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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.jpg
A_part_of_the_spinning_force_working_in_the_Washington_Cotton_Mills._Group_posed_by_overseer._All_work,_May_1911.jpg
Spinning_room_Overseer_and_his_flock._He_said,_"Every_one_of_them_works_or_helps,"_May_1911.jpg
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.jpg
All_these_I_saw_regularly_at_work_during_working_hours._Tiny_girl_on_left_end_is_Goldie,_who_helps_her_sister,_December_1910.jpg
A_young_spinner_in_Yazoo_City_Yarn_Mills._Said_she_was_13,_but_doubtful,_May_1911.jpg
Young_spinner_in_Roanoke_Cotton_Mills._Said_14_years_old,_but_it_is_doubtful,_May_1911.jpg
Mrs._Larocca_making_willow_plumes_in_an_unlicenced_tenement,_February_1912.jpg
Part_of_the_force_at_Tupelo_Cotton_Mills._All_work,_May_1911.jpg
John_Dempsey,_looked_11_or_12_years_old._Said_he_only_helped_on_Saturdays,_April_1909.jpg
Averzano_family,_photo_taken_1:30_P.M._March_6,_a_school_day_and_Josephine_said_she_wasn't_going_to_school_this_week_on_account_of_the_work,_March_1911.jpg
Family_of_L._W._Money._Father_daughter_and_two_boys_work_in_spinning_room_of_Washington_Cotton_Mills,_May_1911.jpg
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.jpg
These_all_work_in_Cleveland_Hosiery_Mills._The_very_youngest_one_(with_curls)_said,_"I_ravels_and_picks_up",_December_1910.jpg
Three_pickers_going_home_from_work._Anne,_7_years_old,_and_brother_Vincent_said_11,_September_1911.jpg
The_whole_force_in_Elk_Cotton_Mills._Tiny_boy_in_white_waist_on_extreme_left,_Just_helps_mother._The_supt._Said,_next_boy_is_Leo,_with_a_steady_job,_November_1910.jpg
8_P.M._and_not_yet_finished._The_little_one_on_left_is_not_yet_4_years_old,_yet_she_works_on_flowers_all_day_and_sometimes_until_8_or_9_P.M_at_night,_February_1912.jpg
Young_band_boy,_and_overseer._Yazoo_City,_Miss,_May_1911.jpg
Force_working_in_West_Point_Cotton_Mills._West_Point,_Miss,_May_1911.jpg
Group_of_oyster_shuckers_working_in_a_canning_factory._All_but_the_very_smallest_babies_work,_March_1911.jpg
Ivey_Mill._Little_one,_3_years_old,_who_visits_and_plays_in_the_mill._Daughter_of_the_overseer._Hickory,_N.C,_November_1908.jpg
Hosiery._Minnesac_Mills._Man_working_at_machine,_May_1937.jpg
Joe_carrying_cranberries,_said_10_years_old._Picks_also,_September_1911.jpg
Young_sweeper_working_in_Anniston_Yarn_Mills._Anniston,_Ala,_November_1910.jpg
Group_of_doffers_and_spinners_working_in_Roanoke_Cotton_Mills,_May_1911.jpg
A_typical_glass_works_boy,_night_shift._Said_he_was_16_years_old,_August_1908.jpg
4_year_old_Mary,_who_shucks_oysters._Tends_the_baby_when_not_working,_February_1911.jpg
All_working_in_May_Hosiery_Mills._Youngest_boy_admitted_5_years_of_age_and_had_been_working_there_9_months,_November_1910.jpg
Doffers_in_Aragon_Mills._Rock_Hill,_S.C.,_May_1912.jpg
All_work_in_the_Butler_Mills._New_Bedford,_Mass,_August_1911.jpg
Going_to_work._The_manager_said,_We_have_150_workers_beside_the_kids,_September_1911.jpg
"He_can_rustle_de_poipers"_another_boy_said,_April_1912.jpg
Amoskeag_Mills._Manchester,_N.H.,_May_1909.jpg
Susie_Fava,_picks_8_pails_a_day._Said_8_years_old._Gets_8_cents_a_pail,_September_1911.jpg
Another_of_the_many_small_children_working_in_Mollahan_Mills,_December_1908.jpg
Smallest_boy_is_Joseph_Fortin._His_mother_(at_home)_said_he_is_14_years_old._He_does_not_look_it,_May_1909.jpg
Spinners_and_doffers_in_Mollahan_Mills._Many_others_as_small._Newberry,_S.C.,_December_1908.jpg
Group_of_mill_folks._All_ages._Salisbury_Cotton_Mills._Salisbury,_N.C.,_December_1908.jpg
A_row_of_houses_of_the_cotton_mill_people._Lydia_Mills._Clinton,_S.C.,_December_1908.jpg
One_of_the_little_spinners_working_in_Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Many_others_as_small,_December_1908.jpg
Sweeper_and_doffer_boys_in_Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Many_more_as_small,_December_1908.jpg
Joseph_O'Conner,_a_12_year_old_truent,_selling_extras_during_school_hours,_April_1912.jpg
One_of_the_spinners_in_Whitnel_Cotton_Mill,_December_1908.jpg
Joseph_Bernstein,_a_ten_year_old_news-boy_who_had_been_selling_in_saloons_along_the_way,_said_he_makes_a_dollar_a_day_selling_until_7:30_P.M,_April_1912.jpg
A_four_year_old_helper_in_the_berry_fields._Mother_said,_He_helps_a_little._Rock_Creek,_Md,_June_1909.jpg
Young_doffers_in_Elk_Cotton_Mills._Fayetteville,_Tenn,_November_1910.jpg
Oyster_shuckers_at_work._Small_girls_working_on_right_of_photo_are_Gertrude_Kron,_5_years_old,_and_Pauline,_8_years_old,_February_1911.jpg
Spinner_in_Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Lancaster,_S.C,_December_1908.jpg
Group_of_young_girls,_all_working_in_May_Hosiery_Mills._Nashville,_Tenn,_November_1910.jpg
Arthur_Fernande,_said_8_years_old,_picking_cranberries_by_hand,_and_brother_Charlie_said_he_was_9_picking_with_a_scoop._Said_they_work_from_9_till_5._Wareham,_Mass,_September_1911.jpg
Arthur_Fernande,_said_8_years_old,_picking_cranberries_by_hand,_and_brother_Charlie_said_he_was_9_picking_with_a_scoop._Said_they_work_from_9_till_5._Wareham,_Mass,_September_1911.jpg
Two_of_the_young_spinners_in_Catawba_Cotton_Mills._Newton,_N.C.,_December_1908.jpg
Nearly_the_entire_force,_Yoona_Mills._Some_of_the_smallest_workers_not_in_photo,_May_1911.jpg
A_few_of_the_doffers_and_sweepers_in_the_Mollahan_Mills._Newberry,_S.C.,_December_1908.jpg
Some_of_the_girls_who_work_in_Amoskeag_Mills._Manchester,_N.H.,_May_1909.jpg
A_typical_spinner,_Mamie._Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Lancaster,_S.C.,_December_1908.jpg
Spinners_and_doffers_in_Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Dozens_of_them_in_this_mill,_December_1908.jpg
A_moments_glimpse_of_the_outer_world._Said_she_was_11_years_old._Been_working_over_a_year,_November_1908.jpg
One_of_the_doffers_in_Vivian_Cotton_Mills._Cherryville,_N.C,_November_1908.jpg
Lincoln_Cotton_Mills,_Evansville,_Ind._Girls_at_weaving_machines;_warpers._Evansville,_Ind,_October_1908.jpg
View_of_the_Scotland_Mills._All_these_boys_work_in_mill._Laurinburg,_N.C.,_December_1908.jpg
Little_Fannie,_7_years_old,_48_inches_high,_helps_sister_in_Elk_Cotton_Mill,_November_1910.jpg
The_smallest_boy_does_not_work_in_the_mill._The_rest_do,_May_1909.jpg
Small_boy_works_as_helper_(back_roping)_in_Great_Falls_Mfg.,_May_1909.jpg
Hattie_Hunter,_spinner_in_the_Lancaster_Cotton_Mills._Gets_50_cents_a_day,_December_1908.jpg
American_Woolen_Mills._Winooski,_Vt,_September_1910.jpg
Mill_Girls._Pacific_Mills._Lawrence,_Mass,_November_1910.jpg
Group_of_workers_in_Central_Mills._Sylacauga,_Ala,_November_1910.jpg
Some_of_the_young_girls_working_in_the_Pelzer_Mfg._Co._Not_the_youngest._Some_of_them_seem_surely_under_12,_May_1912.jpg
Family_finishing_pants._None_of_them_spoke_English._New_York_City,_March_1912.jpg
A_regular_worker_(doffer)_in_Richmond_Spinning_Mills._Photo_during_working_hours._Chattanooga,_Tenn,_December_1910.jpg
Two_of_the_tiny_workers,_a_raveler_and_a_looper_in_London_Hosiery_Mills._London,_Tenn,_December_1910.jpg
Some_of_the_young_knitters_in_London_Hosiery_Mills._Photo_during_work_hours._London,_Tenn,_December_1910.jpg
Shrimp_pickers_in_Peerless_Oyster_Co._Photo_was_taken_just_as_they_stood._On_other_side_of_shed_still_younger_children_were_working,_March_1911.jpg
Amelia_Sousa,_12_years_old,_picks_22_measures._Balmeda,_4_years_old._Children_said_she_doesn't_pick,_but_she_was_picking_just_the_same,_September_1911.jpg
Noon_hour,_two_of_the_young_workers_in_Laurel_Cotton_Mills._Laurel,_Miss,_April_1911.jpg
Father_hanging_around_the_home_while_family_works_on_feathers,_December_1911.jpg
All_are_workers_in_Knoxville_Knitting_Mills._Smallest_boy_ravels,_smallest_girl_is_a_steady_worker._Knoxville,_Tenn,_December_1910.jpg
These_are_some_of_the_sweepers_and_mule_room_boys_working_in_Valley_Queen_Mill,_April_1909.jpg
Young_boy_on_warping_machine_in_Elk_Cotton_Mills._Fayetteville,_Tenn,_November_1910.jpg
Photograph_of_Earle_Frere,_a_young_truant_selling_extra_during_school_hours_Monday_on_Pennsylvania_Avenue,_April_1912.jpg
General_view_of_part_of_Whites_Bog._Brown_Mills,_N.J.,_September_1910.jpg
These_little_girls_all_work_in_Richmond_Hosiery_Mills._Rossville,_Ga,_December_1910.jpg
Noon_hour_card_game_-_Mill_Boys._Pacific_Mills._Lawrence,_Mass,_November_1910.jpg
Some_of_the_spinners_in_Pell_City_Cotton_Mill,_grouped_for_me_by_the_overseer._Mr._E._A._Thompson,_Supt._of_the_Mill,_is_also_mayor_of_Pell_City._Pell_City,_Ala,_November_1910.jpg
Group_of_men_and_boys_at_Friedman_Shelby_Shoe_Co._The_youngest,_apparently_11_or_12_years_old_is_Felber_McLaughlin,_October_1910.jpg
"Drunks_are_me_best_customers._I_sell_more's_me_bruder_does._Dey_buy_me_out_so_I_kin_go_home,"_March_1909.jpg
Spinner_in_Vivian_Cotton_Mills._Been_at_it_2_years._Where_will_her_good_looks_be_in_10_years?_Cherryville,_N.C,_November_1908.jpg
Noon_hour_at_the_Vivian_Cotton_Mills._Shows_the_character_of_the_hands_in_a_better_class_mill,_--well_ventilated_and_lighted,_November_1908.jpg
A_typical_group_of_workers_in_the_Aragon_Mills._Rock_Hill,_S.C.,_May_1912.jpg
Our_Baby_Doffer_and_some_of_the_other_infants_working_in_the_Avondale_Mills._Birmingham,_Ala,_November_1910.jpg
Coming_out_at_noon,_Merrimac_Mills._All_workers,_even_the_boys_at_the_side_of_the_gate._Huntsville,_Ala,_November_1910.jpg
Attu_village_1937.jpg
Butcher_knife_used_by_Ralph,_a_young_cutter_in_a_canning_factory,_and_a_badly_cut_finger._Eastport,_Me,_August_1911.jpg
Mrs._Totora,_makes_from_$2_to_$2.50_a_week_making_lace_for_a_contractor,_December_1911.jpg
All_are_workers_in_Knoxville_Knitting_Mills._Smallest_boy_ravels,_smallest_girl_is_a_steady_worker._Knoxville,_Tenn,_December_1910.jpg
Line_of_children_found_in_a_penny_arcade_at_1:30_P.M._As_many_of_the_schools_in_Schenectady_run_on_half-time_they_are_not_necessarily_truants,_February_1910.jpg
All_except_smallest_boy_work_in_Sweetwater_Hosiery_Co._He_is_a_dinner_carrier,_but_others_like_him_and_smaller_work_in_these_knitting_mills_of_this_region,_December_1910.jpg
Group_picking_shrimp._Olga,_5_years_old_on_the_end_was_helping_mother,_February_1911.jpg
Interior_of_Magnolia_Cotton_Mills_spinning_room._See_the_little_ones_scattered_through_the_mill._All_work._Magnolia,_Miss,_May_1911.jpg
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