Virginia Historic photos, documents, and people

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Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Va. Going to work; 6:30 A.M. June 9, 1911 A few young boys and girls under 14, work in these mills, but not many, and they are large mills. Location: Danville, Virgi

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T.J. Fields and family. The father cards, two girls spin, boy on right end picks up bobbins, Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Been working a year or two. Mother and smallest children not in photo.

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Mill boys' recreation. A Sunday swim. Base-ball on Sunday is tabooed here. Sunday-school and church are well attended. Loafing around, playing marbles, and swimming seem to be the only respite from the

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Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded her

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Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded her

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Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded her

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Arlington, Virginia. Girls eating hot dogs in the service shop in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war. Bulletin board lists some of

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Arlington, Virginia. An older resident reading the paper and listening to the radio in her room at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of

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Arlington, Virginia. Three residents of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war, admiring a photograph of a friend. Each girl has