Roanoke Cotton Mills,Roanoke,Virginia,Child Labor,Lewis Wickes Hine,May 1911,8

Title: Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small [force]. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1911 May.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 2163.
Text cut off; no continuation text found. Final word based on previous caption.
Subjects:
Children.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
United States--Virginia--Roanoke.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004002873/PP/
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