Lewis Hine: Cotton Industry Photographs

Two of the workers in Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. …

1913

One of the young workers of the Merrimack Mill. See Hine…

1913

A little country store near New Hope School #41. Mrs. M.E.…

1916

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08.…

1908

Group of young workers in Merrimack Mill (not the…

1913

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack…

1913

A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills.…

1908

Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many…

1908

Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C.…

1908

A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills,…

1908

[Acme School #24 (4 miles northwest of Shawnee): Miss Lois…

1916

Acme School #24 (4 miles northwest of Shawnee): Miss Lois…

1916

These four children of H.T. Thompson, 267 A Street all work…

1913

Rock Creek School #32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened…

1916

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack…

1913

Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills.…

1913

Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills.…

1913

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill…

1908

New Hope School #41. 4 miles northwest of Shawnee. 31…

1916

Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches…

1908

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills.…

1913

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills.…

1913

Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a…

1913

Gracie Clark, 268 A Street (with a white dress) has been a…

1913

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton…

1908

[Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened…

1916

Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened…

1916

Carrie Blanchard. "Don't know how old I am. Mother can…

1908

(Tallest) Sam Bigham, Eureka Cotton Mills. Been in mill 10…

1908

A dilapidated "renters" home near West. The Tripp farm.…

1913

Frank Baldwin. Been spinning and doffing in Merrimack Mills…

1913

Types of adolescents. Boys working in Eureka Cotton Mills,…

1908

Pete Henson, 414 C Street. Mother said he was twelve two…

1913

"Pinkie" Durham one of the smallest sweepers in the…

1913

"Pinkie" Durham one of the smallest sweepers in the…

1913

Pinkie Durham eight year old sweeper. See label #3730, and…

1913

Leila Prater, Virginia K. Johnson Home, Dallas, Tex.…

1913

Millie May Crews [?] (in front of her father) 369 B Street.…

1913

Georgie Baldwin. According to the Family Record (which says…

1913

Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest…

1909

A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She…

1908

Outside view of the Mill School at the Merrimack Mills,…

1913

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a…

1913

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a…

1913

[Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months…

1914

Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months…

1914

[Cone-winder - Said 17 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton…

1916

[Doffers - Boss said 14 and 15 years old. Indian Orchard…

1916

[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving.…

1916

[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving.…

1916

[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand…

1916

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good…

1914

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good…

1914

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good…

1914

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good…

1914

[Typical workers in Barker Cotton Mills where good…

1914

[Anniston Mfg. Co. Not so good as it looks. Sanitation is…

1914

[Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of…

1914

A spinner in Clyde Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location:…

1908

General View of #2 Spinning Room in Indian Orchard Cotton…

1916

General View of Spooling Room. Location: Indian Orchard,…

1916

Group of mill hands working in Salisbury, N.C. Cotton…

1908

King Philip Weave Room. Drop wire boy. Gilberto Chicca, 165…

1916

King Philip - Mule Spinning. Back boy - Herbert Heywood, 43…

1916

King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving.…

1916

Young Spinner - Indian Orchard Cotton Mill. Location:…

1916

Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton…

1916

Group of doffers and sweepers working in Merchants Mill -…

1916

The new and the old - Pilgrim Mill in the foreground -…

1916

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and…

1916

Cone-winder - Said 17 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton…

1916

[Spooler Tender - 15 years Berkshire Cotton Mills.]…

1916

[Back boy - 14 years old - Mule room. Berkshire Cotton…

1916

[Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when…

1914

[Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when…

1914

[Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when…

1914

[Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical…

1912

[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school…

1915

Some adolescents working in Maple Cotton Mill, Dillon, S.C.…

1908

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Azy Warn--Winds. Stella Warn…

1908

Group of workers in Avondale Mills. Smallest boy is John…

1910

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working…

1910

Superintendent and Overseers in Elk Cotton Mills. …

1910

Group of spinners in Cotton Factory. Location: Talladega,…

1910

Group of doffers working in Cotton Factory posed by the…

1910

John Ghent has worked at spinning for 1 year. Goes to…

1908

This where the President of the Lancaster S.C. Cotton Mills…

1908

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342.…

1901

Some of the adolescents working in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc…

1911

Some of the youngest workers in Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton…

1911

Some of the youngest workers in Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton…

1911

Girard farm, near West. A well-to-do French family. Farm…

1913

Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Woman was "with child."…

1909

Some of the children in King Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga.…

1909

A few of the youngsters in the Manchester Cotton Mills,…

1909

Going home from the Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Not…

1909

Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. Boy with hands in pockets…

1909

Doffer boys in Georgia Cotton Mill. Location: Georgia

1909

Boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. (see…

1909

Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill.…

1908

Some of the larger spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills,…

1908

One of the young workers in Schoolfield Mills, Danville,…

1911

Boys at the gate, and one running off, work in Schoolfield…

1911

Some of the young workers in Schoolfield Cotton Mills,…

1911

Spinners and doffers, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Dozens…

1908

All ages are employed in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. …

1908

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location:…

1908

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I…

1908

Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed…

1908

Frank Craneshaw. Has doffed for 3 years in Lancaster Cotton…

1908

Group of Sweepers in Pell City Cotton Mill arranged by the…

1910

Doffers in Pell City Cotton Mill. Location: Pell City,…

1910

Group of doffers in Pell City Cotton Mill posed by the…

1910

Herbert, a doffer, and Walter, a spinner (learning, but…

1911

One of the young doffers in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries,…

1911

John Lavigul. Has been doffer-boy in mule-spinning room for…

1909

A four-family house crowded close to the Chace Cotton Mill,…

1909

Home of Kettles family. Housing conditions in the mill…

1911

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both…

1909

Some of the boys in the Wellingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga.…

1909

In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga.…

1909

Doffers in Willingham Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. The three…

1909

Mobile Cotton Mills. An example of social neglect and…

1914

One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. …

1908

Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina

1908

Group of "Model Tenements" occupied by the workers in…

1909

Workers in Enterprise Cotton Mill (Augusta, Ga.) Smallest…

1909

Doffer boys in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. Location:…

1909

"OUR BABY DOFFER" and some of the other infants working in…

1910

"OUR BABY DOFFER" and some of the other doffers all working…

1910

"OUR BABY DOFFER" and some of the other infants all working…

1910

One of the young doffers in Avondale Mills. Location:…

1910

Group of young boys working in Central Cotton Mills. (Owned…

1910

Noon-hour Indian Head Cotton Mills. Some of the girls are…

1910

Anniston Mfg. Co. Not so good as it looks. Sanitation is…

1914

Group of workers in the Shaw Cotton Mills going home.…

1914

Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and…

1914

2 of the smallest boys in the Dresden Cotton Mills.…

1914

Hugh Dixon a 10 year old boy who says he's been working in…

1914

Housing conditions, Floyd Cotton Mill. Location: Rome,…

1913

Young doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location:…

1910

Waiting for the whistle to blow, Avondale Mills. Location:…

1910

Noon hour. Two of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills,…

1911

Noon hour. Two of the young doffer-boys working in the…

1911

Noon at Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Three of the…

1911

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location:…

1911

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work.…

1911

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in Mule Room,…

1912

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cotton-mill employee…

1912

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical…

1912

A young doffer who has been working for two years in Indian…

1910

Mill Village, Winona Cotton Mills, Miss. Fairly good…

1911

Noon hour, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. …

1911

Spinners in West Point Cotton Mills. Location: West Point,…

1911

Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See…

1911

Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See…

1911

A young spooler in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Location:…

1911

Group of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton…

1911

All are workers in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Va.) Smallest boy…

1911

Group of doffers in Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va.…

1911

Group of doffers in Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va.…

1911

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work.…

1911