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Boy at planing machine, Indiana Mfg. Co. Location: Peru, Indiana.

Boy going home to lunch from Singer Mfg. Co., Said he was 15 years old. Question? Been there one year. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charles Bailey, 316 Scholum St., Is he Fourteen years old?. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Noon hour, Singer Mfg Co., Boys work there: girls carry lunch. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Lunch hour. Singer Mfg. Co., The boys works there: girl carries lunch. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Marion Flint Glass Co., Boys work here but the boss would not permit any photographing. Location: Marion, Indiana.

Watch Co., (6 boys of questionable age, but could not get photo of them.) These machines automatically make the tiny screws used in watches: One man tends to 14 machines. A lesson for glass works Mgrs. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

W. B. Corkey Co. Going home 5:30 P.M. Lots of boys here. Girls go out at other entrance. Hammond, Ind. Location: Hammond, Indiana.

Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away from the planer. Schultze Waltum Co., Planing Mill. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Girls making meat baskets. One probably under fourteen. A basket Factory. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Bob Burton, Gastonia, N.C. 15 years old. A typical adolescent, overgrown, thin, anaemic sic. Been in mill for 8 years. Doffing still in Ozark Mills. Gastonia, North Carolina.

Spinner in Daniels Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Been in mills for several years and a good deal nights. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Closing Hour, 3 p.m. Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Zoe Lanier. Help sister in mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

General View, Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Young spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Group of spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extreme left, "Just helps his mother," the Superintendent said. Next boy to him is Leo, with a "steady job," see photo 1753. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of boys, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. They would not tell me the truth about their ages. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Coming out at noon, Merrimac Mills. All workers, even the boys at the side of the gate. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Coming out at noon, Merrimac Mills. All workers, even the boys at the side of the gate. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Young Girls going to work noon-hour Merrimac Mills. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of workers. Boy on left refused to pose. Merrimac Mills. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.