All Photos

Small boy working in the Amoskeag Mfg. Company, Manchester N.H. Said he has been there several months. Photo at Noon, May 25, 1909. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

One of the little spinners in Amoskeag Mfg. Company, Manchester, N.H. She was about 48 inches high and about 11 or 12 years old. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Name: Little girl (48 inches high) work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. She seemed to be 11 or 12 yrs. old. Photo taken at noon, May 25, 1909. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work with Blanch ---. I'm 10 years old. Been in the First Grade three years and Second Grade one year." See photo of family, #2097 and label. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Kuyrkendall family, recently from farm. Three children in front row (one ten and one twelve) and one boy not here, work in Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. See also 2096. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Home of Kettles family. Housing conditions in the mill settlement at Magnolia, Miss. are good. Working conditions are good also. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen, but doubtful. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

One of the young spinners and the Supt. Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Some of the youngsters working in the spinning rooms of the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Posed by the overseer, who said, "These boys are a bad lot." When questioned, they all said they were fourteen yrs. old or more. Location: Fries, Virginia.

Elsie and Sadie at their machines, Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Both said thirteen years old, but see photo and label 2102. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Twin sisters Winnie and Jimmie. Spinners in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Said thirteen years old, but see photo and label 2102. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Woman carrying flowers home. W. Broadway, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Entrance to licensed tenements, 170-172 Thompson Street, N.Y., where home-work flourishes. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Entrance to tenements, 53 to 59 Macdougal St., N.Y., (licensed) in which coats and flowers are made. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Carrying underwear back to the factory through squalid surroundings. East Side near Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Cartoon.

Cartoon

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Heavy loads of garments for home-work. Near Bleeker St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. across B'roadway, New York. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Mr. Rothenberg stitching neckties in small inner bed-room. See photo and label 2877. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

George Gray. Been spinning and doffing in the Arlington Mills 4 months. 60 cents a day. Mother said he is 12, neighbors said he is not 12. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

George Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average. Arkwright Settlement, Spartenberg sic. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.