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A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Virginia

Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Virginia

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 920. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Bedford Harbor - New Bedford library collection

New Bedford Harbor - New Bedford library collection

Black and white photo of aerial view of harbor, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Water at right with small craft, whaling ships, piers and buildings at center and left. Textile mills in background at right. Numerous... More

Textile Workers, New Bedford Massachusetts

Textile Workers, New Bedford Massachusetts

Black and white photo of male and female textile workers inside mill, probably in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Mounted. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

New Bedford Harbor - New Bedford library collection

New Bedford Harbor - New Bedford library collection

Black and white photo of Palmer's Island, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Image of island in the distance framed by tree branches in right foreground; two light houses visible and wood frame dwelling (keeper's quar... More

Textile Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Textile Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Black and white group photo of textile mill workers. Mounted. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Textile Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Textile Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Black and white group portrait of textile mill workers posing inside mill room, probably in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Group includes women, men and children. Mounted. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Wamsutta Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Wamsutta Mill Workers - New Bedford library collection

Black and white copy photo of group of male and female textile mill workers standing beside looms at Wamsutta Mills, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

The old mill, Tarrytown, N.Y. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

The old mill, Tarrytown, N.Y. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscop...

No. 11. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Male Textile Workers - New Bedford library collection

Male Textile Workers - New Bedford library collection

Black and white photo of male textile workers inside textile mill, probably in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Mounted. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Canal view of Beall & Shoemaker's mill

Canal view of Beall & Shoemaker's mill

Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Bird's Eye View of Commercial Rooftops, New Bedford

Bird's Eye View of Commercial Rooftops, New Bedford

Black and white photo of rooftops in textile mills and business district in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sky filled with billows of dark smoke coming from textile mill stacks on horizon. Majority of rooftops pic... More

Arminda M. Costa on Warping Loom

Arminda M. Costa on Warping Loom

Black and white photo of Arminda M. Costa on warping loom in New Bedford, Massachusetts textile mill. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Sergt. John Mills, 1st Regt. Inftry, Tenth U.S. Army, 1808

Sergt. John Mills, 1st Regt. Inftry, Tenth U.S. Army, 1808

Sergeant John Mills, full-length portrait, in uniform, facing left. Written on verso: Sergeant John Mills a good faithful old soldier was ordered to General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe. A correct like... More

The great 10,000 mile wall China

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johnson's mill, Appomattox River, near Petersburg, Virginia

Johnson's mill, Appomattox River, near Petersburg, Virginia

Soldiers standing on rocks near river. Civil War Photographs collection. Public domain photograph related to Russian military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 932. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Peru, Illinois; view of James Barton's polygon mill, patented Aug. 2, 1864]

[Peru, Illinois; view of James Barton's polygon mill, patented Aug. 2,...

Photograph shows four men standing at front entrance of mill shaped like a polygon; signage on building: Polygon Mill patented James Barton's Aug. 2, 1864. Photo in D.W.S. Rawson, The Valley of the Illinois; a ... More

[Lumber(?) mill with "Barton" sign on top]

[Lumber(?) mill with "Barton" sign on top]

Illus. in: The valley of the Illinois: A series of photographic views of the Illinois River and its tributaries. Peru, Illinois : D. W. S. Rawson, 1866, p. 13.

M'Gill's Flour Mill, Milton, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

M'Gill's Flour Mill, Milton, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Farris Windmill, Bass River, Yarmouth

Farris Windmill, Bass River, Yarmouth

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Latham place, shed at shingle mill, Granville, Ohio

Latham place, shed at shingle mill, Granville, Ohio

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saltwork vats south of what is now Homer Ave., South Yarmouth, Mass.

Saltwork vats south of what is now Homer Ave., South Yarmouth, Mass.

Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Bass River with Judah Baker Mill on left center of horizon

Bass River with Judah Baker Mill on left center of horizon

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Cape Cod Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Cape Cod Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Mill at Stony Cove, Yarmouth Port, Mass.

Mill at Stony Cove, Yarmouth Port, Mass.

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, ... More

Saltworks in Lower Village, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Saltworks in Lower Village, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More

Farris Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Thacher Mill, Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More

Queretero, the Hercules Cotton Mill - photo by William Henry Jackson

Queretero, the Hercules Cotton Mill - photo by William Henry Jackson

Photograph shows cotton mill and surrounding buildings in Quéretero, Mexico, with mountains in the background. In album: Mexico, v. 2. No. 08522. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of the Detr... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston (front), with Mills Thompson (left) and Frank Phister, full-length portrait, posed on steps outside her studio (?)]

[Frances Benjamin Johnston (front), with Mills Thompson (left) and Fra...

LC-J698-100006. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Cotton mills, Natchez, mammoth plate negative

Cotton mills, Natchez, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[John Mills Allen, Democrat congressman from Mississippi, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

[John Mills Allen, Democrat congressman from Mississippi, head-and-sho...

Brady negative number is LC-BH827-3194. Rep. John M. Allen had been a Private in the Confederate Army) No known restrictions on publication.

Completed Ayer Mills chimney. Lawrence, Massachusetts

Completed Ayer Mills chimney. Lawrence, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Mill, Wairoa, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Old Mill, Wairoa, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cambria Mills, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Cambria Mills, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

No. 1. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farris Grist Mill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Grist Mill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Mann's Mill, Sharon MA, Sharon, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Mann's Mill, Sharon MA, Sharon, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mills Thompson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right

Mills Thompson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6753. Formerly in the Portrait File.

[Susan Lincoln Mills, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Bushnell, San Francisco and Oakland.

[Susan Lincoln Mills, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Bus...

May Wright Sewall Collection (1890-1920). Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mann's Mill outbuilding, Sharon MA

Mann's Mill outbuilding, Sharon MA

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Interior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room, Browns Mills in the Pines, New Jersey]

[Interior of Cup & Saucer Tea Room, Browns Mills in the Pines, New Jer...

Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Falling Creek Mill near Hickory, N.C.

Falling Creek Mill near Hickory, N.C.

The Van Dyke shop, Hickory, N.C. Wittemann Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mills Thompson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, drawing Frances Benjamin Johnston business poster

Mills Thompson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, drawing Franc...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in Portrait file.

Mann's Mill, Sharon MA, Sharon, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Mann's Mill, Sharon MA, Sharon, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, posed as toothless old man

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, posed as to...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5402. Formerly in Portrait File.

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with cherry blossoms in hair

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with cherry...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5411. Formerly in Portrait File.

North Andover, View at the Stevens Mill, North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover, View at the Stevens Mill, North Andover, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Canal and Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts

View of Canal and Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Old Town Mill, oldest mill in the U.S. (originally built in 1650), New London, Connecticut]

[Old Town Mill, oldest mill in the U.S. (originally built in 1650), Ne...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Back of Holbrook's mill, Beaman Massachusetts

Back of Holbrook's mill, Beaman Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wachusett Reservoir, house belonging to Lancaster Mills, on private way east of mills, from the south, Boylston, Mass., Jul. 29, 1896

Wachusett Reservoir, house belonging to Lancaster Mills, on private wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Salt mill beside the Bass River, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Salt mill beside the Bass River, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Judah Baker Mill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Judah Baker Mill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, ... More

[Women and machinery in New England cotton mill, ca. 1900]

[Women and machinery in New England cotton mill, ca. 1900]

Photograph shows two women in spinning room winding cotton threads onto large spools.

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Farris Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Salt mills on Bass River, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Salt mills on Bass River, South Yarmouth, Mass.

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More

Saw mill, Duncan, Alaska, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Saw mill, Duncan, Alaska, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Cider Mill of Alvin Day, Wilbraham Massachusetts

Cider Mill of Alvin Day, Wilbraham Massachusetts

Lumber and other parts of an old cider mill, fallen into disrepair. Because of flash/lighting, a large white spot is in the middle of the photograph. Courtesy of Wilbraham Public Library

Mrs. A.F. [i.e. A.T.] Mills teaching deaf and dumb boy in her private school, Che-foo, China

Mrs. A.F. [i.e. A.T.] Mills teaching deaf and dumb boy in her private ...

Reproduction of half of stereograph shows Annetta Thompson Mills, founder of Chefoo School for the Death, with a young boy. No. 7. Copyright by 1901 by H.C. White Co. Original stereograph processed as STEREO F... More

Primitive native life of India--Hindu women grinding at the mills

Primitive native life of India--Hindu women grinding at the mills

Veiled women sit on ground at grinding stones; children to the side.

In the great spinning room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, South Carolina

In the great spinning room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills,...

Two men with working children. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial re... More

[Flour mills and train on Great Northern Viaduct, Minneapolis, Minnesota]

[Flour mills and train on Great Northern Viaduct, Minneapolis, Minneso...

H34726 or H34729 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roller mills grinding flour, Washburn Crosby mills, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A

Roller mills grinding flour, Washburn Crosby mills, Minneapolis, Minn....

No. 633.12; 917.7 3 B; 19603. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial re... More

Cutler Company (milling company), Wilbraham Massachusetts

Cutler Company (milling company), Wilbraham Massachusetts

Cutler Company building and water tower. Men pose atop a smoke stack. Railroad freight cars in foreground. Courtesy of Wilbraham Public Library

[Reverend J. Mills Kendrick, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

[Reverend J. Mills Kendrick, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing sligh...

52558 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright by J.E. Purdy, Boston.

Huge flour-mills where grain-crops are made into food for the world, Minneapolis, Minn

Huge flour-mills where grain-crops are made into food for the world, M...

No. 7974. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscop... More

Scouring logs and hauling them up the slip into the sall-mill, at Minneapolis, Minn

Scouring logs and hauling them up the slip into the sall-mill, at Minn...

No. 7976. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscop... More

American Thread Co., No. 2, mill and dam, Willimantic, Conn.

American Thread Co., No. 2, mill and dam, Willimantic, Conn.

Photograph shows exterior view of mill and dam. Additional title on item: Connecticut. Williamantic. Mill and Dam, American Thread Company #2. Hiram N. Fenn, publisher. No. 578.

Willimantic Cotton Mills Corporation, Willimantic, Conn.

Willimantic Cotton Mills Corporation, Willimantic, Conn.

Photograph shows exterior view of cotton mill with three men standing in front. Additional title on item: Connecticut. Williamantic. Cotton Mills at Williamantic Corporation. No. 588.

Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minn.

Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, M...

Postcard shows view of arch bridge over Mississippi River below St. Anthony Falls, Milling district. H99841 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B17.

Viaduct and flour mills, Minneapolis, Minn.

Viaduct and flour mills, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows view of the Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, signage for Best Flour. H99733 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 804.

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof. B. F. Roof --10 years in mill. Lawrence Roof--4 years in mill. Albert Roof--(Smallest) 1 year in mill. Doffs--50 cents a day. 56 inches high. Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sar...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 378. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in mill for 2 years. Many youngster here.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C.  Location: Newton, North Carolina.

One of the doffers in Cawtaba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Location: New...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gay's Mills Fair, Gay's Mills, Wisconsin

Gay's Mills Fair, Gay's Mills, Wisconsin

Photograph shows a large crowd on fair grounds where attendees gather under or near several tents and other structures that offer various forms of entertainment. Copyright 1908 by Frank Dickson.

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C.  Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boys taking away from saws and brading. Schultze, Waltman & Co. Planing Mill Evansville, Ind.  Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Boys taking away from saws and brading. Schultze, Waltman & Co. Planin...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 years. 13 years old. Doffs--75 cents a day. Eureka Cotton Mills, Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 year...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Ruth Barnhill (elder). Been at it 4 years. Run 6 sides. Emma Barnhill 4 years in mill. 4 sides. Looked 10 years old.  Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Ruth Barnhill (elder). Been at it 4 years. R...

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

Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill 6 years. Ambro Sherley--11 years old. Been in mill over 1 year.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill 6 years....

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a boy working at a machine, he was quickly swept out of range. "He isn't working here, just came in to help a little." Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 246. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

View of Clinton Mills (S.C.) Superintendent would not allow me to take photos in mill. Many youngsters employed. See photos Nos. 359 and 375. Dec. 2, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Clinton, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

View of Clinton Mills (S.C.) Superintendent would not allow me to take...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 373. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills, Wesley Strand (with gun). Has been in mill 1 year. Been sick lately. Rochel Stokes. In mill 1 year. Said he had trouble and quit.  Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills, Wesley Strand (with gun). Has been in m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, athletics team, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Holland Mfg. Co., Gastonia, N.C. 8:00 P.M. Mill running nights.  Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Holland Mfg. Co., Gastonia, N.C. 8:00 P.M. Mill running nights. Locat...

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. / Photo by [...]

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug.,...

Public domain photograph of textile design, fabric pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found for child labor. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 352. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Johnnie. Said, "Aint got no last name," when asked for it. 8 years old. Beginning to "help sister spin."  Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Johnnie. Said, "Aint got no last name," when...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rhodes Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Old man inspecting yarn. Been in cotton mills over 20 years.  Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Rhodes Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Old man inspecting yarn. Been in...

Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. Sunday, Dec. 6/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

This where the President of the Lancaster S.C. Cotton Mills lives.  Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

This where the President of the Lancaster S.C. Cotton Mills lives. Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. Sunday, Dec. 608. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 419. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee pants) said he had worked in mills for 7 years and some nights. At nights they work 12 hours, without any hour off for lunch. Eat when they can. Some of them "eat a-workin'." Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina

Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 283. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 308. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 308. Witness...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 381. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

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