[A family working in the Georgia cotton mill]
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Photograph
[A family working in the Georgia cotton mill]
January 22, 1909
Gelatin silver print
11.3 x 16.4 cm.
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
Inscriptions verso (pencil) 487 Hine
verso (pencil, Hine's handwriting?): A family working in the Tifton Ga [erased] Ga cotton mill. Mrs. A.J. Young works in mill and at home [underlined]. 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. 4 smallest children not working yet [underlined]. The mother says she earns $4.50 a wk & all the children earn $4.50 a wk. Husnband died & left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off & got married. The family left the farm 2 yrs. ago to work in mill. Jan 22, 1909 LWH
n.487
verso (ink): cotton # 487 / cut - 3 x 4 1/2 / Drawer 17
verso (pencil, Hine's handwriting?): A family working in the Tifton Ga [erased] Ga cotton mill. Mrs. A.J. Young works in mill and at home [underlined]. 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. 4 smallest children not working yet [underlined]. The mother says she earns $4.50 a wk & all the children earn $4.50 a wk. Husnband died & left her with 11 children. 2 of them went off & got married. The family left the farm 2 yrs. ago to work in mill. Jan 22, 1909 LWH
n.487
verso (ink): cotton # 487 / cut - 3 x 4 1/2 / Drawer 17
