Bibb Cotton Mill,Macon,Georgia,Child Labor,Lewis Wickes Hine,January 1909,2

Title: Mrs. S. J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She earns $3.50 a week. Boys together earn $4.90 a week. Husband died when they lived on a farm. She couldn't get any heavy work there to do so moved to Macon. Hopes to send the boys to school when they get a better start. Spends $2 a month for 2 rooms in this house. Does her own cooking and housekeeping, except sewing and washing. She chews snuff. Location: Macon, Georgia.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1909 January.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 0498.
Subjects:
Families.
Textile mill workers.
School attendance.
United States--Georgia--Macon.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001397/PP/
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