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Manuel White, father with two children - Johnnie, 7 years - Sylva 12 years. Live on Brook Street, Dighton, Mass. Family picks 72 measures a day at 6 cents. LOC nclc.00180
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Mortaria family, 8 Downing St., N.Y., making flowers wreaths. The Little three-year-old on left was actually helping, putting the center of the flower into the petal, and the family said she LOC cph.3a01154
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Noon. David Rosenthal, 1220 Sixth St, S.W., Washington, D.C., said he was 10 yrs. old, and sells until 6 P.M. Is out at 7 A.M. on Sundays. No badge. LOC cph.3c18567
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Bertha, a six-year old oyster shucker and her older sister. Father and mother work also. All of them make from $9. to $15. a week. Maggioni Canning Co. LOC nclc.00986
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34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks after school opened, out of a possible 200 that will be here when the beet work is over. They will overflow, this year, LOC nclc.00367
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4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirty attic home with a dog and a cat adding to the other filth that accumulates, these three make artificial leaves. The LOC cph.3b01104
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2 boys at the filling machine in Cannon's Cannery, Bridgeville, Del. These boys place cans in the grove to be filled with peas. Work 10 hours per day, and when there is a good supply of peas LOC nclc.00798
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A dilapidated 'renters' home near West. The Tripp farm. Five in the family. Girl (apparently fifteen years old) is married. The farm contains a hundred and fifty acres now. A larger farm of LOC nclc.00226
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A doffer boy in Globe Cotton Mills, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15-1909 LCCN2016844679
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A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting mill where mother works. Made from waste material. These children help sister and mother ravel. LOC nclc.05385
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A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M. (See label -592). Messenger -32 is Thomas De Lucco with him (in Tenderloin district) LOC cph.3b39336
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6-00 A.M. at Post Office Square, Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm, S(outh) Windsor. They return about 7-00 P.M. LOC nclc.00723
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Six year old Tony gets up at 5-00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is a regular beggar. 'P-l-e-a-s-e buy me papers.' LOC cph.3a01153
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The Big Chimney School at Big Chimney, W. Va. near Charleston. A good building and plenty of land but the main-traveled road runs thro(ugh) the front yard and also the railroad. LOC nclc.04372
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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. LOC nclc.05297
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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. LOC nclc.05297
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These were the youngest white boys (there were several younger negroes) that I could find working in the Parker Heading Co. Lumber Yards, Poplar Bluff, Mo. (Sometimes called the Great LOC nclc.04690
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This little spinner has been in the mill 4 years. She was about 52 inches high and looked not quite 12 years old. Plenty of others there Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.05389
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Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning (i.e., Shining) Parlor, 8 North Main St. Boy said business is bad. Place closed most of the time. He and another own the shop. LOC cph.3a50948
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The Rising Generation, Gregtown, Augusta, where the hands in King Mill live. 'Worst part of Augusta.' Secretary of Associated Charities said. Boy with cap (left hand end) Willie Crappse in LOC cph.3a42525
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The wagon that delivers Home Work to Somerville, Mass. The owner of the wagon (who is not the driver) is O. H. Brown, 27 Main Street, Reading, Mass. These wagons (about 4 in all) are worked LOC nclc.04224
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The youngest children I saw going into Tombigbee Cotton Mill, Columbus, Miss., at 6-30 A.M. May 15, 1911. Not many youngsters there. Not working a full force. LOC nclc.02130
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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez (i.e., Laissez) Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. LOC nclc.02646
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The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Eva Vanasse, 82 Washington St. Been there two months. The other girl goes to school. LOC nclc.01751
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Same girl as no. 4665. Showing the slight deformity of the hip. Work which required constant standing would be bad, so persons with curvature tire quickly. Their feet also are usually weak LOC nclc.05146
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Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Va. I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. LOC nclc.02193
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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in LOC nclc.04751
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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in LOC nclc.04750
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Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are LOC cph.3a19626
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Subject -Coal. -70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running 'trip rope' at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 yrs. old. Worked 10 hours a day. LOC nclc.05353
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02320
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of the back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02321
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Group of workers in Glenallen Mill. Smallest girl helps her sister Dora Roberts in mill. Lives at 13 Woodlawn St., there are 13 in the family, five or six working. Apparently prosperous. In LOC nclc.02319
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Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co., Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. LOC nclc.00031
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Free Kindergarten (in Girard, Ala.) run by the Eagle and Phoenix Mills, Columbus, Ga. Has been closed over a year. The mill owners get a deal of free newspaper advertising about their LOC nclc.02820
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Hands going home from Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. Little girl came from the mill. Evidently a 'helper.' I saw others about her size in the mill spinning. LOC nclc.01565
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Isidor, 8 years old (on left) and Joe, 10 years old (on right) sell until 9 P.M. every night, and earn 75 cents and 35 cents a week, respectively. LOC nclc.03813
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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Two families, including boy of 8 yrs. and girl of 10 yrs., working on farm of Frank Herdenreder, near Sterling, Colo. They work from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. usually. LOC nclc.00333
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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Carlo Chzy, Klondike Park, Andover, Mass. Morris Markowsky, 49 1-2 Common St. Both work in spinning room of Wood Mill. Morris is 14 years old. LOC nclc.02333
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Eagle and Phoenix Mill. 'Dinner-toters' waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them LOC nclc.05343
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Comparison of Baptisimal Record and Age Certificate of Stanley Letuvinak (American name, Thomas Long). Born according to baptismal record May 10, 1897; date of birth given in age certificate LOC nclc.01149
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Charlie Lambert 15 now (he says) been in mill work 8 years. Went into mill in Columbia, S.C. at 7 years old, in Granby Mill. (See photo 557). LOC nclc.01649
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Charlie Culpepper (boy in the middle) and family. He has been working for two years in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. Older sisters work there also. Not many youngsters were LOC nclc.02205
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Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One ten year old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school. LOC nclc.05524
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00332
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00331
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Eddie and Carmine Zizza, twelve year old twins who make $1.50 a day. They belong to a family of 13 children many of them newsboys. Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924. LOC nclc.04051
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A strawberry field on Rock Creek, near Baltimore. Whites and negroes, old and young, work here from 4-30 A.M. until sunset some days. A long hot day. LOC nclc.00013
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1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garments in a terribly run down tenement. The father works on the street. The three oldest children help the mother on LOC nclc.05508
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00645
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C-o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, (...) years old and 17-year old cousin stripping tobacco. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC nclc.00642
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Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a badly cut finger. Several children working with him had cut fingers, and even the adults said they could not help LOC cph.3b37905
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Accident cases at Union Hospital - Oscar Matoon - 14 years - 72 Oman St. Hand caught in twister. John Healy - 14 years - 967 Middle St., cut finger. LOC nclc.05078
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Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. A young 'holding-mold boy' is seen, dimly, in middle distance to left of centre. Negroes, Greeks and Italians are being employed in many glass houses. LOC nclc.05437
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Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. A young 'holding-mold boy' is seen, dimly, in middle distance to left of centre. Negroes, Greeks and Italians are being employed in many glass houses. LOC nclc.05437
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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful (sic) topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing (sic) and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the LOC nclc.00331
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Earle Griffith and Eddie Tahoory, working for the Dime Messenger Service. They said they never knew when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, and LOC nclc.03757
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Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle 10, Zelina 12 and Florence 13 years old. Brother 14 and sister 16. Father, John Richard rents farm near Centre School. LOC nclc.00556
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Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle 10, Zelina 12 and Florence 13 years old. Brother 14 and sister 16. Father, John Richard rents farm near Centre School. LOC nclc.00557
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5 year old Helen and her stepsisters hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Sta. Helen is an orphan, who, one... - NARA - 523316
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Annie Maier (or Meyer), making Campbell-kids' pinafores in her basement home. 71 E. 108 Street. She was reported to have tuberculosis. Working in the kitchen. (see also No. 2713). LOC cph.3b01099
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8 P.M. Harry Laudeman, 13 years old. Has sold papers for 7 years. Brother, Morris, 7 years old 46 inches high. Beginning. Hartford, Conn. LOC nclc.03294
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9 year old Johnnie and the shucking boss. He is also a padrone. For four years he has brought these people from... - NARA - 523419
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All are oyster-shuckers in Barataria Canning Company. The boy reaching into the car is Bill May, five years old, who makes 15 cents a day, 'when he wants to work.' LOC cph.3a01055
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A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Va. She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store LOC cph.3b36982
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A moment's rest. These bundles are often carried long distances. When the man gets tired, he drops the clothing onto a convenient box or railing, disregarding dust or dirt. Makes button LOC cph.3b01106
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2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. LOC cph.3b01716
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Mill family and relations. Magnolia Miss. Boy in front is Wilbert Bennett. Said he was thirteen, but it is highly improbable. Said he has been doffing in the mill off and on for five years. LOC nclc.02092
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Newsies selling at 10 P.M. Boy on left- Joseph Mandi, 11 years old, 241, 7th St.; James Yarnell, 13 years old, 179 N. Division St. LOC nclc.03397
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Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys. LOC nclc.02428
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Group of oyster shuckers in Barataria Canning Co. In this group are Gertrude Kohn, five years old, and Pauline --, eight years old. See also photos 1973, 1976, 1997, 1998. LOC cph.3a01056
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Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim Sunday morning. They all work. Even the smallest makes $.50 to $1.00 a day. They all said they cut their fingers a good LOC nclc.00976
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Group of young cutters, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory -2, waiting for more fish. They all work, but they waste a great deal of time as the adults do also, waiting for fish to arrive. LOC cph.3a26040
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Mamie Witt. Runs one side in Roanoke Cotton Mills, Roanoke, Va. She is twelve years old and helps support an able-bodied, dependent father. (see photo 2160). LOC nclc.02148
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Luther Dories. Been doffing some months in Spinning Room -2, Massachusett(s) Mills, Lindale, Ga. Said 12 years old, but very doubtful. Father and brother work. LOC nclc.05342
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Little girl, apparently 6 yrs. old - but didn't know her name or age - tending stand at Washington and 3rd St. for older sister (-3234). Saloon on corner. 3 P.M. LOC nclc.03824
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Machine used in Gary W. Va. mine that digs the coal and loads it on the car. With it 3 men can do the work of 50 in the old way. Yet they use boys to drive and trap. LOC nclc.01050
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Mrs. Eugene Lampron, Reservoir Street, Leeds, Mass., putting the bristles into tooth brushes in the kitchen of her home. She has been doing it for 9 years, and showed the effect of it. See LOC nclc.04261
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Name- Mule-spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill, Raoul Julien, 'a back-roping boy.' Has been here 2 yrs. see label No.730. May 7, 1909. LOC cph.3a17764
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Mrs. L. Bosher, living in a run down cotton mill village. Her husband has been a mill hand here for a long time but... - NARA - 523437
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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later.... - NARA - 523246
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Postal Telegraph Boy. David Caplan, 9 Monroe Street. Said he was 15 years old. Works from 11 P.M. to 8 A. M., often down around the docks. LOC nclc.03177
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Part of a group of itinerant cotton pickers leaving a farm at which they had finished picking a bale and a half a day. They live in these wagons. Note how many children - all pick except the LOC nclc.00220
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General view of the 'hulling' station of the H. A. Johnson Company at Seaford, Del. There are about 400 workers at this station of which it is estimated 220 are children ranging from 2 years LOC nclc.00785
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Richards Diercks, Messenger, 305 Montgomery St. And John Sennick, 89 Morris St., Jersey City. The newsboy had sold out at 9-30 P.M. and was on his way home. LOC nclc.03366
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Ruth Rous. She said she was 11 yrs old, but others there said she was not 10. She has a regular job, and several sisters are working. Deep River Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.02836
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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. LOC cph.3a20815
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Where it happened. (See photos 3070 to 3074) Sanders Cotton Mfg. Co., Bessemer City, N.C. In this and the adjoining mill (run by the same company) there were still many dangerous unprotected LOC nclc.02661
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Where it happened. (See photos 3070 to 3074) Sanders Cotton Mfg. Co., Bessemer City, N.C. In this and the adjoining mill (run by the same company) there were still many dangerous unprotected LOC nclc.02660
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Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing LOC cph.3a21309
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Vitto Romano, 76 Charter Street, Boston, Mass., carrying load of garments from 30 Blackstone Street. Said 12 years old and that only his mother finishes them. LOC nclc.04241
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Group of Glass Workers in Shop 6, Illinois Glass Co. The smallest boy is Polish and does not understand English (Illiterate) I saw him at work just before 1 P.M. LOC nclc.01292
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Home of Johnnie Merkle, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 years old. Father owns his home and butcher shop. Johnnie's brother owns and runs a nickelodeon. LOC nclc.03519
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John Holland. Said he was 10 years old. Has had a regular job for some months rolling bobbins in the Deep River Mill. Been helping the father and brother a year. LOC nclc.02835
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Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He works from 6 A.M. to 6-30 P.M., with about half an hour for lunch. LOC nclc.00335
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Jennie Williams, 1529 Titten St., Philadelphia. 5 years old. First summer. Theodore Budd's Bog, at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people LOC nclc.05292
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In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Other small ones are- John Sousa, 84 Boutwell St., Anthony LOC nclc.02505
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Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C., a ten year old newsie from a good family, carrying a heavy load of newspapers quite a distance. This is a common occurrence and is LOC cph.3c24950
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