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In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga. Jan. 19, 1909. L.W.H. Location: Macon, Georgia

In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga. Jan. 19, 19...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 524. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

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Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--7 months term. Miss Lela Ginsinger, Principal (been here 2 years). Photo shows only 6 children present and 2 teachers in the third week of school. Expect 24 pupils. All absences are due to cotton. A few of the larger ones will be out in the Spring for cotton. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report. Location: Potawotamie County, Oklahoma.

Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--...

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Spinning cotton yarn in the Great Textile Mills, Lawrence, Mass.

Spinning cotton yarn in the Great Textile Mills, Lawrence, Mass.

Two women working in foreground. J218087 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22080.

One of the workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko, Miss., cotton mills. The superintendent objected to my photographing the workers. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi

One of the workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko, Miss., cotton ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3706. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many more as small as she. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many more as small as she. Loc...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 346. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard and Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd., Pawtucket, R.I., U.S.A. - opening, picking, carding, drawing, roving, spinning, twisting and (14782454382)

Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard and Bullough...

Identifier: illustratedcatal00howa (find matches) Title: Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd., Pawtucket, R.I., U.S.A. : opening, picking, cardin... More

"Drawing-in" -15 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

"Drawing-in" -15 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Mass...

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Some of the adults Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some of the adults Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Geo...

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Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3/08. Sara R. Hine, Witness. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as sm...

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Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Row of mill men--Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Tallest man is the Baptist preacher J .H. Blanton. His son, the third from him, works in mill. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Row of mill men--Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Tallest man is the Baptist p...

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Group of boys working in Lancaster, S.C. Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said has been in the mill off and on for 5 yrs. Spins now. Nov. 30, 1909sic. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Group of boys working in Lancaster, S.C. Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 338. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Doffers in Willingham Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. The three boys in front row have been in mill work for 4, 5 and 6 years respectively. Location: Macon, Georgia

Doffers in Willingham Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. The three boys in front ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 532. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Part of the Nettles family. Nine in family. Five in the Magnolia Cotton Mills. Little girl in front is Lillian (see 2091). Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Part of the Nettles family. Nine in family. Five in the Magnolia Cotto...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mill people. Even during the play the mill is ever in the background. Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mi...

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Accident case - Union Hospital. Molla Mesuretta, 17 years. Weaver at Sagamore Mill. Worked two years. Laceration and partial evulsion of tip of finger and nail. Hurt September 1915 while cleaning loom in motion. "They all clean when the machine is going." She will always be handicapped. Not able to go back yet. Finger is tender. Nail split and finger tip cit to the quick. Wages $7.50; compensation $4.67. Finger that she needs most in weaving was hurt. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Accident case - Union Hospital. Molla Mesuretta, 17 years. Weaver at S...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4303. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Phillips House, 0.20 miles southwest of the intersection of Greathouse and Boz Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

Phillips House, 0.20 miles southwest of the intersection of Greathouse...

Significance: The farmstead stands on a 1.64-acre parcel in the Joshua Willshire survey in western Ellis County. The house, a front-gabled Craftsman bungalow, and its associated outbuildings are some of the las... More

Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Doffer and spooler. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Doffer and spooler. Location: Newto...

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Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi

Cotton mills, Natchez, Mississippi

"Detroit Photographic Co." and "01566" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01566. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Title devised. Unloading bails from horse-drawn wagons. "Detroit Photographic Co." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01573. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cotton compress - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Cotton compress - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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[Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent]

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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

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

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

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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

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for eight months in the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills. Violation of law. Gets a dollar a day now. Before he came here, he worked in the cotton mill at West, Tex., for five or six years. Said boys work in the Cuero mill under age. "They don't even bother to ask your age. Didn't ask mine. Easy 'nuff to git a job." The mills were not running on account of floods this week. I found only one other boy under age, "Spider" Estes said he is fourteen years old and been working here, doffing one year. Location: Cuero, Texas.

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...

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Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871. Most of the windows closed even in mid-June. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4285. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 (1860) (14596911959)

Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 (1860) (...

Identifier: harpersnew21harper (find matches) Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 Year: 1860 (1860s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers Co... More

Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

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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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A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending her "sides" like a veteran, but after I took the photo, the overseer came up and said in an apologetic tone that was pathetic, "She just happened in." Then a moment later he repeated the information. The mills appear to be full of youngsters that "just happened in," or " are helping sister." Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending...

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Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County,...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3/08. Sara R. Hine, Witness. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as sm...

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Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Young Girls at Spoolers. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Young Girls at Spoolers. Locati...

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Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

: tradecards,4202 ( tradecards,4202 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Statehood; Cotton industry; Steel industry; Furnaces; Quarrying; Marble quarrying; Maps;

Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to blow. Whitnel N.C. Cotton Mill. The smallest boy and girl were about 50 inches high. One of the medium sized boys has doffed 4 years,--some at night. Get 60 cents a night. Smallest girl looked 10 years old. Been in mill 2 years. 1/2 year at night. Runs 8 sides part of the time. Photo by flashlight. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to ...

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One of spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. (N.C.) She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year, some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said "I don't remember," Then confidentially, "I'm not old enough to work, but I do just the same." Out of 50 employees, ten children about her age. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina

One of spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. (N.C.) She was 51 inches hi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 463. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be photo'd. (See label 1839.) Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be phot...

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Kuyrkendall family, recently from farm. Three children in front row (one ten and one twelve) and one boy not here, work in Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. See also 2096. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Kuyrkendall family, recently from farm. Three children in front row (o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2097. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dependent (able-bodied) parents. Family of Robert Barnes, E. 15 Magnolia, Miss. Father works irregularly. "I supplies places in the mill when others are gone." Been here two months, Worked a farm near McComb, where the children worked in the mill and went to school. Note how the ages jump from(1) Children not in the mill; who are 2, 5, and 8 years old.to(2) Children in the mill, (front row), said to be 14, 15 and 17 years old. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Dependent (able-bodied) parents. Family of Robert Barnes, E. 15 Magnol...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Tex. Their Family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister (fifteen years old). Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Val...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3640. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos ? Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas. Their family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister fifteen years old. Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos ? Valley...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3639. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Ne...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 441. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

1919 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machinery (1919) (14776410494)

1919 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machin...

Identifier: illustratedd1919whit (find matches) Title: 1919 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machinery Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.) Subject... More

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Interior scene showing foreman and several laborers operating cotton gins. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Company. No. 1572.

Some of doffers and the Superintendent, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Some of doffers and the Superintendent, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N...

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The cotton gin, invented in 1793; A machine which does the work of more than 1,000 men.

The cotton gin, invented in 1793; A machine which does the work of mor...

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Trade cards for Clark's Spool Cotton, depicting various illustrations of people playing music, working, flying kites, performing tricks, fighting, and horses, lions, birds, cats, dogs.

Trade cards for Clark's Spool Cotton, depicting various illustrations ...

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Warping Room, Cotton Mill, Augusta, Georgia.

Warping Room, Cotton Mill, Augusta, Georgia.

Georgia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

Some adolescents in a Georgia Cotton Mill. Location: Georgia.

Some adolescents in a Georgia Cotton Mill. Location: Georgia.

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14 year old Spooler tender. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

14 year old Spooler tender. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, ...

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Boy Sweeper, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Carding Machines: Floor Slippery. (See report for conditions.) Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Boy Sweeper, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Carding Machines: ...

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Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: N...

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Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills, N.C. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills, N.C. Location:...

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Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

: tradecards,4040 ( tradecards,4040 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Statehood; Maps; Cotton industry; Cotton plantations; Cotton pickers; Ethnic groups; Ethnic stereotypes;

[Women and machinery in New England cotton mill, ca. 1900]

[Women and machinery in New England cotton mill, ca. 1900]

Photograph shows two women in spinning room winding cotton threads onto large spools.

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found for child labor. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found f...

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Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by ...

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 9. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

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This was the smallest I could find in the Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Overseer said "She just brings her sister's dinner," but as it was only 9:30 A.M., and as she worked as faithfully as her sister all the time I was in the mill, I judged she was a regular "helper." She looked to be 8 years old. Others there nearly as small. Location: Newton, North Carolina

This was the smallest I could find in the Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 451. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of typical mill girls. Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Group of typical mill girls. Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Te...

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Pete Henson, 414 C Street. Mother said he was twelve two months ago, but has been sweeping in the Merrimack Mill for seven months, so he began at eleven years. Brother Edward said to be thirteen years, but doubtful. Mother said they had no Family Record here and gave me ages from memory. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Pete Henson, 414 C Street. Mother said he was twelve two months ago, b...

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Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas.

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal a...

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Norfleet Farm, Tarboro vic., Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Norfleet Farm, Tarboro vic., Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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Wilson Cotton Mill, Wilson, NC (8170287528)

Wilson Cotton Mill, Wilson, NC (8170287528)

From the 1897 Annual report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of North Carolina, p. 78 An additional image: library.digitalnc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ncimages/id/1061 If you have any information on ... More

1914 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machinery and of various systems of working cotton waste (1914) (14778867015)

1914 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machin...

Identifier: 1914illustratedd00whit (find matches) Title: 1914 illustrated and descriptive catalog of Whitin cotton waste machinery and of various systems of working cotton waste Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: W... More

Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3/08 Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as...

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Some of the men and boys in Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Plenty of youngsters here. Out of 150 employees, there were about 20 who looked to be 12 years old and under. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Some of the men and boys in Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Plenty of youn...

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Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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.

Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North C...

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Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Young Girls at Spoolers. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Young Girls at Spoolers. Locati...

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Magnolia Cotton Warehouse, Lipscomb & Magnolia Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Magnolia Cotton Warehouse, Lipscomb & Magnolia Streets, Mobile, Mobile...

Survey number: HABS AL-74 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In a cotton field / drawn by Horace Bradley.

In a cotton field / drawn by Horace Bradley.

African Americans picking cotton. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1887 Aug. 20, p. 592.

Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C.

Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C.

H125656 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; April 12, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43776. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

All these (except the baby) work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

All these (except the baby) work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birming...

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Noon-hour Indian Head Cotton Mills. Some of the girls are much younger than these. Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour Indian Head Cotton Mills. Some of the girls are much younger...

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Some of the youngest workers in Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills. See photos and labels 1490 to 1495. Also 2091 to 2100. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Some of the youngest workers in Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills. See pho...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2093. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mill people. Even during the play the mill is ever in the back ground. Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas

Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3601. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of young workers in Merrimack Mill (not the youngest). See other photos. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of young workers in Merrimack Mill (not the youngest). See other...

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Young Spinner - Indian Orchard Cotton Mill. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

Young Spinner - Indian Orchard Cotton Mill. Location: Indian Orchard, ...

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

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. Myriads of these little ones carry dinners to the mill workers. The Supt. of Schools and teachers in Danville said that many children toted dinners and did nothing else not even attending school. Location: Danville, Virginia

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. Myr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2185. Also erroneously marked no. 2179 in LOT 7479, v. 3. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection,... More

Charlotte medical journal (serial) (1913) (14772639832)

Charlotte medical journal (serial) (1913) (14772639832)

Identifier: charlottemedical671913char (find matches) Title: Charlotte medical journal (serial) Year: 1892 (1890s) Authors: Subjects: Medicine Medicine Publisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Blakey Print. House Cont... More

Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard and Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd., Pawtucket, R.I., U.S.A. - opening, picking, carding, drawing, roving, spinning, twisting and (14596133109)

Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard and Bullough...

Identifier: illustratedcatal00howa (find matches) Title: Illustrated catalogue of cotton machinery built by Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd., Pawtucket, R.I., U.S.A. : opening, picking, cardin... More

Illustrated catalogue of surgical instruments - and of allied lines (1917) (14784909903)

Illustrated catalogue of surgical instruments - and of allied lines (1...

Identifier: illustratedcatal00fred (find matches) Title: Illustrated catalogue of surgical instruments : and of allied lines Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: Fred Haslam & Co Subjects: Surgical instruments and a... More

[Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent]

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Norfolk, Virginia, cotton docks

Norfolk, Virginia, cotton docks

Title from jacket. "G 2504" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 33817. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Interior of cotton gin - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Interior of cotton gin - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Weaving cotton cloth, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas

Weaving cotton cloth, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas

Woman working in foreground. H62231 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 13787.

Weighing cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Weighing cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 467. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

This shows the number of small children on the day shift (50 employees in all) Whitnel, (N.C.) Cotton Mfg. Co. Nearly as many small ones on night shift. This is a new up-to-date mill. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

This shows the number of small children on the day shift (50 employees...

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Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, N.C. Has worked in cotton mill for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. When can he get any education? Other boy one year in mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Hyland Park Cotton Mills, Charlotte, N.C.

Hyland Park Cotton Mills, Charlotte, N.C.

H125643 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; April 11, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Doffer boys in Georgia Cotton Mill. Location: Georgia.

Doffer boys in Georgia Cotton Mill. Location: Georgia.

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

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

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Spinners in West Point Cotton Mills. Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Spinners in West Point Cotton Mills. Location: West Point, Mississipp...

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Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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