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2 of the smallest boys in the Dresden Cotton Mills. Probably under 12. Location: Lumberton, North Carolina.

Workers in Victory Mfg. Co. See North Carolina report. Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina.

2 of the youngest turners at work. The boy on the right is Joseph Allsbrook. Said he was 11 years old and been working steady for 3 months. Crescent Hosiery Mills. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills. All the children went in when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work the next day when I went through the spinning room at 10 A.M. Some of them are surely under 12 years old. Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina.

One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Hugh Dixon a 10 year old boy who says he's been working in the Shaw Cotton Mill some in the past year. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

2 "yearlings" belonging to a South Georgia farmer. The former usually gets more attention than the child. John Paulk family. See report of Lewis W. Hine on Georgia, March 1915. Location: Kirkland, Georgia.

6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

A 6 year old newsie recently tried to "short change" me. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Newsgirl about 11 years old, with a single paper making a begging and sight seeing trip through the business section. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

A "drunk" buying the stock of a 6 year old newsboy. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

9 year old newsie and his 7 year old brother "Red." Tough specimen of Los Angeles newsboys. See California report. Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Night messenger report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Hasty messenger #2. See night messenger report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Newsie. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

9 year old newsie. Tough specimen of Los Angeles newsboys. See California report. Los Angeles, California Exhibit Panel

"Red Line" messenger service. See night messenger report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Newsies. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July, 1915. Location: Rocky Ford vicinity, Colorado.

Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Rocky Ford vicinity, Colorado.

This is the Day Nursery in the beet fields. Babies have to amuse themselves under the direction of those who are too small to work. Ordway, Colorado. Location: Ordway, Colorado.

Sugar beet workers, Sugar City, Colorado. Mary, six years, Lucy, eight, Ethel, ten. Family has been here ten years. Children go to school in the winter. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sugar City, Colorado.