United States Historic photos, documents, and people

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Two families working together on Kimball farm near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Location: Waxahachie vicini

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Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, O

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Noon, June 10, 1909. Parker Mills, Warren, R.I. All these and about a dozen more I saw working in this mill that A.M. when I visited the mill. The smallest boy in middle has been working there 3 years.

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Noon, June 10, 1909. Parker Mill, Warren, R.I. I saw these and nearly a dozen youngsters who looked to be under 14 at work there that A.M. when I went through the mill as a visitor. Location: Warren,

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Boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Largest one is Ernest Lamontague, 316 Notre Dame Street. Smallest, Armedos Deshais, 4 Marion St. Said he was 12 years old and beginning to sweep. Lo

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Kuyrkendall family, recently from farm. Three children in front row (one ten and one twelve) and one boy not here, work in Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. See also 2096. Location: Magnolia, Mis

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Some of the youngsters working in the spinning rooms of the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Posed by the overseer, who said, "These boys are a bad lot." When questioned, they all said they were fou

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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

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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. One of the many young girls who are working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. I saw them (and many others smaller) working at the spinning frames. Location: Manchester,