Friday 8 March 2013

child labor, girls: international women's day

Two of the tiny workers, a raveler and a looper in London Hosiery Mills. London, Tenn, December 1910
source, us national archives

Mendicants. New York City, July 1910

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. New York City, February 1910

Tending stand. New York City, July 1910

Some of the spinners in Pell City Cotton Mill, grouped for me by the overseer. Mr. E. A. Thompson, Supt. of the Mill, is also mayor of Pell City. Pell City, Ala, November 1910

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, "I ravels and picks up", December 1910
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