South Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

Photo

The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' i.e., Cowpen's? Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). Location: Cowpens, South Carolin

Photo

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South

Photo

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South

Photo

Lilly O'Sullivan, a frail 13 year old girl working in the Drayton Mills, Spartenberg sic, S.C. Been working four years, weaving, spinning, etc. Ran from 4 to 6 looms. Gets $3 a week. Location: Spartan

Photo

Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3/08 Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by

Photo

Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina. /

Photo

Ten-year old Sephie, a young oyster shucker, says she does six pots of oysters a day. Her mother works also. "She don't go to school. Works all the time." Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, So

Photo

Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08 Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by L

Photo

Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Beginning to sweep. Floyd Root, 10 years old. 50 inches high . Helps cousin spin every day after school. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: C