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

Title: Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 yrs in mill. Two boys on left hand end are country boys just beginning to work, get 50 cents a day Witness, S.R. Hine. 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. 0496.
Words 'gets .75 a day,' 'gets .65 a day,' and 'work, get 50 cents a day' are underlined.
Subjects:
Boys.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
United States--Georgia--Macon.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001395/PP/
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