Lewis Hine: Textile Mill Workers Photographs

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

1913

Lewis Emory, See 3025. Location: [South Carolina]

1912

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

1913

Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara…

1908

One of the smallest spinners in the Mollahan Mills.…

1908

Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here.…

1908

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

1908

Group of young workers in Merrimack Mill (not the…

1913

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Some of "hands." Sunday,…

1908

Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C.…

1908

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08.…

1908

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec.…

1908

Johns Lewis. Springstein Mill. A typical cotton mill boy.…

1908

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

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Fred Butler, (smallest).…

1908

Another of the many small children working in Mollahan…

1908

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

1908

Lewis Grace, 68 Acushnet Ave. Probably 14. Works in…

1911

488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1…

1909

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys…

1908

Minnie Love (see photo 327), Springstein Mills, Chester,…

1908

Group of workers in Moritas Mill, Columbus, Ga. Could not…

1913

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Otis Mehaffy. 4 years in…

1908

Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Eddie Williamson (taller).…

1908

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

1913

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill.…

1908

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

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1…

1908

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

1908

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

1908

3 doffer boys, Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Charley…

1908

A modest young French girl of 13 years. Spinner in the…

1911

Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Henry Mims (tallest) about…

1908

Girls working in Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Zetella…

1908

Lewis and Claude have been sweeping and spinning in a S.C.…

1912

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

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

1908

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

1908

Frank Baldwin. Been spinning and doffing in Merrimack Mills…

1913

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

1908

Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with…

1908

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water…

1911

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water…

1911

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water…

1911

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

1913

Union Hospital - Lewis Palmer - 14 years - 455 Peckham St.…

1916

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest),…

1908

Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills,…

1908

"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

Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right…

1909

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

1913

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

1913

Sunday. Boys working in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Tallest…

1909

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

1909

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

1908

[Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale Ga. During the…

1913

Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill,…

1908

A study of ages. The boy on the right said, "I ain't old…

1913

Comparison of ages: On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted…

1911

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Mass. Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

At side of mill gate (western gate beside office) Manuel…

1911

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the…

1913

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale Ga. During the…

1913

A Saturday ball game. Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Boy…

1908

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga.…

1913

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga.…

1913

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga.…

1913

Dotheboys Hall in session tucked away upstairs over the…

1913

Dotheboys Hall in session tucked away upstairs over the…

1913

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga.…

1913

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks…

1911

Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front…

1911

Boys working in Scotland Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Smallest…

1908

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

1914

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

1914

Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front)…

1911

[Aldea Balanger - French - Weaver. Cornell Mills - 14 years…

1916

[King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames…

1916

[Kerr Thread. Young workers on Ball Ground at noon. Two…

1916

[Kerr Thread. Young workers on Ball Ground at noon. Two…

1916

[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working…

1916

[Continuation school girls topping stockings in Ipswich…

1917

[Weaver in American Linen Co. See 4159.] Location: [Fall…

1916

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

1916

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

1916

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American…

1916

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American…

1916

[Warp tenders assistant. "Tyer in." Had just been promoted…

1916

[American Linen Co. Spooler tender.] Location: Fall River,…

1916

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb…

1916

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb…

1916

[Kerr Thread Mill. All over 16. Having fun with camera man.…

1916

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

1916

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

1916

[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working…

1916

[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working…

1916

[Aldea Balanger - French - Weaver. Cornell Mills - 14 years…

1916

[Evelyn Casey, 129 Gaynore St., 14 years, 6 months - Irish…

1916

[Drop-wire boys and sweepers. Granite Mill #2. Several of…

1916

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

1916

[Applying for certificate - Menuel Cabral - Portuguese. 15…

1916

[Applying for certificate - Menuel Cabral - Portuguese. 15…

1916

[French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years…

1916

[Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99…

1916

[Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99…

1916

[Smallest is Anatole Gernon, Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12…

1911

[Worker in Ayer Mill?]. Location: [Lawrence, Massachusetts]

1911

[Workers in Lorraine Mfg. Co. Location: Westerly, Rhode…

1909

[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

[Mamie La Barge. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

1911

[Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A…

1911

[Shots at the young workers going to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7…

1911

[Mamie La Barge at her Machine. Under legal age.] …

1911

[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band…

1911

[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band…

1911

[Groups of workers in Hand Silk Mill.] Location:…

1910

[Groups of workers in Hand Silk Mill.] Location:…

1910

[Manuel Maderas. Poorly protected from zero weather. See…

1912

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

1914

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

1908

Cherryville Mfg. Company, An adolescent spinner.…

1908

Doffer - See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

1916

Spinner. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

1916

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

1916

Noon hour, Merchants Mill. Girls flirting with passersby. …

1916

Daniel Mill, Lincolnton, N.C. Group of women and two girls.…

1908

Girls in Daniel Mill, Lincolnton, N.C. Location:…

1908

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

1908

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these…

1908

Mill folks, Salisbury Mills, (N.C.) Location: Salisbury,…

1908

Johnnie Thomas, Charlotte, N.C. (See label on Photo 470). …

1909

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare hand on spinning frames.…

1916

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames…

1916

Old hand. Drawer-in for fifteen years. See 4159. Location:…

1916

Harness maker. See 4158. Location: Fall River,…

1916

Spinner. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

1916

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years…

1916

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

Charlie going to dinner. See Photo and label 2254. Knitting…

1911

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill.…

1911

Young Worker in the Union Mill going home 11 A.M. …

1916

Portuguese. John Silvra, 64 Wooley St., 15 year old doffer.…

1916

Marian Viera - 101 Columbia St., Doffer - Says he gets…

1916

Jo Frank, 38 Blaine St. Broke his arm in mill - belt…

1916

Doffers in Granite Mill #1. Location: Fall River,…

1916

Drop-wire boys and sweepers. Granite Mill #2. Several of 14…

1916

Drop-wire boys. Granite Mill #2. Noon. Location: Fall…

1916

Group of doffers and sweepers working in Merchants Mill -…

1916

Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working…

1916

Continuation school girls topping stockings in Ipswich…

1917

Group around gate of Durfee Mill at noon. 15 year old boy…

1916

Weaver in American Linen Co. See 4159. Location: Fall…

1916

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

1916

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

1916

Spooler tender - American Linen Co. Location: Fall River,…

1916

Warp tenders assistant. "Tyer in." Had just been promoted…

1916

American Linen Co. Spooler tender. Location: Fall River,…

1916

Closing hour Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. November 7, 1908.…

1908

[Spinner] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

1916

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

1916

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

1916

[Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver,…

1916

[Spooler tender - American Linen Co.] Location: [Fall…

1916

Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916)…

1916

[A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill,…

1909

[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

[Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or…

1911

[Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group…

1911

[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins.…

1908

[Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill,…

1913

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

1914

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

1912

[Group of workers going to work at 6:45 A.M. In Spring…

1911

[Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into…

1911

[Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into…

1911

[These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them…

1911

[Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in…

1911

[Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room…

1911

[Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very…

1911

[Boy in stocking cap (taller of two) is James Ryan, 89…

1912

[Main Entrance Wamsutta Mills. Young workers also…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt…

1912

[Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in…

1912

[Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in…

1912

[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The…

1912

[Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The…

1912

Groups of workers in Delaware Hosiery Mill. Location:…

1910

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

1908

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

1908

Two spinners in Dillon Mill, Dillon S.C. Both said they had…

1908

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

1910

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

1910

One of the young helpers in the Glenallen Mill. Location:…

1911

Smallest is Anatole Gernon, Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12…

1911

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

Will Morrill, Wylie Mill; Chester, S.C. Been in mill 5…

1908

Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in…

1908

Group of employees in Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills. …

1908

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

1908

One of the many young girls working in the Natick (R.I.)…

1909

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

One of the youngest spinners in the Washington Cotton…

1911

Part of the force at Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location:…

1911

George Barcome, Stony Hill, Ludlow. Been band boy three…

1911

Eddie Grimshaw, (see #2662). Location: Ludlow,…

1911

Antony Gourek (or Makuck), 10 Weston St. Works in #1 Mill. …

1911

Joseph Dryjowicz, 11 Joy St., (in shirt sleeves). Has been…

1911

Josef Szlosek, 10 Joy St., (alone) Has been doffer in #8…

1911

Mike Juriewier, 28 East St. Been working as Creel boy in #8…

1911

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

1909

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

1909

Eunice Hadwin spinner in King Mill, Augusta, Ga., earns 75…

1909

All 6 work in King Mill, Augusta, Ga. Little girl on end…

1909

Taller girl Eunice Lambert. Other--Nellie McKinney. Been in…

1909

A group of spinners in Brookside Worsted Mills, Westford,…

1909

Doffer girls in Brookside Worsted Mills. Westford, Mass.…

1909

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not…

1909

Noon hour, Sanford Mfg. Co. Sanford, Me. Location:…

1909

Wallace Pollard--In Mill for several years. Smaller…

1909

Flashlight photo of boys going home from King Mfg. Co., 6…

1909

Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Mill, Augusta, Ga. Smallest…

1909

All workers in Enterprize [sic?] Mfg. Co., Augusta. Ga.…

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

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to…

1909

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to…

1909

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to…

1909

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. One of the little…

1909

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

1909

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to…

1909

American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Location: Winooski,…

1910

Pack boys in Pacific Mill, George Driscoll, 14 years, Mike…

1910

Bleach-room boy--Leon Halcourt, 34 Melvin St., 16 years…

1910

Doffer in Pacific Mill[s], Sime Leroy, 16 years (looks 13).…

1910

Bleach-room boys Daniel Crowley 17 years, 358 Broadway;…

1910

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire…

1910

Mill girls. Pacific girls. Location: Lawrence,…

1910

Bleach room boys Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence,…

1910

Doffer in Pacific Mill[s]-- John Chow Syrian, 65 Water…

1910

Mill boys Pacific Mill[s]. Location: Lawrence,…

1910

Dangerous Noon-hour Recreation. Doffer boys and others from…

1910

Noon-hour card game--Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Location:…

1910

Mill girls, Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence,…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Young boys working in Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vt. Very…

1910

Albert Lavalle, 14 years old. Beginning work in American…

1910

Two young doffers cotton mill North Pormal [i.e., Pownal],…

1910

Youngsters making bands, cotton mill, North Pownal, Vt.…

1910

Young doffers in North Pownal, Vt. Location: [North…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt.…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

6:30 A.M. Three of the young girls working in…

1910

A number of workers in the Acushnet Mills. Location: New…

1911

Frank Mello, 62 Grinell [i.e., Grinnel?] St. Brother of…

1911

Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl…

1911

Working girl about 14 standing at gate. R. K. Conant -…

1911

Group of youngsters going in at noon to work in the mill. …

1911

Group of workers in the Carding and weaving room of the…

1911

Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St., Ayer Mill (See 2502). …

1911

Smallest boy is Thomas Losesque, 82 Margin Street. Other is…

1911

Group working in Washington Mill. Location: Lawrence,…

1911

Smallest girl in picture is Antionette Pothier, 32 Easton…

1911

Adelbert Lachance [?], appears 11 or 12. Works in the…

1911

Noon hour Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the…

1910

A few of the small boys working in the Natick (R.I.) Mills.…

1909

Some of the boys working in Natcik Mills (R. I.) Saturday…

1909

Saturday afternoon ball game. Boys all work in the Natick…

1909

One of the ball-teams made up of boys from Natick Mills,…

1909

Noon hour, April 17, 1909. Natick (R.I.) Mills. Location:…

1909

All are working in Natick (R. I.) Mills. April 17, 1909. …

1909

Edward St. Germain and sister Delia. She has been working…

1909

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

1908

Some of the larger spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills,…

1908

Group of young girls, all working in May Hosiery Mills. …

1910

Workers in May Hosiery Mills,. Location: Nashville,…

1910

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

Rhodes Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Old man inspecting…

1908

Some Sweepers in a N.C. cotton mill. N.C. Location: North…

1908

Lea Rabb, 84 Main St., Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years…

1908

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

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

Young girl working in Anniston Yarn Mills. Location:…

1910

Young sweeper working in Anniston Yarn Mills,. Location:…

1910

Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St., A bobbin Boy (works as a…

1911

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

1911

May Hosiery Mills. The boy is Harvey Curtis, 12 years old,…

1910

Louis Zabawa, 33 East St. Has been a band boy in #10 Mill,…

1911

Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a…

1911

Stanley Cherpiak, 13 Gardner Rd. Illiterate, works in…

1911

A few of the young workers in Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg…

1912

Some of the smallest spinners at the Beaumont Mill. …

1912

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

1911

One of the young spinners and the Supt. Yazoo City Yarn…

1911

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. …

1911

Elsie and Sadie at their machines, Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn…

1911

Twin sisters Winnie and Jimmie. Spinners in Yazoo City…

1911

Group of young workers in Clifton Mills, Clifton, S.C. Some…

1912

3 of the sweepers (not the smallest) in Clifton Mills. …

1912

One of the youngest workers going in at 5:30 A.M. Belton…

1912

Some of the youngsters working in Belton Mfg. Co., Belton,…

1912

Elmer Skinner, 10 yrs. old. Turner in Massey Hosiery Mill,…

1913

Charley Herring, 9 year old Helper in Ga. Hosiery Mill,…

1913

Noon Hour. Queen City Mill, Burlington, Vt. I saw several…

1909

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

1909

George Brown. Measures a little over 50 inches in height.…

1909

Noon hour. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co.,…

1909

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg.…

1909

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg.…

1909

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg.…

1909

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg.…

1909

Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all…

1909

Small boy working in Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. Others…

1908

6:00 A.M., May 15, 1909. Group going into Mill No. 1…

1909

One of the young girls I found working in the Ampskeog Mfg.…

1909

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

1909

11 years old. Beginning to doff. Son of one of Gastonia's…

1908

A doffer in the Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. …

1908

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old.…

1908

Noon hour ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R.I. All…

1909

Some of the workers (not the youngest) leaving the Coventry…

1909

Noon Hour at Quidwick Mill, Anthony, R.I. Location:…

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

Some of the adults Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location:…

1909

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

1909

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen…

1909

Some of the youngsters (not all) that are at work in Bibb…

1909

Noon hour, Sanford Mfg. Co. Sanford, Me. Some young boys…

1909

[Employees going to work in Bates Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me.] …

1909

One of the boys Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. 6 A.M. April…

1909

6 A.M. April 24, 1909. One of the many young girls working…

1909

Eddie Norton sweeping in Saxon Mill, (See Label 2976). …

1912

Eddie Norton sweeping in Saxon Mill (See label 2976). …

1912

Abbie Belle Townsend. Been working 3 months in a spinning…

1912

Group coming out Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. 6…

1909

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Some of the small girls working in…

1909

Joseph Arthur Houle. (See photo #787.) I saw him working in…

1909

One of the boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester,…

1909

Noon hour, May 26, 1909. These boys and many smaller ones…

1909

Girls working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. May 25,…

1909

6:00 A.M. May 21, 1909. Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co.,…

1909

One of the boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester,…

1909

Boys in front work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H.…

1909

Some of the girls who work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester,…

1909

6 P.M. May 25, 1909. Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H.…

1909

Noon hour, June 10, 1909. Parker Mill, Warren, R.I.…

1909

6 A.M., June 9, 1909. I found only a few youngsters going…

1909

These boys and few more (not many) smaller ones work in…

1909

These all work in Lorraine Mfg. Co., Westerly, R.I. June 9,…

1909

6 A.M., June 10, 1909. Going into Warren (R.I.) Mfg. Co.…

1909

Minnie Lee Partain, a young helper in Columbus, (Ga.)…

1913

Minnie Lee Partain, a young helper in Columbus (Ga.)…

1913

Guy Haywood, 10 years old, helps his brother. Harvey…

1913

A young mill worker, Columbus, Ga., who in six months' time…

1913

Adelard Gagnon (smallest), 32 Palmer St. Location: Salem,…

1911

Alfred Corriveau, 14 Perkins St., works in Spinning Room…

1911

Joseph Bernard, 38 Perkins St., works in Spinning room #2. …

1911

Octave Levesque, 25 Perkins St., works in Spinning Room #2;…

1911

Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St., works in lower Spinning Room…

1911

Boys described in #2602 and #2619. Location: South…

1911

Doffers in Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Others as small…

1908

Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. A few of the…

1908

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he…

1908

Noon hour, Ivey mill, Hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory,…

1908

Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Plenty of young…

1908

One of the youngest boys I found working in the Naomi Mill…

1913

I found some young helpers like his one in the Muscogee…

1913

Some of the young women in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. …

1908

Young women (spooler) Kelser Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. …

1908

The doffers in Whitnel (N.C.) Mfg. Co. Location: Whitnel,…

1908

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

1908

One of the smallest doffers in the Atherton Mill,…

1909

Small girl, Bright Horton, works in Atherton Mill,…

1909

Type of adolescent found in Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C.…

1909

Boy working in Calvine Mfg. Co. Charlotte, N.C. Been there…

1909

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

1909

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

1909

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. We had not seen…

1909

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St.…

1908

"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

Ollie Johnson and family. See 3844 and 3845. Location:…

1914

One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery…

1914

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

1914

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

1914

Workers in Victory Mfg. Co. See North Carolina report. …

1914

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

1914

Workers in Victory Mfg. Co. See North Carolina report. …

1914

One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery…

1914

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

1914

Group of boys working in Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake.…

1910

Group of card-room hands in Richmond Spinning Mills.…

1910

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

Vennie and Verdie Yelverton. Eleven and thirteen years old.…

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

William Wolowiec, (middle boy in front row), 19 School St.…

1911

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley…

1911

Leon Cooper, 15 Coolidge Rd. Works in spinning room. Been…

1911

Apparently one of the young helpers going to work at 1 P.M.…

1911

In Washington Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

1911

In Washington Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

1911

Carlo Chzy, Klondike Park, Andover, Mass. Morris Markowsky,…

1911

Guiseppe Zapell [?], 102 Common Street, regular job as a…

1911

Camillo DeMarco, 129 Common St., been in the Washington…

1911

Group in which the two smallest are Camillo De Marco, 129…

1911

John Endyk, 90 Springfield St., been in Mill-room of Wood…

1911

Salvator Quattirto, 48 Union St., Lawrence, Mass. One of…

1911

In filling room, Wood Mill; Alfie [?] Lanadin, 59 Union…

1911

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

1912

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View of warping room,…

1912

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

1912

Girl at the drawing-in-frame of the weave-room, Lorraine…

1912

Groups of workers in Delaware Hosiery Mill. Location:…

1910

Mamie and her sisters and brothers who work in the mill. …

1911

Mamie La Barge, September 30, '11. See #2364. Location:…

1911

Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A…

1911

Noon. Group of Doffers and sweepers in Cabarrus Mill,…

1912

In doorway is Mary Deschene, 11 years old. Helper in…

1911

Clerinda Norrin, Said 11 years old and helps sister spin in…

1911

Clerinda Norrin, said 11 years old and helps sister spin in…

1911

Arthur Sarasin, 7 Acushnet Block. Works in weaving room. At…

1911

John Bachman, 22 Nelson Street, Ward 6. Work in drawing-in…

1911

Sarah Nelson, County Street, (over grocery store) Arthur…

1911

A worker in the Acushnet Mill. Could not persuade him to…

1911

Boy does not work but is same size as some we saw…

1911

Young workers in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams,…

1911

Francis Manning, 406 Main St., Palmer, Mass. Location:…

1911

Clarence Noel, 138 Main St., Indian Orchard. Doffer in…

1911

Alfred Gengreau, 20 Beaudry St., Joseph Miner, 15 Water St.…

1911

Group in front of Indian Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was…

1911

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in…

1911

Mamie and her sister Eglantine, about 15 yr. Location:…

1911

Young worker leaving mill of Sagamore Manufacturing…

1911

Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St. Works in Eclipse Mills.…

1911

Arthur Chalifoux, 3 Rand St. (4th boy from left). Works in…

1911

Workers in Eclipse Mills, North Adams. Location: North…

1911

Joe Allard, 5 Tannery Yard. Sweeper in twisting room,…

1911

Joe Allard, 5 Tannery Yard (on left hand). Sweeper in…

1911

Group of workers in Eclipse Mills. Second boy from right…

1911

A group of mill workers. Albert Duquette on top. Eclippse…

1911

Young workers called "Peewee" in Berkshire Mills. Location:…

1911

Young workers in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams,…

1911

Workers in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts

1911

Antone Simmons, small boy in center of picture, 61…

1911

Second boy on left hand in picture is Antone Simmons. See…

1911

Anaemic adolescent who refused to give his name: Works in…

1911

Young workers at the Butler Mills. Location: New Bedford,…

1911

All are workers in the Bulter [i.e., Butler] Mills. …

1911

On the border line. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

1911

All work in the Butler Mills. Location: New Bedford,…

1911

[Boy standing on street] Location: New Bedford,…

1911

Manuel Oliver, George St., is small boy to left of dry…

1911

Annie Dugas, spinner at machine on top floor of Glenallen…

1911

Shots at the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7…

1911

Shots at the young workers going in the Ayer Mill. 6:30 to…

1911

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

1910

One of the young helpers in Richmond Spinning Mills.…

1910

Little Goldie and her sister going to dinner. (See labels…

1910

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton…

1913

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton…

1913

Composite photograph of child laborer made from cotton mill…

1913

Going home, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. …

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

Eva Streety (See 2133). Location: West Point, Mississippi

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

Peter Pluta (right hand boy), 2 Bertha Ave. Works in…

1911

Stanley Sypeck, Jasimine St., W. Springfield. Works in the…

1911

Stanislaus Matthew, 30 Cabot St., (left hand boy). Warren…

1911

Andrew Stefanik, a bobbin boy, works as spare boy. (See…

1911

Dosaliv Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. Young band boy in 5 and 6;…

1911

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band…

1911

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band…

1911

Noon. Cora Watts a young spinner in the Aragon Mill, Rock…

1912

A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,. …

1912

Detail of faces of younger workers in Aragon Mill, Rock…

1912

Group of girls and women working in Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,…

1912

Group of girls and women, Aragon Mills, Rock Hill, S.C. …

1912

A dinner Toter who claims to have regular job in Eagle…

1913

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

1911

Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks[?], been working in Yocona…

1911

Louis Langevin, (boy running) (young), 318 Friend St. Works…

1911

Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room #7.…

1911

Group of workers at Dwight Mfg. Co. Gottlieb Gasnick, (boy…

1911