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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he had been doffing there four years. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the mills during working hours and saw this young girl and six others like her working in the spinning and weave rooms. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

All these (except the baby) work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Workers in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A.D.T. Boys. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A.D.T. Boys. "They all smokes." Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Overseer and two of the doffer boys, Charles Hennessy and John Douglass in Avondale Mills. Noon hour. Overseer said, "we've got 30 of 'em." Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

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

Young doffer going to work in Avondale Mills. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Group of card-room hands in Richmond Spinning Mills. Smallest girl in the middle is a doffer. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Group of boys working in Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Street Bretzau, with bandaged finger, in centre. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during working hours. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Several of the boys working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Knox (described in Brown's report on Messenger Service.) Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Boy's working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Knox, (described in Brown's report). Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia.

Noon hour Richmond Hosiery Co.,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

One of the tiny workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

Two of the young workers, Richmond Hosiery Mills. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

These are all workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

These are all workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.