Lewis Hine caption: Dora Nevins 12 years old. Been selling 1 year. Location: Hartford, Connecticut, March 1909, Lewis Hine. "She was a homebody. She liked to cook. She made a good chicken soup." -Harold Basch, son of Dora Nevins The following was written by the editor in a … [Read more...]
Archives for November 26, 2014
George Okertich, St. Louis, Missouri
Lewis Hine caption: Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. "Some of the youngsters photographed by Lewis Hine had been selling newspapers on street corners since they were six or seven … [Read more...]
Sidney Ashcraft, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lewis Hine caption: Sidney Ashcraft, 10 years old, 517 Hannibal St., N., Cincinnati. Bundle Carrier. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1908. According to Child Labor in City Streets, by Edward N. Clopper (MacMillan Co. 1912), in Cincinnati from June to December 1909, there … [Read more...]
Jeff Miller, Houston, Texas
Lewis Hine caption: Jeff Miller, a young delivery boy for Magnolia Pharmacy. This is especially bad for him as he has recently returned from the Seabrook Reform School where he had spent a year. He would not tell me why he was sent there. Location: Houston, Texas, October … [Read more...]
Mamie, Eglantine & The Laberge Family, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Mamie La Barge at her Machine. Under legal age. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911. The first time I saw this picture, I thought it might be the best photograph Lewis Hine ever took. More than two years later, I haven't changed my mind. … [Read more...]
Elias Joseph, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Elias and Julia Joseph, Part One Lewis Hine caption: Batise Joseph. Winchendon. Doffer in Glenallen Mill. Father and Mother said, "He is 12 years old. Has been doffing all summer. Will go to school." Query: Will he go to school? Another boy, 13 years old, in this … [Read more...]
Minnie & Mattie Carpenter, Gastonia, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Oldest girl, Minnie Carpenter, House 53 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Spinner. Makes fifty cents a day for 10 hours. Works four sides. Younger girl works irregularly. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, November 1908. "She (Mattie) was a good Christian woman … [Read more...]
Pearl & Viola Turner, Gastonia, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Spinners. Smallest girl - Pearlie Turner, 408 East Long Ave. Been at it 3 years and runs six and seven sides. Her Sister (largest girl) runs only four sides. I found other cases where youngest sister did much more work than oldest and family stimulated her by … [Read more...]
Lacy & Savannah Ballard, Gastonia, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Father said "The little one is a cracker jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it. Not as quick." (Note the … [Read more...]
Cora Lee Griffin, Whitnel, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year. Some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said "I don't remember." Then confidentially, "I'm not old enough to work, … [Read more...]
Simon Birdsong, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: 2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His mother said: "He's old enough to work all right," but the boy admitted that she had to sign up that he was older than he was. He appears to be 10. Has had job doffing for several weeks. … [Read more...]
Nannie Coleson, Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other … [Read more...]
James Leazer, Rock Hill, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: J.A. Leazer a 19 year old weaver and his family. Highland Park Mill, Rock Hill, S.C., Began working at 9 years. Makes $1.50 a day now and says he probably can't get any more as a weaver. Many of them marry young. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina. May … [Read more...]
Myrtle Bagwell, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Myrtle Bagwell, one of the youngest of the spinners in Spartan Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Lives 104 Duncan Street. Been working nearly 2 years. Older sister said she could not find the family bible. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 1912. This … [Read more...]
Roy Hammett, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Human Junk. A product of the mill. "Ben workin fer 10 years. Began when I was six years old for 5 cents a day. Lately I was workin $1.25 a day but got to spittin blood and had to quit." He was truely "scrap[p]ed" and of little use to himself or the world. Roy … [Read more...]
Sadie Barton, Lancaster, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: A typical Spinner, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina, November 1908. "At the time, my mother may have seen it as an opportunity rather than a bad thing. I think it is understandable for someone in better circumstances to say, … [Read more...]
William & Fred Crocker, Chester, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Willie Crocker, (barefoot) Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. 13 years old-- "worked since I was 6 years old." Lost part of finger in gear of machinery. Fred Crocker--11 years old. 1 year in mill. Location: Chester, South Carolina, November 1908. "I never knew my … [Read more...]
Archie Love, Chester, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Archie Love. Said (after hesitating) "I am 14 years old." Doesn't look it. Been in mill 3 years. Worked 5 months nights at the start. Location: Chester, South Carolina, November 1908. "I have this picture of Daddy. It's been … [Read more...]
Poems Inspired By North Adams, Massachusetts, Page Three
From 1996 until 2004, the Appalachian Bean Cafe (called "The Bean") was a remarkable social institution on Main Street in North Adams. It was the perfect place for a writer to hang out and get to know the city's "old-timers," who were there every morning, and just about everyone … [Read more...]
Addie Card: The Search For An Anemic Little Spinner, Chapter Two
Lewis Hine caption: Every one of these was working in the cotton mill at North Pormal [i.e., Pownal], Vt. and they were running a small force. Rosie Lapiare, 15 years; Jane Sylvester, 15 years; Runie[?] Cird, 12 years; R. Sylvester, 12 years; E. [H.?] Willett, 13 years; Nat. … [Read more...]
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