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A game of marbles. Smallest boy is Uzzria Dedman, 50 Hill St., Salisbury, N.C. Been in mill 2 years. Other 2 been in 1 year. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, N.C. Has worked in cotton mill for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. When can he get any education? Other boy one year in mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills, N.C. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Young women (spooler) Kelser Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Interior of Kesler Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Lunch time, Kesler Mfg. Co. The little one carries the lunch. Usually the hands all go home to dinner. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Group of mill hands working in Salisbury, N.C. Cotton Mills. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N.C. Been doffing 2 or 3 years. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Brantley Henson (boy near porch). Been in mill 8 years. Jasper Henson, (in middle) Been in 3 years. Thedie Miller (Shooting). Been in 3 years. All doffers. Salisbury Cotton Mills, (N.C.) Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Mill folks, Salisbury Mills, (N.C.) Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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

Some of doffers and the Superintendent, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

It seems a pity that some of the spinning frames are so large that the children cannot operate them. Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

The superintendent and one of the spinners, Catawba Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Others smaller still. Ten boys and girls this size and smaller out of a force of 40 employees. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Some of the men and boys in Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Plenty of youngsters here. Out of 150 employees, there were about 20 who looked to be 12 years old and under. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

More youngsters in Newton Cotton Mills, N.C. Out of 150 employees there were 20 of these boys and girls. Dec. 21, 1908. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

A spinner and a doffer in Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Out of forty employed there were ten almost as small as these. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Interior of cotton mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 469. Smaller girl been in mill for 5 years. Works now in the mill. Jan. 1,1909. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bertha Thomas. Been in mill work 2 years. Johnnie Thomas, "helps sister" all the time now. This is a popular method of evading the law. They work in Atherton Mill. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.