A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. Been there "bout 2 years." 50 operatives and there were 10 children that looked to be under 12 years of age. Location: Newton, North Carolina. [graphic]
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.
still image
Photographic prints. gmgpc
1908 December.
eng
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 452.
Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.
Girls.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
Mills.
Spinning machinery.
United States Newton.
National Child Labor Committee collection
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01545
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