North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years?. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

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Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operatives, 10 of them small boys and girls like these. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

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John Poindexter, "I'm ten years old. Helps me mommy in the spoolin' room every day," (Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C.) Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Doffer in Mellville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Said he had been working for two years. Many of them below age. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

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Zollie Lyon, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, with his wife and part of his family. Note dog run. Wake County, North Carolina

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Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in mill for 2 years. Many youngster here. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

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A few of the young boys working in the Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C., but only a few of them and not the smallest. Location: Concord, North Carolina.

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A spinner in Clyde Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: Newton, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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A few of the young boys working in the Cannon Mill, Concord, N.C., but only a few of them and not the smallest. Location: Concord, North Carolina.