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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: L. D. Olmstead & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 29, 1860 (Life insurance policy)
L. D. Olmstead & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 29, 1860  (Life insurance policy)
Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a spinner in the filling room of Merrimack Mill for three years. Her Life Insurance Policy gives her age thirteen years now, so she began working at ten years. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a spinner in th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3726. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a spinner in the filling room of Merrimack Mill for three years. Her Life Insurance Policy gives her age thirteen years now, so she began working at ten years. See Hine report.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Gracie Clark, 269 A Street (with white dress) has been a spinner in th...

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Gracie Clark, 268 A Street (with a white dress) has been a spinner in the filling room of Merrimack Mill for three years. Her Life Insurance Policy gives her age thirteen years now, so she began working at ten years. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Gracie Clark, 268 A Street (with a white dress) has been a spinner in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3719. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Gracie Clark, 268 A Street (with a white dress) has been a spinner in the filling room of Merrimack Mill for three years. Her Life Insurance Policy gives her age thirteen years now, so she began working at ten years. See Hine report.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Gracie Clark, 268 A Street (with a white dress) has been a spinner in ...

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Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a violation according to both his brother and life insurance policy which say he is 12 years old now. These statements are based on the parents' statement, which is probably high. He appears to be 10 years old, and has been working 2 years. His father and older brother are in the mill. They have a house full of children, and the sanitary conditions are frightful.  Location: Henderson, North Carolina.

Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a vio...

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Charlie and Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. Charlie is probably of age, but Ollie is a violation according to both his brother and life insurance policy which say he is 12 years old now. These statements are based on the parents' statement, which is probably high. He appears to be 10 years old, and has been working 2 years. His father and older brother are in the mill. They have a house full of children, and the sanitary conditions are frightful.  Location: Henderson, North Carolina.

Charlie and Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a violation according to both his brother and life insurance policy which say he is 12 years old now. These statements are based on the parents' statement, which is probably high. He appears to be 10 years old, and has been working 2 years. His father and older brother are in the mill. They have a house full of children, and the sanitary conditions are frightful. Location: Henderson, North Carolina

Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a vio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3888. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More