Textile Mill Workers,Child Labor,Chicopee,Massachusetts,Lewis Wickes Hine 1

Title: Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away when I tried to get his name. A companion said, 'He ain't got no time to sell postals. He got to go to night school.' Another said, 'His name is Jo Traain and [he] lives on West St.' Three others of the smallest in front are: Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St. (very young), a 'spare boy' has worked 9 months there. At 1 P.M., Mr. Hine saw his going away from the mill and followed him up town. He said, 'Boss laid me off for a day. He does that sometimes. Then I bum around town.' Joseph Mile, 80 Tremont St., In spinning room 1 and 2. Joseph Maslak, 34 Front St. of 3 Depto St. Works in Cloth Room. Last night he gave me his name as John Mak. To-day he corrected it. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1911 November.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 2637.
Names are underlined on the caption card.
Subjects:
Boys.
Textile mill workers.
United States--Massachusetts--Chicopee.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004003235/PP/
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