Shaw Cotton Mills,Weldon,North Carolina,Child Labor,Lewis Wickes Hine,1914,1

Title: Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he is 13 years old now, but worked when he was 12, and in other mills for 2 years before that. 'I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine last week, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine, and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pat me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name.' Not a member of the family could read or write. Location: Weldon, 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. 3883.
Subjects:
Boys.
Textile mill workers.
Cotton industry.
Accidents.
Wounds & injuries.
United States--North Carolina--Weldon.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001119/PP/
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