- Collection:
- National Child Labor Committee Collection
- Title:
- Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 yrs in mill. Two boys on left hand end are country boys just beginning to work, get 50 cents a day Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia.
- Creator:
- Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
- Date of Original:
- 1909-01
- Subject:
- Boys
Textile mill workers
Cotton industry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Description:
- Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 496.
Words "gets .75 a day," "gets .65 a day," and "work, get 50 cents a day" are underlined.
Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. - Local Identifier:
- LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0496 [P&P]
nclc 01589 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01589 - Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/2018675005
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
