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Some of the younger boys working in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. One, Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record, another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve years old was under legal age according to one of the other boys there, Calvin Caughlin who did not appear to be fifteen years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it it [i.e., is] likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work. Location: West, Texas.
All these I saw regularly at work during work hours in Richmond Spinning Mills. Tiny girl on left, five years old, is Goldie, who helps her sister, (the girl with hands on her shoulders). She is five years old. When I tried to get a photo of her at work at the machine, the Overseer said, "Don't put her in. A photo of that might get me into a lot of trouble." I said, "But she isn't working, she's only helping." All the same," he replied, "if they caught her in here, they might fine me a hundred dollars." Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Doffer boys in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia
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Some of the younger boys working in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. One, Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record, another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve years old was under legal age according to one of the other boys there, Calvin Caughlin who did not appear to be fifteen years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it it i.e., is likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work. Location: West, Texas
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boys
men
laborers
shoe industry
virginia
lynchburg
photographic prints
lynchburg va
workers
shoe
factory
west end shoe factory
lunchburg
number
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1911
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Lynchburg (Va.)
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37.41389, -79.14222
Source
Library of Congress
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