North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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11 years old. Beginning to doff. Son of one of Gastonia's preachers . His two brothers, 14 and 16 years old, are also in the mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Tobacco sharecropper's daughter getting eggs from hen's nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina

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Piles of wood for firing the tobacco barns and curing the tobacco. These piles are characteristic of the landscape in tobacco country. Chatham County, North Carolina

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Johnnie Thomas, Charlotte, N.C. (See label on Photo 470). Location: Charlotte, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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Closing hour, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. One of the smallest boys said he had been in mill 2 or 3 years (and is 12 years old). Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Closing hour Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. November 7, 1908. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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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.

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Native of North Carolina. Sunbonnet, and homemade old-fashioned knit gloves. This woman is a member of Wheeley Church congregation. Near Gordonton, North Carolina

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Some of the workers in the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C., but I could not get the smallest ones into the picture. Location: High Point, North Carolina.