North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the tobacco has been "put up." Granville County, North Carolina

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Tobacco people take it easy after their morning's work "putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

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Group of workers in the Shaw Cotton Mills going home. Several violations. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

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2 of the smallest boys in the Dresden Cotton Mills. Probably under 12. Location: Lumberton, North Carolina.

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Wife and child of young sharecropper in cornfield beside house. Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina

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Father crippled with rheumatism. When well he works in a chair making factory. Orange County, North Carolina

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One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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One of the youngest turners at work in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Three girls. Said were 16 to 19 years old. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.