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Boy in stocking cap (taller of two) is James Ryan, 89 Austin St. Has been working in Wamsutta Mills one year. The other is in photos I took inside that Mill recently. LOC nclc.02486
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Archie Haydon, 12 years old helping his father, John A. Haydon worm tobacco. Father says their school (Cerulean) was not opened until the first Monday in September on account of so many LOC nclc.00573
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Dan Mercurio, 9 yrs. old newsie, a chronic truant, selling on Capitol grounds, said he made 8 cents to-day. Lives 150 Schottes Alley. Began at 7 yrs. LOC cph.3c14496
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Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. LOC nclc.00219
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This boy and brother were picking discarded fruit out of barrels in market near 14th St. N.Y. City. He was also (when apparently unobserved) stealing good fruit from their barrels. LOC cph.3b11030
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Tony, a twelve year old bootblack at his station in Bowling Green, New York City. He says he makes from $2. to $3. a day regularly. July 25, 1924. LOC nclc.04037
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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Va.) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, LOC nclc.02048
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Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co.,. LOC nclc.00831
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The boy with bags nicknamed Turk said he was going to Texas soon. The investigator found him recently with $1.75 he had just won at craps. N. Broadway and De Soto Sts.,. LOC nclc.03518
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1-00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'klyn, N.Y. every night. 3 smaller boys were kept out of the photo by Boss. LOC cph.3a42470
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Johnnie Merkle 6 yr. Old newsie. Home of Johnnie Merkle, 5110 N. Broadway. Father owns this home and a butcher shop. Johnnie's brother owns and runs a nickelode(o)n. LOC nclc.03522
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1353 --- A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the pool room while waiting for papers . The smallest boy is 9 years old and sells until 9 LOC cph.3a01144
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Alfro Magureto, 55 Elm Street, worked all summer in doffing room No. 5 of the Washington Mill. She laid off last week for two weeks. Expects to come back this week. LOC nclc.02354
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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. LOC nclc.05338
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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. LOC nclc.05340
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All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are LOC cph.3b35183
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All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a farmer near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The children are brought out from the nearby town to work the beets. See Hine LOC nclc.00275
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9 year old girl carrying garments down Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., to a Hanover Street home. She finishes 8 pairs of trousers a day and gets 8 cents a piece. LOC nclc.04229
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Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., Saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Note face of very young girl in window. Large sign up, 'Boys Wanted.' LOC nclc.04711
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Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years old and Ora, 10 years old will go to Schoolsville School, Clark Co., Ky., but it has not opened yet. LOC nclc.00448
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Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years old and Ora, 10 years old will go to Schoolsville School, Clark Co., Ky., but it has not opened yet. LOC nclc.00447
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Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Cotton Mills. Mother and sons work in the mill. The girl keeps house. Youngest boy has been in the mill five years. LOC nclc.02116
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Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working in shop at 511 Penn. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Said to be 16 yrs. old, but is absolutely illiterate. Has been in this LOC cph.3b41009
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Noon hour at the Queen City Mill, Burlington, Vt. (Not a large mill) About a dozen small boys like the smallest here, names of small ones here are Dorio Charptier, Arthur Tessier. LOC nclc.01722
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Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used in cutting. Some of the children used a knife as large as this. Minnie works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory LOC nclc.05475
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Children of migrant field worker. Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. 1942
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Vieille maison du XVè siècle, maison de Nicolas Flamel, dite maison du grand pignon, 51 rue de Montmorency, D.3493, Georges-Henri Manesse
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5 year old Helen and her stepsisters 'hulling' strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Helen is an orphan, who one month after death of her widowed mother, was adopted by LOC nclc.00788
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Doffer boy (about 46 inches high) Kesler Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. After I had taken this, the Superintendent said, 'Now take the other extreme,' and brought forward another doffer. See LOC cph.3b38159
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Dependent Parents (See also 2157) R.L. Witt. He is apparently working on the railroad, but his three oldest children, here work in the Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Mamie is only 12 years old LOC nclc.02151
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Charlie Howard, a colored tenant on farm of B.F. Mitchell, R. 1, and his 2 boys. Robbie is 6 and Willie is 11 years old. Worming and suckering tobacco. Father says children will go to Rocky LOC nclc.00571
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A group of newsies selling evenings in saloons and stores. Taken in alley back of City Jail at 10 P.M. Left to right- Dominick Mardilo, 28 1-2 Fulton Street; Roderick Towle, 44 Sheridan LOC cph.3a48510
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A little country store near New Hope School -41. Mrs. M.E. Geralds, P.O. Route 2, Tecumseh, Okla., is in charge; also a customer. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report. LOC cph.3a29796
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A little log cabin, - relic of the old days, - now occupied by a small family (F.T. Castle) who are gradually giving up farming and depending upon mining and odd jobs. Oct. 12, 1921. (Dogs). LOC nclc.04417
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A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very deficient in most school branches (except in mathematics where he shines). He is much handicapped physically, - lost one eye LOC nclc.04378
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A Product of the 4 H. Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very deficient in most school branches (except in mathematics where he shines). He is much handicapped physically, - lost one eye LOC nclc.04377
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A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama. Been working over forty years in the cotton mills of Columbus, Ga. Started at 4 years old for 20 cents a day. Now LOC nclc.02818
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A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, Del. There is one room in this shack unpartitioned in which 2 families (8 people) live. One half of the shack is taken up LOC nclc.00095
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A study of ages. The boy on the right said, 'I ain't old enough to work in the mill; I am ten years.' The boy in the middle, Buford Fox who has been working in the Merrimack Mills for one LOC nclc.02883
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Antoinette Fazzino, ten years old, makes Irish lace for collars and waists, after school. Her younger brother (by the stove) said, 'Lace is too dam-cheap.' Antoinette wears glasses. 303 E. LOC nclc.04131
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Basso family, making roses in dirty poorly lighted kitchen. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school. Peter, 8, works... - NARA - 523515
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1st Aid- Kerr Thread. Rest room - one step beyond the emergency box. Doctor who can be called. Are enlarging this to a small hospital room. 17 year old workers. Not a trained nurse but gives LOC cph.3b33409
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Danville Messengers. The smallest boy, Western Union No. 5, is only ten years old, and is working as extra boy. He said he was going to be laid off as the manager told him he was too young, LOC nclc.03722
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3-30 PM Mrs. Rosy Capello, 311 E. 111th St., top floor rear. Makes 50 cents to $1.00 a week on willow plumes. Husband works irregularly as tailor. LOC nclc.04108
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309 W. 146th Street. (...) and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, LOC nclc.05487
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See 4052) The teacher and the lone pupil present in School -9, Dist. 3, Ft. Morgan out of a possible 20 pupils, five weeks after school began. They try to have 9 mos. of school LOC nclc.00377
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Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron Works Mill. Was taking loose band off a spooler. Two weeks learning. Is in picture of girls play at King Philip LOC nclc.03093
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Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadelphia. The father and four children are picking. A 'carrier' may be seen at one side. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This LOC nclc.05298
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The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extreme left, 'Just helps his mother,' the Superintendent said. Next boy to him is Leo, with a 'steady job,' see photo 1753. LOC nclc.01901
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Smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do. Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Boy next in size to that one is James Carrigan, 24 Highland St. The other small boy is Fred LOC nclc.01767
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Smallest boy in front of man (in centre of photo) is Jo -- wouldn't give his name, very suspicious. He and the other boys said he is a sweeper in Acushnet Mill; lives at 697 S. Water St. LOC cph.3b46590
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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go LOC nclc.00438
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Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard at work on a sugar beet farm near Greeley Colorado. The father said- 'The children can thin the beets better than grown LOC nclc.00254
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Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard at work on a sugar beet farm near Greeley Colorado. The father said- 'The children can thin the beets better than grown LOC nclc.00256
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Teddy Szlosek, (Josef's Brother) (on right hand). Stanley Rogesky, 8 Joy St., Illiterate. A band boy in -10 mill. His playmates at school say he may be fourteen but not any more, and that he LOC nclc.02440
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Teddy Szlosek, (Josef's Brother) (on right hand). Stanley Rogesky, 8 Joy St., Illiterate. A band boy in -10 mill. His playmates at school say he may be fourteen but not any more, and that he LOC nclc.02440
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Tersea --- carrying peck of cranberries (weighing about 15 pounds) long distance to 'bushel man.' Did not know age. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910 Witness E. LOC nclc.05313
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Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100 pounds of cotton a day. Go to Beaver Bend School when through. Father, W.T. Rumage, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. LOC nclc.00594
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George Cartwright, 401 North Laurel St., Bridgeton, N.J., is out of School. Hangs around the Cumberland Works looking for job. Says he is 14 years old now (questionable) and has worked off LOC nclc.01240
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Evelyn Casey, 129 Gaynore St., 14 years, 6 months - Irish Went to work on 14th birthday cleaning harnesses in Borden Mills. Left because of no work and expects to learn weaving in Flint mill LOC nclc.05037
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Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (two of them under legal age) work regularly in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill. Charlie is thirteen years old. Family Record LOC nclc.02874
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Five year old Willie Hesse. Picks fifteen pounds of cotton a day. Parents own the farm of eighty acres. Near West. Will get ten bales of cotton besides other things. Father and mother and LOC nclc.00233
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President Nixon signing Executive Order 11491, with labor leaders - NARA - 194659
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Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. They said they were working and went in to work. At night I counted over thirty children coming out when LOC nclc.02666
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Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. They said they were working and went in to work. At night I counted over thirty children coming out when LOC nclc.02668
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Ralph Kuyrkendall. 'I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work with Blanch --. I'm 10 years old. Been in the First Grade three years and Second Grade one year.' See photo of family, LOC nclc.02088
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San Antonio newsboys need supervision. Here are three brothers - Sasser family, 729 Porter Street. The youngest one is five years old and makes 30 cents a day. Lawrence is seven years old LOC nclc.03878
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School -2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in LOC nclc.00781
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An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he was nine. 'I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine LOC cph.3b32768
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Basil Roberts and James Hopper, both 12 years old, go to school when in session and work at Coleman Bros. Zinc Mine, Aurora, Mo., Saturdays and holidays, culling 'waste' from the zinc ore on LOC cph.3a24704
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Pruett School which opened September 5th. 61 pupils in District and only 28 present. Expect an enrollment of 50. Only 1 boy of 11; the rest are 9 years and younger. Many out for work. LOC nclc.00505
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Rose Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. 10 years old. Working 3 summers. Minds baby and carries berries, two pecks at a time. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of LOC nclc.05296
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Group of workers at Sagamore Mills -1. Some of these were boys we saw on Friday P.M., four on two floor, three on next floor, dodging about behind spinning frames as though trying to avoid LOC nclc.02259
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Group of workers going to work at 6-45 A.M. In Spring Village Mill. In this group are Mamie La Barge, Elizabeth and Lumina Demarais, Als de Gauthier, Erena La Prise (See previous labels for LOC nclc.02307
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Group of workers in Danville, (Va.) Knitting Works, Only a few of them would pose. I watched them going to and coming from work; also went through the factory during working hours. One LOC cph.3b05703
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Fred Nozzecho, 604 Annin St., Philadelphial. Five years old. Picking this year. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and LOC nclc.05290
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G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., 67 Bromfield Street. Said 14 years old. Gets $5 a week wages, and makes $2.50 a week in tips. Taken at LOC nclc.05605
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John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in -3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. LOC nclc.02482
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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 LOC cph.3a01133
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Johnnie Merkle 6 years old newsie. Home of Johnnie, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 years old. Father owns this house and butchers shop. Johnnie's brother owns and runs a LOC nclc.03520
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Karl Witklwskr, 812 Walnut St., Market vender. 11 years of age. 1 year at work. Works of own choice. Earns percentage of money received from stand, amounting to an average of 50 cents a LOC nclc.03569
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Kerr Thread Mill. All over 16. Having fun with camera man. Good conditions in this mill. Caps to protect hair from dust and to keep hair from getting tangled in machinery. These girls worked LOC nclc.03019
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All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12-45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, LOC nclc.02329
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All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12-45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, LOC nclc.02330
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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 LOC nclc.01717
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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, 'Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under LOC nclc.02164
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Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a farm near Houston, Millie picks eight pounds a day and Nellie thirty pounds. This is nearly every day. Home conditions LOC nclc.05536
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