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Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas.

Group of workers in cotton mill at West. Two of them are under legal age. One is twelve and one is fourteen according to their Family Record. Much illiteracy here. Location: West, Texas.

Fourteen year old spinner in a? Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas.

A typical messenger boy in New Orleans. The telegraph companies are trying to obey the law, and few violations occur. See Hine report on Messengers. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Louis Dupree, Western Union messenger #168. Has just reached fourteen years, and knows the Red Light district pretty well. Was eager to show me around town there. See Hine report on Messengers. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Two of the very youngest newsboys I could find in New Orleans. Seven and nine years old. Such little fellows are rare. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

One of the young workers of the Merrimack Mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone has a steady job. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone (except the boy behind the fence) has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills. Been working there for four months. Fills batteries. Her mother said she was born July 8, 1903. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

These four children of H.T. Thompson, 267 A Street all work in the Merrimack Mill. The youngest, a girl, has been there three years. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

A typical Birmingham messenger. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Postal messenger #6. Said he was 14, but he does not seem to be. Frail, tiny and stunted. Works until 11 P.M. Says he goes to the Red Light some, and gets 25 cents extra then. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results of good management. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results of good management. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Housing conditions of families working in Woodstock Mills. Much improvement needed. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

Housing conditions Adelaide Mill. The village is run down and greatly in need of sanitary improvements. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

The public school at Anniston. Compare this with 3842 and 3843. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

Some of the young workers in the Anniston Mfg. Co. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

One of the young table boys in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Table boy and delivery boy in Moore Drug store. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.