Norton Family,Saxon Mill,Spartanburg,South Carolina,Child Labor,Lewis Hine

Title: The Norton boys and father on the way home to dinner. Smallest boy Edgar been sweeping 3 months in Saxon Mill, Spartanberg. Makes about 40 cents a day. His brother makes 60 cents. Father works in the spool room . Mother and 3 children at home. Father said Eddie is a hard worker. The mother told me later when I had to see the family record 'The bible's here but the record, hits done got torn up.' She said the boys were 12 and 13 years old. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1912 May.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 2976.
City recorded on caption card as 'Spartanberg.'
Subjects:
Boys.
Fathers.
Families.
Textile mill workers.
Wages.
Mills.
United States--South Carolina--Spartanburg.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001796/PP/
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