Francis E. Spinner to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 23, 1860 (Spoils system)
Oldest girl, Minnie Carpenter, House 53 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Spinner. Makes fifty cents a day of 10 hours. Works four sides. Younger girl works irregularly. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
A typical Spinner Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.
Francis E. Spinner to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 29, 1860 (Prediction for election results in New York)
Little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Overseer said she was regularly employed. Location: Augusta, Georgia.
Francis E. Spinner to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 23, 1860 (Spoils system)
A typical spinner. Mamie --------- Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.
Spooler tenders - 14 years old. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.
Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County, CT
King Philip Spinning room. Oiler Boy - Oils all the spindles in this room. George Courtemonds, 114 Kellogg St. October 3, 1915, 14 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.
A typical Spinner Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.
Little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Overseer said she was regularly employed. Location: Augusta, Georgia.
[Machine in the American Woolen Co., Boston]
John Dempsey (looked 11 or 12) years old. Said he helped only on Saturdays. Jackson Mill, Fiskeville, R. I. (One of the B. B. and R. Knight mills). He was working faithfully in the mule-spinning room, a dangerous place for boys. I found no others below 14 in this mill,. Location: Fiskeville, Rhode Island.
Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in the above mill. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.