Charlie Burton,Frank Goodson,Gastonia,North Carolina,Lewis Wickes Hine,1908

Title: Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--'Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'.' 'Night work is 12 hours at a stretch.' His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1908 November.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 0277.
Subjects:
Boys.
Textile mill workers.
United States--North Carolina--Gastonia.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004000957/PP/
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