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Some operatives--Dillon Mill, Dillon, S.C. Smallest girl said she "helps." Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Largest--Minnie Bass, a winder. Couldn't spell her own name. Emettie Bass--Spins. Jane Bass--Spins. All have been in mill 3 years. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Slide No. 404. Smallest girl, runs and 4 sides, been in this mill for 3 years. The oldest girl said she goes to school but couldn't spell her own name.

Dillon (S.C.) Mills. Charley Baxley. Has doffed 4 years. Gets 50 cents. Had been out hunting. Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Johnnie. Said, "Aint got no last name," when asked for it. 8 years old. Beginning to "help sister spin." Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. John Roberts, Been in mill 2 years. Runs 4 and 5 sides. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Soarbar Seris, has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Recon I'm about 14." Didn't look it. Has worked more nights than day time. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

General view of Forsythe's Bog, with Padrone. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

General view of Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. with Padrone. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

General view of Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. with Padrone. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

"Boy Wanted" Sign. West 19th Street. Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine.

New York, United States

"Boy Wanted" sign. West 19th Street. Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine.

New York, United States

Photograph of exhibit at the Panama - Pacific International Exposition. Location: San Francisco, California. / L.W. Hine.

Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report. Location: Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report. Location: Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Joseph Feree, a 14-year-old boy kept out of school for general farm work. See report. Location: West Point vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Helper on a dairy wagon. See report. Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

13-year-old laundry boy driving wagon. See report. Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Delivery boy for paint store. See report. Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Picking strawberries on Collets farm. Location: Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Picking strawberries on Collets farm. Location: Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Housing conditions in the settlement of Dunbar. They are better than the average. See church in distance. Have their own jail. Houses and wood furnished. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

General view of shucking shed. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Nine-year-old Johnnie and the shucking-boss. He is also a padrone. For four years has brought these people from Baltimore. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.