill. Youngest is Lonny[?] Clark. Been working there over a year. Dewey Clark, been working there two y[ea]rs. Father is boss of Spool Room. Lonny[?] makes about $4. a week. Dewey a week, they say. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Two young workers in Spinning Room of Columbus Mill. Youngest is Lonny...

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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...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

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A 12 year old girl who has been working in Weave room of Conslidated [i.e., Consolidated] Duck Mills, La Grange, Ga., for one year and helping to support a father who works when sober. Location: La Grange, Georgia.

A 12 year old girl who has been working in Weave room of Conslidated [...

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Topper at her machine, Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

Topper at her machine, Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette Ga. Loc...

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Neil Power, 10 y[ea]rs old, he said, "Turn stockings in Rome (Ga) Hosiery Mill." A shy, pathetic figure. "Haint been to school much." Location: Rome, Georgia.

Neil Power, 10 y[ea]rs old, he said, "Turn stockings in Rome (Ga) Hosi...

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Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. She has been going to school and helping her step-brother, Lawrence Webb, regularly after school. Her mother has recently stopped her working as it hurt her eyes. Lawrence, 12 years old, has been working nights there. Live 1124 22d. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, G...

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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...

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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...

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Norman Hall, 210 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Went to work over a year ago in Massachusetts Mills at 10 1/2 years old. Family record says born October 16, 1901. Doffing. No real reason for his work as father and several other are working. Location: Lindale, Georgia.

Norman Hall, 210 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Went to work over a year ag...

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2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His mother said: "He's old enough to work all right," but the boy admitted that she had to sign up that he was older than he was. He appears to be 10. Has had job doffing for several weeks. Could not write his own name. Has had no schooling after the 1st grade. Wylie Haw (right hand boy). Mother says he is 12 years old now. Been working 1 year. She is a widow. Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His...

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