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Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest 13 years. Oldest 15 years. All had been working one year or more. Most are illiterate. 27, apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.)  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pearce Manufacturing Company, Wool Storage Building, Harrison Avenue West, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, PA

Pearce Manufacturing Company, Wool Storage Building, Harrison Avenue W...

Survey number: HAER PA-291-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction

Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont. (Not the youngest girls.) Right hand: Tessie McGarth, next Sadio Finnogan, next Bernice Bedard. Two of them look to be under 14. I counted 20 girls like these and younger going in at 7 a.m.  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont...

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Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township Route 2019, Everett, Bedford County, PA

Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township ...

Significance: The Lutz Woolen Factory is likely the oldest surviving woolen mill in southwestern Pennsylvania. Although much of the machinery has been removed (including two early carding machines, one of whic... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Group of boys working in American woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest, 13 years, oldest 15 years. 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 #720-745,.  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Group of boys working in American woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest...

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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photoes sic #720-745 May, 1909). Location: Winooski, Vermont

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1079. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

"Beg for it, doggie!" / L.M. Glackens.

"Beg for it, doggie!" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows an animated letter "K" labeled "Schedule" (Schedule K of the Payne/Aldrich Tariff Act) seated at a table spread with food and wine labeled "Benefits of Protection", and offering a bone labele... More

Making the soft wool of the viouna into rugs, La Paz

Making the soft wool of the viouna into rugs, La Paz

Stereograph shows men, women and children preparing wool. J192293 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11536. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Margarita Martinez Homestead, Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, NM

Margarita Martinez Homestead, Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, NM

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries a Hispanic community that became known as Haynes flourished in Upper Largo Canyon. John Roger... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Ipswich. Massachusetts wollen [sic] manufactory & bridge

Ipswich. Massachusetts wollen [sic] manufactory & bridge

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 277. (DLC/PP-1995:140.277). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).

Broadhead Worsted Mills / J. Ottmann, Lith., Puck Building, N.Y.

Broadhead Worsted Mills / J. Ottmann, Lith., Puck Building, N.Y.

Stock poster for woolens or tailors, showing a woman in riding clothes placing a letter in the hollow of a tree; a sign nailed to the tree is blank for later printing, and in the distance is the Broadhead Worst... More

A poor marksman and a poor gun / J.S. Pughe.

A poor marksman and a poor gun / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a man labeled "Dingley" holding a smoking blunderbuss labeled "High Protective Tariff", standing over a dead sheep labeled "Wool Industries"; he was aiming at a wolf labeled "Foreign Products" that ... 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 illiterat[e] 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...

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

[Nepalese woman working with blue dyed wool, Sikkim]

[Nepalese woman working with blue dyed wool, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 038 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Group of young girls (not the youngest) who were working in drawing-in room of American Woolen Mill, Winooski, Vt. Right hand end - Amanda Lavelley; next - Laura Lavelley; next - Isabel Reed; left hand - Alice Eustis.  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Group of young girls (not the youngest) who were working in drawing-in...

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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. (See N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.) 27 Children apparently under 15, were counted at one gate. Location: Winooski, Vermont

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1101. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. (See N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.) 27 Children apparently under 15, were counted at one gate.  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sorting wool after cleaning and washing, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Sorting wool after cleaning and washing, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Prodazha sherstianykh izdielii i sherstiannoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Tkatskii stanok dlia kovrov (dukani shal' bafi)

Prodazha sherstianykh izdielii i sherstiannoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Tkat...

Photograph shows two men at a workshop and a loom for weaving shal rugs (thin rugs [Persian]). "Dukani shal' bafi" translated as the Persian expression for: workshop for weaving rugs. Illus. in: Turkestanskii a... More

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photoes [sic] #720-745 May, 1909).  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

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

American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt.  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Location: Winooski, Vermont.

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

Wool Warehouse, 516-522 First Street Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Wool Warehouse, 516-522 First Street Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalill...

Survey number: HABS NM-21 Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest 13 years. Oldest 15 years. All had been working one year or more. Most are illiterate. 27, apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.) 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. 1094. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

[Four men sorting and grading raw wool fleeces, American Woolen Company, Boston]

[Four men sorting and grading raw wool fleeces, American Woolen Compan...

Copyright by American Woolen Company, Boston. No. 1. Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winooski, Vermont, showing American Woolen Mills

Winooski, Vermont, showing American Woolen Mills

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Ochistka vaty (naddafi)

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Ochistka vaty (naddafi)

Photograph shows a man cleaning wadding. "Naddafi" translated as the Persian expression for wool beater. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 4.

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Prosushka tibita tkani upotrebliaemoi na chalmy

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Prosushka tibita tkani upotrebliaemoi na chal...

Photograph shows two men drying wool fabric. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 4.

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

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Prodazha sherstianykh izdielii i sherstiannoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Stanok dlia vit'ia verevok (dukani-muitab)

Prodazha sherstianykh izdielii i sherstiannoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Stan...

Photograph shows two men with a loom for weaving rope. "Dukani-muitab" translated as the Persian expression for: workshop of rope. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 10.

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Bennington, Vt. Rents are from $6 to $8 a month. Location: Burlington, Vermont

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Benn...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 746. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, May 5, 1909, in the drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vt. In front row are:- Right hand end, Allexina Lavelley; next - Anna Cross; next - Cecile Cauchon. In back row, right-hand, Lena Campbell; next, Albina Seymour. I counted 20 girls (under 14) going in at 7 a.m.  Location: Winooski, Vermont / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour, May 5, 1909, in the drawing-in room of American Woolen Co.,...

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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745 May 1909.)  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are i...

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

Young girl working in American Woolen Mills Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.)  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young girl working in American Woolen Mills Winooski, Vt. Most are ill...

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

Winooski, Vermont, showing American Woolen Mills

Winooski, Vermont, showing American Woolen Mills

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township Route 2019, Everett, Bedford County, PA

Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township ...

Significance: The Lutz Woolen Factory is likely the oldest surviving woolen mill in southwestern Pennsylvania. Although much of the machinery has been removed (including two early carding machines, one of whic... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Woolen Company, Boston]

[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Wool...

Copyright by American Woolen Company, Boston. No. 31. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

[Interior of the Imperial Military Uniforms Factory, wool washing] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior of the Imperial Military Uniforms Factory, wool washing] / C...

Also known as the Imperial Fez and Military Uniforms Factory. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 46. No. 494. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, barracks, hospitals, and ... More

Margarita Martinez Homestead, Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, NM

Margarita Martinez Homestead, Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, NM

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries a Hispanic community that became known as Haynes flourished in Upper Largo Canyon. John Roger... More

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of James River at Mayo Bridge, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Young girl working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.)  Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young girl working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are il...

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

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Road, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

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