National Child Labor Committee,Whitnel,North Carolina,Lewis Wickes Hine,1908,1

Title: Some of smaller 'hands' on the night shift waiting for the whistle to blow. Whitnel N.C. Cotton Mill. The smallest boy and girl were about 50 inches high. One of the medium sized boys has doffed 4 years,--some at night. Get 60 cents a night. Smallest girl looked 10 years old. Been in mill 2 years. 1/2 year at night. Runs 8 sides part of the time. Photo by flashlight. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1908 December.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 0436.
Subjects:
Children.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
Hours of labor.
Night.
United States--North Carolina--Whitnel.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001356/PP/
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