Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills ... Location: High Point, North Carolina (LOC)

    Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.

    Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week) 1 boy said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day) (See Also report). Location: High Point, North Carolina.

    1912 October.

    1 photographic print.

    Notes:
     Title from NCLC caption card.
    Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
    In album: Mills.
    Hine no. 3049.

    Subjects:
     Girls.
    Textile mill workers.
    Eating & drinking.
    Ice cream cones.
    Street vendors.
    United States--North Carolina--High Point.

    Format: Photographic prints.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950

    General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.02634

    Call Number: LOT 7479, v. 5, no. 3049

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