Category:Child labor in South Carolina

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'We give them houses to live in.' About 50 persons housed in this miserable row of dilapidated shacks. Located on an old shell-pile and partly surrounded by a tidal marsh. Maggioni Canning LOC nclc.00988.jpg 5,000 × 3,888; 3.3 MB
10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots.jpg 4,824 × 3,860; 5.45 MB
6-15 P.M., Going Home from the Arkwright Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. LOC nclc.02568.jpg 5,000 × 3,844; 3.05 MB
7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01015.jpg 5,000 × 4,020; 2.51 MB
7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker.jpg 1,024 × 823; 177 KB
7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01012.jpg 3,967 × 5,000; 2.18 MB
7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01013.jpg 4,105 × 5,000; 2.87 MB
A common occurrence, licking the paper when making cigarette cases. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04301.jpg 5,000 × 3,455; 2.26 MB
A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C. - NARA - 523130.jpg 3,000 × 2,114; 1.48 MB
A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence. Supt.... - NARA - 523126.jpg 3,000 × 2,125; 1.64 MB
A few of the young workers in the Beaumont Mill. Spartenburg, S.C. - NARA - 523540.jpg 3,000 × 2,403; 1.67 MB
A frail young spinner in the Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic). LOC nclc.02572.jpg 3,876 × 5,000; 2.21 MB
A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending her 'sides' like a veteran, but after I took the photo, the overseer came up and said in an apologetic tone that was LOC nclc.05382.jpg 5,000 × 3,562; 1.99 MB
A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills. Clinton, S.C. - NARA - 523131.jpg 3,000 × 2,129; 1.56 MB
A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mills. Rock Hill, S.C. - NARA - 523537.jpg 3,000 × 2,410; 1.76 MB
A typical Spinner Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. LOC cph.3a20280.jpg 5,000 × 3,503; 2.19 MB
A typical spinner, Mamie . Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523123.jpg 3,000 × 2,125; 1.27 MB
A typical spinner. Mamie ----- Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. LOC nclc.05381.jpg 1,024 × 745; 102 KB
Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C. - NARA - 523127.jpg 3,000 × 2,114; 1.43 MB
Birdie(?) Watts and Ellen Watts spinners in Clifton Mills, Clifton, S.C. They run 5 sides each (about 55 cents a day) been at it 2 years. Mother is a widow. LOC nclc.02601.jpg 3,888 × 5,000; 2.29 MB
Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook works in spinning room -2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at LOC nclc.02592.jpg 4,022 × 5,000; 2.52 MB
Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01022.jpg 5,000 × 4,094; 2.63 MB
Charlie Lambert 15 now (he says) been in mill work 8 years. Went into mill in Columbia, S.C. at 7 years old, in Granby Mill. (See photo 557). LOC nclc.01649.jpg 5,000 × 3,526; 2.03 MB
Child workers in Clinton, SC.jpg 585 × 416; 94 KB
Col. Roosevelt giving public address N.C.L.C. Conference Birmingham. LOC nclc.04725.jpg 5,000 × 3,187; 1.72 MB
Cotton mill worker girl - NARA - 523125.jpg 3,000 × 2,120; 1.31 MB
Dillon, S.C. Mills. Smallest girl - Corrine Goud, runs 3 and 4 sides. Been in mill 3 years. Oldest sister said she... - NARA - 523133.jpg 3,000 × 2,128; 1.64 MB
Doffers in Aragon Mills. Rock Hill, S.C. - NARA - 523539.jpg 3,000 × 2,415; 1.92 MB
Eddie Norton, a sweeper in Saxon Mill. Spartenburg, S.C. - NARA - 523541.jpg 2,418 × 3,000; 1.71 MB
Embroidering chiffon waists in crowded bed-room, East Side. (For complete details Miss E. C. Watson's report.)) LOC nclc.05503.jpg 1,024 × 734; 125 KB
Embroidering chiffon waists in crowded bed-room, East Side. (For complete details see Miss E. C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04278.jpg 5,000 × 3,555; 2.83 MB
Exchange Luncheon. Delia Kane, 14 years old. 99 C Street, South Boston. A young waitress. LOC nclc.05618.jpg 5,000 × 3,565; 2.25 MB
Family cutting cut embroidery in tiny crowded bed-room. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.05502.jpg 1,024 × 739; 113 KB
Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Don't know A, B, C's. "Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the... - NARA - 523161.jpg 3,000 × 2,135; 1.04 MB
Fursen(?) Owens 12 years old. Can't read. Don't know A, B, C's. 'Yes I want to learn but I can't when I work all the time.' Been in mills 4 years, 3 years in Olympia Mill, Columbia, S.C. and LOC cph.3b24597.jpg 5,000 × 3,591; 1.68 MB
George Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average. Spartenburg, S.C. - NARA - 523542.jpg 3,000 × 2,411; 1.62 MB
Girls working in Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Zetella Gallman (by window) (looked 15 years old). Has worked 2 years. Both girls in middle said they had been in mill 8 years. Witness Sara LOC nclc.01419.jpg 5,000 × 3,521; 2.42 MB
Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy said he had worked in the mill off and on for five years. Spins now. LOC nclc.01429.jpg 5,000 × 3,496; 2.42 MB
Group of employees in Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.01428.jpg 5,000 × 3,468; 2.49 MB
Group of men and girls working in the Aragon Mill. Rock Hill, S.C. - NARA - 523538.jpg 2,418 × 3,000; 1.92 MB
Group of mill boys going to church Sunday morning. Beaumont Mill Settlement, Spartanberg, S.C. All work. The front row left hand and Elish Putnam been working 3 or 4 years. Middle Bryson LOC nclc.02584.jpg 5,000 × 3,784; 2.9 MB
Group of young workers in Clifton Mills, Clifton, S.C. Some still smaller wouldn't go in the photograph. LOC nclc.02599.jpg 5,000 × 3,238; 2.13 MB
Group of young workers. Some still smaller wouldn't go in the photograph. Clifton, S.C. - NARA - 523543.jpg 3,000 × 2,424; 1.67 MB
Group showing most of the youngsters working in the Cowpen's Manufacturing Co., S.C. They are all regular workers including shorty the smallest one. The boy next to him was dragged out of LOC nclc.02557.jpg 3,968 × 5,000; 3.1 MB
Hattie Hunter, spinner in the Lancaster Cotton Mills. 52 inches high. Worked in mill for three years. Gets 50 (cents)... - NARA - 523124.jpg 3,000 × 2,118; 1.23 MB
Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster -sic- a day.jpg 806 × 1,024; 146 KB
Human Junk. A product of the mill (See -2963) '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 LOC nclc.02548.jpg 3,735 × 5,000; 1.79 MB
In neighborhood of Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Lawrence Faircloth (taller boy) 'Don't know how old I am.' Been in mill 2 years. Runs 3 sides Albert Bartlett (barefoot) Looked 8 years old. In LOC nclc.01456.jpg 1,024 × 711; 125 KB
Italian family crocheting bags. Father sick in bed (not contagious). (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04276.jpg 5,000 × 3,545; 2.58 MB
Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill 6 years. Ambro Sherley-11 years old. Been in mill over 1 year. LOC nclc.01415.jpg 5,000 × 3,531; 1.97 MB
John Ghent has worked at spinning for 1 year. Goes to school now. Been Sick. Lancaster, S.C. Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.01430.jpg 5,000 × 3,389; 2.02 MB
Johnnie Beam, one of the young workers in the Pelzer Mfg. Co. Been working there over a year. Appears to be under 12... - NARA - 523546.jpg 2,427 × 3,000; 1.39 MB
Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. LOC nclc.00014.jpg 5,000 × 3,638; 2.86 MB
Josie 6, Bertha 6, Sophia 10, oyster shuckers Maggioni (...) Port Royal, SC LCCN2016821058.jpg 4,406 × 6,070; 2.69 MB
Josie, 13 year old shucker, Shucks ten pots a day or more. Been working six years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01007.jpg 4,025 × 5,000; 2.28 MB
Kinderarbeid in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika, 1909, SFA002007015.jpg 3,329 × 2,647; 1.22 MB
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. LOC nclc.01436.jpg 5,000 × 3,493; 2.04 MB
Left hand boy is Broadus McCoy been sweeping one year, Cherry St. Makes 40 cents a day sweeping in the Belton Mfg. Co., Belton S.C. The family bible record said he has just reached 11 years LOC nclc.02611.jpg 4,003 × 5,000; 2.24 MB
Lewis Hine, 7-year old Rosie, oyster shucker, Bluffton, South Carolina, 1913.jpg 4,561 × 4,956; 5.26 MB
Lewis Hine, A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. (LOC nclc.01451).jpg 4,827 × 3,388; 3.44 MB
Lilly O'Sullivan, a frail 13 year old girl working in the Drayton Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Been working four years, weaving, spinning, etc. Ran from 4 to 6 looms. Gets $3 a week. LOC nclc.02602.jpg 3,897 × 5,000; 2.29 MB
Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3-08 Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC cph.3c07335.jpg 1,024 × 827; 116 KB
Lloyd McAbee been doffing several months in the Spartan Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. His step brother Walter Brown been working for one year. The parents said they couldn't find the family LOC nclc.02578.jpg 3,334 × 5,000; 2 MB
Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder-Been in mill 1 year-runs 4 sides. Little sister- Tince-Mother said, 'She helps.' Bystander said she works regularly and that plenty of other little ones LOC nclc.01492.jpg 5,000 × 3,648; 2.18 MB
Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Azy Warn-Winds. Stella Warn (little one) spins 4 sides. 'Been at it a long time.' LOC nclc.01484.jpg 5,000 × 3,496; 2.62 MB
Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Bertie Collins (girl). Has been spinning 3 years. Runs 6 sides 60 cents a day. Rudolph Collins. Has doffed 3 years. Is 12 years old. Three others will join the ranks LOC cph.3b32763.jpg 5,000 × 3,542; 2.43 MB
Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Jasper Prevatt (smallest). Has doffed 3 years. Ben-Runs 3 sides. In mill 4 years. Lillian (next) Winds-In mill 8 years. Blennie (next). Bertha-winds. In mill 8 LOC nclc.01486.jpg 5,000 × 3,516; 1.57 MB
Maple Mills, Dillon S.C. Soarbar Seris has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 (cents) and up.... - NARA - 523134.jpg 3,000 × 2,123; 1.32 MB
Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. John Roberts, Been in mill 2 years. Runs 4 and 5 sides. LOC nclc.01500.jpg 5,000 × 3,546; 2.31 MB
Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Band St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 10 and Marie 11 years old. They worked, with mother, last winter, shucking oysters for Varn & Beard Packing Co., Young LOC nclc.00749.jpg 5,000 × 3,530; 2.59 MB
Maud Cheek one of the young spinners in the Drayton Mill, Spartenberg(sic), S.C., runs 7 sides. Worked in another mill before she came here. LOC nclc.02603.jpg 3,888 × 5,000; 3.03 MB
Minnie Love (see photo 327), Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill since 7 yrs. old. Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01421.jpg 5,000 × 3,568; 2.37 MB
Monroe James, 12 Stringes St. Age doubtful. Works in the Belton S.C. Mill. LOC nclc.02615.jpg 4,039 × 5,000; 2.6 MB
National Child Labor Committee. -3026 Johnnie Beam, one of the young workers in the Pelzer Mfg. Co., S.C. Been working here over a year. Appears to be under 12 years. LOC nclc.02622.jpg 3,918 × 5,000; 2.5 MB
Nerva Wright, 119 William St., runs 4 sides in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Been spinning one year. 3 children are in the mill. 'My eyes hurt me when I'm out doors. It's so dark in LOC nclc.02566.jpg 3,824 × 5,000; 2.91 MB
Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here. Witness, Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01476.jpg 5,000 × 3,606; 2.11 MB
Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01473.jpg 5,000 × 3,576; 2.41 MB
Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3-08. Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01474.jpg 5,000 × 3,400; 2.3 MB
No Known Restrictions Oyster Shucking by Lewis Wickes Hine ca. 1913 (LOC) (421405703).jpg 2,048 × 1,647; 398 KB
One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many others as small. LOC cph.3a49703.jpg 1,024 × 737; 119 KB
One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523122.jpg 3,000 × 2,117; 1.14 MB
One of the smallest boys I found at the Converse Manufacturing Co., Converse, S.C. just beginning to spin. 33 cents a day. Very few young children here but I was told it was due to the LOC nclc.02597.jpg 4,029 × 5,000; 2.02 MB
Rolling cigarette cases. East Side tenement. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04302.jpg 5,000 × 3,540; 2.07 MB
Rosie, (on the left) regular oyster shucker. A smaller one will be working soon. Varn and Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01006.jpg 4,056 × 5,000; 2.49 MB
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908. LOC cph.3a13674.jpg 5,000 × 3,575; 2.28 MB
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high. Has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton... - NARA - 523128.jpg 3,000 × 2,119; 1.25 MB
Sadie Pfeiffer aan het werk in de katoenfabriek, RP-F-2011-73.jpg 4,680 × 5,336; 1.72 MB
Shuckers in the Varn & Platt Canning Company. This 4 year old in the foreground was helping some. Six of the shuckers were 10 years and up to twelve. LOC nclc.01027.jpg 5,000 × 4,004; 3.08 MB
Shuckers in the Varn & Platt Canning Company. This is 4 year old Mary in the foreground. Was helping some. 6 of the shuckers were 10 years and up to 12. LOC cph.3b14404.jpg 5,000 × 3,974; 2.39 MB
Some adolescents working in Maple Cotton Mill, Dillon, S.C. LOC nclc.01482.jpg 5,000 × 3,509; 1.96 MB
Some of the young boys working Pelzer, S.C. Mfg. Co. Some of these workers seem surely near 12 years. May 27, 1912. LOC nclc.02625.jpg 5,000 × 3,982; 2.7 MB
Some of the young girls working in the Pelzer S.C. Mfg. Co. Not the youngest. Some of them seem surely under 12. All in the photo work. LOC nclc.02624.jpg 5,000 × 3,858; 2.67 MB
Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook, works in spinning room -2. Said he had been working about a LOC nclc.02590.jpg 5,000 × 3,895; 2.72 MB
Some of the youngsters in the Belton Mfg. Co. Two of the youngest. Belton, S.C. - NARA - 523544.jpg 3,000 × 2,408; 1.75 MB
Some of the youngsters in the Belton Mfg. Co. Two of the youngest. Belton, S.C. - NARA - 523545.jpg 3,000 × 2,405; 1.76 MB
Some of the youngsters working in Belton Mfg. Co., Belton, S.C. Two of the youngest and J. Henderson. Kelly Street. Percy Morrison, Eugene Simper. LOC nclc.02606.jpg 4,080 × 5,000; 2.51 MB
Some operatives-Dillon Mill, Dillon, S.C. Smallest girl said she 'helps.' LOC nclc.01494.jpg 5,000 × 3,566; 2.13 MB
Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523119.jpg 3,000 × 2,119; 1.17 MB
Spinners & doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3-08. Sara R. Hine, Witness. LOC nclc.05384.jpg 5,000 × 3,446; 2 MB
Spinners and doffers in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Dozens of them in this mill. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523121.jpg 3,000 × 2,131; 1.31 MB
Spinners and doffers in Mollahan Mills. Many others as small. Newberry, S.C. - NARA - 523129.jpg 3,000 × 2,118; 1.3 MB
Springstein Mill. John Lewis (boy with hat), 12 years old, 1 year in mill. Weaver - 4 looms. 40 (cents) a day to... - NARA - 523117.jpg 3,000 × 2,131; 1.32 MB
Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on warper. Lillie Anderson-Oldest of two sisters. Been in mill five years. Runs only 4 sides. Minnie Anderson, - youngest- LOC nclc.01425.jpg 5,000 × 3,575; 2.52 MB
Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Otis Mehaffy. 4 years in mill. Small boy 'helps sister' Saturdays and after school. Witness S.R. Hine. LOC nclc.01426.jpg 1,024 × 683; 111 KB
Sweeper and doffer boys in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many more as small. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523120.jpg 3,000 × 2,130; 1.53 MB
Ten-year old Frank.jpg 827 × 1,024; 133 KB
The smallest boy is a band boy, next in order is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' (i.e., Cowpen's?) Manufacturing Co., S. C., (See label 2970). LOC nclc.02558.jpg 3,741 × 5,000; 2.67 MB
The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' (i.e., Cowpen's?) Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). LOC nclc.02559.jpg 5,000 × 3,714; 2.54 MB
The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' (i.e., Cowpen's?) Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). LOC nclc.02560.jpg 5,000 × 3,927; 3.12 MB
The smallest boy is a band boy, next is a doffer. The smallest girl is a spinner. Work in Cowpers' (i.e., Cowpen's?) Manufacturing Co., S.C. (See Label 2970). LOC nclc.02561.jpg 3,706 × 5,000; 2.23 MB
This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollment 163- attendance, usually about 100. There are over 1,000 operatives in the mill. These are all that go to school from LOC nclc.01432.jpg 5,000 × 3,343; 2.99 MB
This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S.C. LOC nclc.01434.jpg 5,000 × 3,285; 1.88 MB
Tom Polk 'goin on 13.' Prematurely old, works in Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. LOC nclc.02585.jpg 3,883 × 5,000; 2.71 MB
Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564.jpg 812 × 1,024; 114 KB
Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll. LOC nclc.01024.jpg 3,969 × 5,000; 2.11 MB
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. LOC nclc.01466.jpg 5,000 × 3,735; 2.84 MB
Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the papers as she worked. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04303.jpg 5,000 × 3,534; 2 MB
Cotton field, by J. A. Palmer 9.jpg 2,737 × 1,601; 1.62 MB
Cotton field, by J. A. Palmer 9.png 1,112 × 1,234; 1.82 MB
In the great spinning-room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.jpg 2,737 × 1,402; 1.52 MB
In the great spinning-room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.png 2,737 × 1,402; 4.99 MB
In the great spinning-room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg 2,737 × 1,404; 1.54 MB
In the great spinning-room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.png 2,737 × 1,404; 5.06 MB