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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. LOC nclc.05297
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are LOC cph.3a19626
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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez (i.e., Laissez) Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. LOC nclc.02646
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The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Eva Vanasse, 82 Washington St. Been there two months. The other girl goes to school. LOC nclc.01751
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00642
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Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a badly cut finger. Several children working with him had cut fingers, and even the adults said they could not help LOC cph.3b37905
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Eagle and Phoenix Mill. 'Dinner-toters' waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them LOC nclc.05343
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Eddie and Carmine Zizza, twelve year old twins who make $1.50 a day. They belong to a family of 13 children many of them newsboys. Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924. LOC nclc.04051
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Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One ten year old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school. LOC nclc.05524
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00332
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00331
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sammie Weits, 8 year old newsie, helps brother Bennie. 12 yrs. old. The latter sells until midnight some nights LOC nclc.03808
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Same girl as no. 4665. Showing the slight deformity of the hip. Work which required constant standing would be bad, so persons with curvature tire quickly. Their feet also are usually weak LOC nclc.05146
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02320
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of the back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02321
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Group of workers in Glenallen Mill. Smallest girl helps her sister Dora Roberts in mill. Lives at 13 Woodlawn St., there are 13 in the family, five or six working. Apparently prosperous. In LOC nclc.02319
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Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co., Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. LOC nclc.00031
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Free Kindergarten (in Girard, Ala.) run by the Eagle and Phoenix Mills, Columbus, Ga. Has been closed over a year. The mill owners get a deal of free newspaper advertising about their LOC nclc.02820
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Hands going home from Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. Little girl came from the mill. Evidently a 'helper.' I saw others about her size in the mill spinning. LOC nclc.01565
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John Sims. See -2304. (Caption 2304- John Sims, 7 year old newsie, New Bedford, Mass. August 22, 1911. Evening. Richard K. Conant, Witness.) LOC nclc.03742
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Katie Wohn, twelve-year-old topper. Said she cut a hole in her leg recently with the hook on the end of the knife. See Hine report. Photo Oct. 22-15. LOC nclc.00336
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Isidor, 8 years old (on left) and Joe, 10 years old (on right) sell until 9 P.M. every night, and earn 75 cents and 35 cents a week, respectively. LOC nclc.03813
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Luther Dories. Been doffing some months in Spinning Room -2, Massachusett(s) Mills, Lindale, Ga. Said 12 years old, but very doubtful. Father and brother work. LOC nclc.05342
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Mortaria family, 8 Downing St., N.Y., making flowers wreaths. The Little three-year-old on left was actually helping, putting the center of the flower into the petal, and the family said she LOC cph.3a01154
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Noon. David Rosenthal, 1220 Sixth St, S.W., Washington, D.C., said he was 10 yrs. old, and sells until 6 P.M. Is out at 7 A.M. on Sundays. No badge. LOC cph.3c18567
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Near Mission San Jose, California. Family of Japanese ancestry laboring in their strawberry field a . . . - NARA - 537837
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King Philip - Spool and Warping Department. Warper - Young girls sometimes assist. Sometimes a tyer-in comes from her position behind the rack and helps the warper. Light very good in this LOC cph.3b33428
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Manuel Oliver, 4th St., a newsboy who begins work at 5 A.M., New Bedford, Mass., August 22, 1911. 7-15 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.03738
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Manuel White, father with two children - Johnnie, 7 years - Sylva 12 years. Live on Brook Street, Dighton, Mass. Family picks 72 measures a day at 6 cents. LOC nclc.00180
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1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garments in a terribly run down tenement. The father works on the street. The three oldest children help the mother on LOC nclc.05508
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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Two families, including boy of 8 yrs. and girl of 10 yrs., working on farm of Frank Herdenreder, near Sterling, Colo. They work from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. usually. LOC nclc.00333
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Haskell County, Kansas. Pictures of a fire in Sublette. The man who lives here is a Syrian laborer, . . . - NARA - 522172
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Haskell County, Kansas. Pictures of a fire in Sublette. The man who lives here is a Syrian laborer, . . . - NARA - 522171
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Laborant in het laboratorium van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatscha, Bestanddeelnr 935-1214
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Jennie Williams, 1529 Titten St., Philadelphia. 5 years old. First summer. Theodore Budd's Bog, at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people LOC nclc.05292
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Joseph Amico, photographed at 11 a.m. on Washington Street. Delivering shoes for National Shoe Repair Co., 21 School Street. Said 14 years old. Beginning at $5 a week. LOC nclc.03985
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Joseph Mika, (smallest), 80 Tremont St. Spinning Room. Said, 'Two years working there.' (See 2637) Joseph Ciosek, (young), 74 School St. Six months working there. LOC nclc.02418
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Joseph Richard (head only), 26 Wheatland St., Castle Hill, works in Spinning Room -1 fourth floor; been doffing three years; gets $7.80 a week now. LOC nclc.02398
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Joseph Weiss, 11 yrs. Old. Sells until 11 P.M. on Saturdays. Then the Sunday papers come over, and another 'crew' comes on. See -3116, 3117. Taken at 11 P.M. LOC nclc.03839
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Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the cotton mill at Matoaca, Va., for two years. His brother, next to him, helps in the mill. The others in the photo are not LOC cph.3b36984
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Many of the smallest ones said, 'Working in these mills.' Especially -1 Raymond Bradshaw, 88 Engerira St. Works in Manomet Mill; lives with grandmother, works in -2 Card Department. Said, LOC nclc.02520
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Main entrance, Gary W. Va. Mine. Trapper boy in center. Going to work 7 A.M. will be underground until 5-30 P.M. Trappers are paid $1. per day. LOC cph.3a24699
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Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time off to eat. 'Eat a-workin'.' 9-00 P.M. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908. Mill was running. LOC nclc.01380
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Messenger boy in the heart of the Reservation delivering messages. Prostitutes run back and forth. Business beginning at mid-day. I saw messenger boys and delivery boys for drug stores from LOC nclc.03903
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On left hand of picture is Alice Deon, 95 Springfield Street, a doffer in a spinning room of the Ayer mill. Been there a few weeks. Has a steady job. Walks to and from work, as Antoinette LOC cph.3b33357
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Near Mission San Jose, California. Family of Japanese ancestry laboring in their strawberry field a . . . - NARA - 537840
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Near Mission San Jose, California. Family of Japanese ancestry laboring in their strawberry field a . . . - NARA - 537839
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Flashlight photo 6 P.M. going home from King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. Two of the smallest boys been in mill 2 years. One of the larger for 4 years. LOC nclc.01600
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Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co. Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. LOC nclc.05422
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Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co. Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. LOC nclc.05422
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Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. 1 was 9, other 11. Youngest work for $3. a week. LOC nclc.03858
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Family of Mrs. Motto making flowers in a dirty tenement. Josephine, 13 years, helps outside of school hours until 9... - NARA - 523495
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Going to work at 5-30 A.M. Small boy named Jo is a sweeper in Hill Mfg. Co. Been there 2 years. I saw him working... - NARA - 523186
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Golla Chambers, House 38 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. In mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weaver 1 year. Other sisters spinners. LOC nclc.04502
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Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mother worked hard before marriage, and was ailing while Isidor was coming. Further data in their files; -1695 Nurse LOC nclc.04883
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Home Work, Somerville, Mass. Crocheting on underwear. A common sight. 35 Horace Street. See also Home Work report about woman working here with running sore on limb. LOC nclc.04219
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In a saloon doorway at 8-30 P.M. Left to right- George Cappello, 12 years old, 270 Jay Street. Frank Laporter, 13 years old, 47 Third Avenue. LOC nclc.03434
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Father hanging around the home while family works on feathers. Said, I not work. Got some sickness. Dunno what.... - NARA - 523500
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Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said he has been in the mill off and on for 5... - NARA - 523118
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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, 1909(sic). LOC nclc.01431
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Group of girl workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co. Young girls obviously under 14 years of age, who work... - NARA - 523314
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Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys. LOC nclc.02427
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00330
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Eleven year old Western Union messenger -51. J.T. Marshall. Been day boy here for five months. Goes to Red Light district some and knows some of the girls. LOC nclc.03890
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3 year old spinner in the Belton S.C. Mills. Cornelia and James Wilson are twins. The third pair in family. The mother said the family record was not kept but have heard that they were 12 LOC nclc.02616
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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in LOC nclc.04749
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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in LOC nclc.04748
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Smallest is James Veary. The next in size are sweepers; Thomas Munds, 3 Blackburn St.; Thomas Heywood, 7 Peniman St.; Romeo Perrault, 26 Reynolds St.; they are doubtful in age. LOC nclc.02461
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The girl is Arlie Searcy, beginning work in the Arlington Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Been working at Clifton Mills. Got her papers there. Mother said she is 12 years old but it is LOC nclc.02594
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4 year old Mary, who shucks oysters, (two pots a day). Tends the baby when not working. The boss said that next year... - NARA - 523418
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00644
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00646
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Boss of this bog and his wife and two little children picking. Nine out of the seventy workers were from 6 to 12 years old. Mostly Syrians from Boston and Providence. LOC nclc.00149
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A 'reflection' on the parent. Reflection in looking glass shows the father who had been picking nuts but refused to be photographed. He is out of work. Tommy Mascola, 5 years, picks some, LOC nclc.04098
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A few of the young workers in West End Shoe Factory, Lunchburg, (Va.) A number of boys here are surely under fourteen and some of them likely under twelve. Youngest refused to pose. LOC nclc.04734
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A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Va. All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys LOC nclc.04761
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A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria Glass Factory. Alexandria, Va. - NARA - 523441
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A few of the young workers in the West End Shoe Factory, Lynchburg, (Va.) A number of boys here are surely under fourteen and likely under twelve, some of them. Youngest ones refused to LOC nclc.04733
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A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Va. All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys LOC nclc.04762
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5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-pound load of garter buttons for home-work. Trying not to be late for school. (See also Report.) LOC nclc.04294
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5 year old Rosie Passeralla of Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog. Brown Mills, N.J. - NARA - 523265
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00643
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Albert Schafer, eight year old newsboy who usually begins at 8-00 A.M. Sundays. Sells some on week-days. Is a cripple. Makes one to two dollars a day. LOC cph.3c15371
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1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garments in a terribly run down tenement. The father works on the street. The three oldest children help the mother on LOC nclc.05508
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11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by the County Farm Bureau on credit, - each agreeing to do the best to raise the calf and exhibit at the annual show. See LOC nclc.04430
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Woman making Turkish Trophy cigarette cases in the kitchen of her East Side Tenement home. Food Scattered about on the table. The door on right is the toilet. (For complete details see Miss LOC nclc.04267
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These are some of the sweepers and mule room boys working in Valley Queen Mill. River Point, R.I. Several of the smallest ones there said they had been working there 3 years and over. Speak LOC nclc.01686
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These were all of the small boys I found working at the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills, the day I was there. One of the smallest boys had been working there for two years. Not many under LOC nclc.02186
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This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do LOC nclc.00356
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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 LOC nclc.01544
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02565
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Haskell County, Kansas. Pictures of a fire in Sublette. The man who lives here is a Syrian laborer, . . . - NARA - 522173
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