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Waldeisenbahnzug der Paepcke-Leicht, Chicago Mill and Lumber Co., Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Big Lake, Arkansas unweit Memphis, den 9. September 1904
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Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills. One of these, fourteen years old, said she had been working here, off and on, for four years, and earns about one dollar a day now. LOC cph.3b19536
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Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills. Been working there for four months. Fills batteries. Her mother said she was born July 8, 1903. See Hine report. LOC nclc.02909
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Mrs. Streety (a widow) and family. West Point, Miss. The four children on the ground work in the mill. Oldest makes 90 cents a day, - the next, 70 cents, - the boy 30 cents, ('He's slow,' LOC nclc.02125
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Myrtle Bagwell, one of the youngest of the spinners in Spartan Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Lives 104 Duncan Street. Been working nearly 2 years. Older sister said she could not find the LOC cph.3b36987
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One way to keep the children out of the mill. Mrs. D.E. Hudson, South Boston, Va. Her children are seated around her. In the chairs are some of her boarders. Children are well-kept. The home LOC cph.3a29780
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Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Mill at 185 Sixth Avenue which houses a number of family shops. - NARA - 518780
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Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said 'I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough.' The other was 'jest hangin' around.' LOC cph.3b33406
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Applying for certificate - Leo Mette, 205 Albany St., 14 years. Application for Flint Mill as sweeper. Left school in 3rd grade. Slightly defective speech. 2nd application. Worked two weeks LOC nclc.05063
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A 12 year old girl who had been working in Weave room of Consolidated Duck Mill, La Grange, Ga., for one year and helping to support a father who works when sober. LOC nclc.02808
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Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Many youngsters here. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the... - NARA - 523148
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Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his LOC nclc.02154
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Ebb-tide in the industry. Family of Mrs. Wm. Fuqua. On account of slack work in the cotton mill, her husband recently got work up-town. He is the only wage earner. Six in the family. The LOC nclc.02178
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139 Mill Yard and Teams, Camp 7-I, Otter Rock
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Serie Scheepsbouwkundig proefstation Wageningen, Bestanddeelnr 903-8649
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Little spinner in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She was so small she had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads. See also photo 488. Jan. 19, 1909. LOC cph.3a32051
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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.04735
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Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers are- Kendall Hoffer, 4 Ave. & C St., said was 12 yrs. old and makes $3 to $5 a LOC nclc.02030
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Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. LOC nclc.05069
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Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. LOC nclc.05070
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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.02672
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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.02663
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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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Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are- Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve LOC nclc.02134
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Golla Chambers, 12 years old, been in mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weave 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Gastonia... - NARA - 523102
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Inez Johnson (nine years old) and Lily, her cousin (seven years old). Both were helping Mrs. Johnson, a spooler in Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Inez says she works regularly. LOC nclc.02136
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Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a LOC nclc.01342
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Comparison of ages- On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted 11 years, helped sister spool all summer in Glenallen Mill. Next her is Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years, and doffing all summer LOC nclc.02300
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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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T.J. Fields and family. The father cards, two girls spin, boy on right end picks up bobbins, Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Been working a year or two. Mother and smallest children not LOC nclc.02143
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Bad housing and congestion. the kitchen and living-room of Steven Mikula, 93 N. Front St. Steven is at the table. He has worked four months in Nonquitt Mill, in spinning room -2. Said he was LOC nclc.02474
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A husky tinsmith who works 8 hours a day, much of it out-doors. Compare him with some of our adolescent boys and girls who work in close confinement of the cotton mill 10 hours a day. LOC nclc.02626
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All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me that he is nearly fourteen, which is LOC nclc.02078
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All working in May Hosiery Mills, youngest boy admitted ten years of age and been working there 9 months. He is already afflicted with eye-trouble and carries his head much on one side. LOC nclc.01891
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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much LOC nclc.02643
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Two boys working in Coventry Co. Mill, Anthony, R. I. 6 P.M. April 16, 1909. I saw about 10 boys and girls who looked to be under 14 years of age. LOC nclc.01661
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Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. LOC cph.3b17935
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Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last LOC cph.3a21306
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Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last LOC nclc.02500
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Young spinners and doffers in Richmond Spinning Mills, taken during working hours. Smallest girl said she had been working there for months. The other girl said she didn't know how long. LOC nclc.01966
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No. 28 Ship Yards & Smith Mill Marshfield Ore.
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No. 27 Saw Mill No 2 and Toledo Ore from the Bridge
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last LOC nclc.02501
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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 years were counted at one gate. (See also LOC nclc.01848
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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much LOC cph.3a47666
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Portugal. On the site of the new mill, a laborer puts his shoulder to the job of dumping a loaded cart full of dirt.... - NARA - 541755
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Inez Johnson (9 years old) and Lily, her cousin (7 years old). Both were helping Mrs. Johnson, a spooler in Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Inez said she works regularly. LOC nclc.02138
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Leo, 48 inches high, 8 years old. Picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day in Elk Cotton Mills. He said, 'No, I don't help me sister or mother, just myself.' LOC cph.3a17765
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Houtfabriek, triplexfabricage in Kuopio, Bestanddeelnr 920-4721
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Tallest girl-Kate McManus. Smallest (next) Zorobell Hatley; (next) Louis Blanchard (next) Edith McManus.They said they had been in mill work only few weeks or months. Evidently they had ben LOC nclc.01561
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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 LOC nclc.01929
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Some of the boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont (see label to photo -730) for names. May 5, 1909. 6 P.M. (Caption -730- All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace LOC nclc.01712
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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 cph.3b33430
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Young girl working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. LOC nclc.01849
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Youngest girl in the window has been spinning in Royal Mill, River Point, R.I. for one year. Girl standing on lower step has been spinning 3 years. Some of the others work also. LOC cph.3b09808
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Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much LOC cph.3a47667
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Flashlight photo 6 P.M. going home from King Mfg. Co. Two of the smallest boys been in mill 2 years. One of the... - NARA - 523150
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Most of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. The smallest boy, in middle, a frail anaemic youngster, said he had been doffing over a year. Said he was 12 years old, but I doubt it. The other LOC nclc.01930
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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.02166
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Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. All are workers. The Suprt., who posed them, said, 'Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under LOC nclc.02167
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Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. Spinning room Overseer and his flock. He said, 'Every one of 'em works or helps.' I saw them all working in the morning and when the whistle blew at LOC nclc.02084
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Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a violation according to both his brother and life insurance policy which say he is 12 years old now. These statements are LOC nclc.02980
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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 cph.3a42524
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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.02665
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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.02667
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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.02669
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Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are- Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve LOC nclc.02133
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Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are- Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve LOC nclc.02135
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Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. LOC nclc.05071
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5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. LOC nclc.05304
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5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. LOC nclc.05304
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At side of mill gate (western gate beside office) Manuel Andrew, 14 Windsor St. Smallest in the picture; apparently under 14. See -2290. Manuel Jason, 58 First St. Thinnest in the picture; LOC nclc.02212
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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 LOC nclc.02090
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Comparison of Ages- Feft (i.e., left) end, Marion Deschere, just passed 13 years. Helps sister in mill 'some.' Next is Mildred Greenwood, 'going on 14.' Goes to school. Next is Mamie La LOC nclc.02302
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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 LOC nclc.03886
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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 LOC nclc.03885
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21298-Olbernhau-1919-Pulvermühle-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag
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Alber Therien at right end of picture, 30 Salem Street, appears 13 years old, has been 4 weeks in spinning room No. 9, on the fourth floor of the Lawrence mills. Joseph Guerard, left hand LOC cph.3b25351
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Antoinette Pothier, been doffing six months at Ayer mill. Has a walk of nearly 30 minutes each way to work morning and night. Leaves home at 6 A.M. and gets back 6-30 P.M. LOC cph.3b21263
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