Rosemary Manufacturing Company,Roanoke Rapids,North Carolina,Child Labor,1914

Title: Rosemary Mfg. Co. Uriah and Eva Westbrook. Both violations. Uriah is 12 years old now (Bible record said born May 24, 1903) and he has been working there 2 months. Eva began at 12 years; been working there 1 year. Born May 4, 1901. The real need for the work of the children is not apparent, although the father is sick, for there are 6 children in the mill. The mother said: 'We kin go back to the farm any time, and I wisht we would. It's a heap easier living there than in the mill.' Some of the children agreed with her. Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1914 November.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 3879.
Subjects:
Boys.
Girls.
Textile mill workers.
United States--North Carolina--Roanoke Rapids.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001115/PP/
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