North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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Millworker's children eating watermelon on porch of rented house. Six miles north of Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina

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Lea Rabb, 84 Main St., Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. 5 years in the mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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One of the doffers Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Nov. 10, 1908. L. W. H. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

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Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a "hand's work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina

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Closing Hour, 3 p.m. Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Zoe Lanier. Help sister in mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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A few of the girls going home from Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many others younger. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Oxford, North Carolina. Small agricultural center. Note everpresent Confederate monument, and calf in a two horse wagon

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Wife of tenant farmer, Mrs. Oakley, works stringing tobacco during the harvest season. Granville County, North Carolina

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Eight year old daughter who helps about the tobacco barn and takes care of the baby. Granville County, North Carolina