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7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M., Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Jossph Harris a 9 year old newsboy in Hartford, Conn. Been selling 1 1/2 years. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Dora Nevins 12 years old. Been selling 1 year. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

A group of spinners in Brookside Worsted Mills, Westford, Mass. These were the youngest there. Location: Westford, Massachusetts.

Doffer girls in Brookside Worsted Mills. Westford, Mass. These were the youngest. Young children are said to be working there, but they were not there that day. Location: Westford, Massachusetts.

Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. Location: Sanford, Maine.

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Location: Sanford, Maine.

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

Boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. (see photo and label #730). Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Some of the girls from the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Girl on left hand end is Cora Collette. Girl in middle is Anna Grenier. Been in mill 2 years. 6 P.M. May 5, 1909. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See #730.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Group of young girls (not the youngest) who were working in drawing-in room of American Woolen Mill, Winooski, Vt. Right hand end - Amanda Lavelley; next - Laura Lavelley; next - Isabel Reed; left hand - Alice Eustis. Location: Winooski, Vermont.

6 P.M. May 6, 1909. Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mills, Burlington, Vt. In front row are Anna Grenier (2 yrs. in mill), Agnes Fountain. See photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour at the Queen City Mill, Burlington, Vt. (Not a large mill) About a dozen small boys like the smallest here, names of small ones here are Dorio Charptier, Arthur Tessier. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Louis Horoux. One of the youngsters in Queen City Mill, Burlington, Vt. About a dozen like here. (Not a large mill.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon Hour. Queen City Mill, Burlington, Vt. I saw several girls much younger than these. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Mule-spinning room, Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Edward Marcotte, a "back-roping boy" who has been here one year. See also photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Name: Mule-spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill, Raoul Julien, "a back-roping boy." Has been here 2 yrs. see label No.730. May 7, 1909. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Mule-spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Left hand--Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, "Back-roping boys." See photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

John Lavigul. Has been doffer-boy in mule-spinning room for over a year in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. See photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

A mule-spinner and his assistant (Leopold Daigneau), Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. May 7, 1909. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Name: Anna Grenier at her "speeder" Burlington, Vt. Has been here 2 years. Chace Cotton Mill. May 7, 1909. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Jo Bodeon. A "back-roper" in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Location: Burlington, Vermont.