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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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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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Millie May Crews [?] (in front of her father) 369 B Street. She has been working in the weave room for one year. Began at eleven years. Just reached twelve according to Family Record which says she was born November 12, 1901. These two girls and one who is sick work in the Merrimack Mill. Father is a carpenter. See Hine report.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Millie May Crews [?] (in front of her father) 369 B Street. She has be...

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Jo Bradford, 405 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Worked in Massachusetts Mills when 10 years old. Insurance record shows him 11 now. Works in the weave shop. No need, apparently, as father and 5 children are in the mill.  Location: Lindale, Georgia.

Jo Bradford, 405 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Worked in Massachusetts Mil...

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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...

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