North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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Lunch time, Kesler Mfg. Co. The little one carries the lunch. Usually the hands all go home to dinner. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

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Spinner in Daniels Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Been in mills for several years and a good deal nights. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

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Sharecropper with wife and child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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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.

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Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N.C. Been doffing 2 or 3 years. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

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Rhodes Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Old man inspecting yarn. Been in cotton mills over 20 years. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

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Noontime chores. Mules are brought in from the field and watered at well across the road from the house. Granville County, North Carolina

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Earl Carpenter. "Don't know how old I am. Been doffing since June in the Cannon Mill." Concord, N.C. Location: Concord, North Carolina.

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Coming out of tobacco barn in which tobacco is being cured. Careful check of temperature must be made. Granville County, North Carolina