North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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Woman at beam warper. Cherryville , N.C. Nov. 1908. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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Mill at High Shoals, N.C. 8 P.M. Mill was running. Location: High Shoals, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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

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Putting in new flues in tobacco barn. The fire burns out the bricks and furnaces have to be replaced every ten or fifteen years. Orange County, North Carolina

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It seems a pity that some of the spinning frames are so large that the children cannot operate them. Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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A spinner and a doffer in Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Out of forty employed there were ten almost as small as these. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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One of the youngest boys I found working in the Naomi Mill apparently 10 yrs old. There were two others about as young. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

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More youngsters in Newton Cotton Mills, N.C. Out of 150 employees there were 20 of these boys and girls. Dec. 21, 1908. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Fred Butler, (smallest). Been in mill 2 years. Others one year. Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina.