South Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

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A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Witness Sara R. Hine. Dec. 3, 1908. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many others as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

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Tom Polk "goin on 13." Prematurely old, works in Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg sic, S.C. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in the above mill. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

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The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found for child labor. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

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Mollahan Mill, Newberry, S.C. Type of young woman at spinning machine in cotton mills. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

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Bertha, one of the six-year old shuckers. Began work at 4 A.M. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

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Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. and settlement of houses. No schools for all these people. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

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Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.