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A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Smallest girl - Corrine Goud, runs 3 and 4 sides. Been in mill 3 years. Oldest sister said she goes to school, but couldn't spell her own name, December 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-12
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Springstein Mill. John Lewis (boy with hat), 12 years old, 1 year in mill, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Father said, the little one is a cracker-jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high. Has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Boys making melon baskets. A basket factory. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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Girls running warping machines, November 1908
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One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mill, December 1908
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Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills, December 1908
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind, October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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She was working steadily whe the investigator found her. The mills seem full of youngsters who just happened in or are helping sister, December 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-12
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A basket factory. Girls making melon baskets. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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Soarbar Seris has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Reckon I'm about 14." Didn't look it, December 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-12
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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small, December 1908
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Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girls at weaving machines; warpers. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said he has been in the mill off and on for 5 years, November 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11
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Spinners and doffers in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Dozens of them in this mill, December 1908
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Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
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Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C, December 1908
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A typical spinner, Mamie. Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C., December 1908
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Cherryville Graded School. These are the children in the town who attend school, November 1908
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Children on night shift at work, August 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-08
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Ivey Mill. Little one, 3 years old, who visits and plays in the mill. Daughter of the overseer. Hickory, N.C, November 1908
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Boys going home from Monougal Glass Works. A native remark, "De place is lousey wid kids", October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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Sweeper and doffer boys in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many more as small, December 1908
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Lunch time, Kelser Mfg. Co. The little one carries the lunch. Usually the hands all go home to dinner, December 1908
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Noon hour at the Vivian Cotton Mills. Shows the character of the hands in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted, November 1908
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Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months, November 1908
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A doffer in Lincolnton Mill. Lincolnton, N.C, November 1908
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Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in 10 years? Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
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Photograph of Bess Wallace with Two Unidentified Ladies, ca. 1908
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Some of the doffers and the Supt. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Catawba Cotton Mill, December 1908
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Boy working at double circular saws. N.Y. Dimension Supply Co., October 1908
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A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C., December 1908
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Golla Chambers, 12 years old, been in mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weave 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
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A doffer boy. Salisbury, N.C., December 1908
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Nearly all of family works in mill. Llewlyn, Bessie, Ramsey, Sammie, Andrew. Sammie has worked and helped in mill for 8 years, December 1908
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This shows the number of small children on the day shift. Nearly as many small ones on night shift. This is a new up to date mill, December 1908
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Boy at warping machine in Newton Cotton Mill. Been there 2 years. Newton, N.C., December 1908
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Hattie Hunter, spinner in the Lancaster Cotton Mills. Gets 50 cents a day, December 1908
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A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence, December 1908
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Portrait of Helen Wallace, 1908
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- Date taken: 1908
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Some of the sweepers in a cotton mill. North Carolina, November 1908
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Spinners and doffers in Mollahan Mills. Many others as small. Newberry, S.C., December 1908
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Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December day, December 1908
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Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills. Salisbury, N.C., December 1908
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A few of the workers in Cherryville Mfg. Co. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
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A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills. Clinton, S.C., December 1908
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One of the doffers in Vivian Cotton Mills. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
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