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TITLE: A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) runs 1 1/2 sides. Elic (oldest boy) works regularly. Eddie (next girl) helps in mill, sticks on bobbins. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off and got married. The family left the farm 2 years ago to work in the mill. January 22, 1909. Location: Tifton, Georgia.
CALL NUMBER: LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0487[P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-nclc-01580 (color digital file from b&w original print)
LC-USZ62-29086 (b&w film copy negative)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1909 January 22.
CREATOR:
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.
NOTES:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 0487.
Words "at home," "sticks on bobbins," and "yet," are underlined.
SUBJECTS:
Families.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
United States--Georgia--Tifton.
FORMAT:
PART OF: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color digital file from b&w original print) nclc 01580 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01580
CONTROL #: ncl2004001387/PP
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