- Collection:
- National Child Labor Committee Collection
- Title:
- A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. Young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) runs 1 1/2 sides. Elic (oldest boy) works regularly. Eddie (next girl) helps in mill, sticks on bobbins. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off and got married. The family left the farm 2 years ago to work in the mill. January 22, 1909. Location: Tifton, Georgia.
- Creator:
- Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
- Date of Original:
- 1909-01-22
- Subject:
- Families
Textile mill workers
Cotton industry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Tift County, Tifton, 31.45046, -83.5085
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Description:
- Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 487.
Words "at home," "sticks on bobbins," and "yet," are underlined.
Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. - Local Identifier:
- LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0487 [P&P]
nclc 01580 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01580 - Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/2018674997
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
