Sadie Pfeiffer, Spinner in Cotton Mill, North Carolina
1910
Gelatin silver print
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust [84.XM.967.15]
LL/5974
1 of 24
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills
1908, 30 November
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0362 / LC-DIG-nclc-01455 - color digital file from b&w original print
LL/8633
2 of 24
Ivey Mill. Little one, 3 years old, who visits and plays in the mill. Daughter of the overseer. Hickory, N.C.
1908, 12 November
National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Children's Bureau (102-LH-301)
LL/8626
3 of 24
Some of the doffers and the Supt. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Catawba Cotton Mill. Newton, NC
1908, 21 December
National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Children's Bureau (102-LH-440)
LL/8627
4 of 24
Loom Children
1910
Gelatin silver print
4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2011.454
LL/112655
5 of 24
A typical spinner. Mamie -- Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C.
1908, December
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0355 / LC-DIG-nclc-01448 - color digital file from b&w original print
LL/8635
6 of 24
Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Soarbar Seris, has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Recon I'm about 14." Didn't look it. Has worked more nights than day time. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1908, December
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01501 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-74041 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39683
7 of 24
Girl in Cherryville Mill. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) - Album: Mills]
1908, November
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-nclc-01357 - Hine no. 0262
LL/8174
8 of 24
Johns Lewis. Springstein Mill. A typical cotton mill boy. 12 years old --1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. Got 40 cents at start--60 cents now. Brother and Pa, in mills. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1908, November
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01427 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-58329 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39686
9 of 24
Gastonia, N.C. Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years."
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1908, October
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01344 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-DIG-nclc-05373 (b&w digital file from original glass negative)
LL/39670
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Cotton Mill
1908-1916 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
4 15/16 x 6 5/16 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (U1150)
LL/12703 [Further details available]
11 of 24
One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1909, April
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01659 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-18120 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39687
12 of 24
A little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. The overseer admitted she was regularly employed.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1909, January
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01583 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-DIG-nclc-05395 (b&w digital file from original glass negative)
LL/39692
13 of 24
Mamie Witt. Runs one side in Roanoke Cotton Mills, Roanoke, Va. She is twelve years old and helps support an able-bodied, dependent father. (see photo 2160). Location: Roanoke, Virginia.
1911, May
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7479, v. 3, no. 2157 / LC-DIG-nclc-02148 - color digital file from b&w original print
LL/8636
14 of 24
Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old. Is a "Loom boy" in spinning room of the Ayer Mill; has a steady job now and makes $5.15 a week now.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1911, September
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02359 (color digital file from b&w original print)
LL/39695
15 of 24
Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1914, October
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02929 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-84578 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39715 [Further details available]
16 of 24
Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1913
Photographic print, composite
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02737 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-107782 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39700
17 of 24
Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1913
Photographic print, composite
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02738 (color digital file from b&w original print)
LL/39701
18 of 24
Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills. Been working there for four months. Fills batteries. Her mother said she was born July 7, 1903. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1913, November
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02892 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-74044 (b&w film copy negative)
LL/39680
19 of 24
Doffer in a Lincolnton, (N.C.) mill. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1918, November
Photographic print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
LL/39688
20 of 24
Doffer Boy in Georgia cotton mill
1909
Gelatin silver print
4 1/2 x 6 ins (11.4 x 15.2 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, April 20, 2017, #2443, Lot: 77
LL/74129
21 of 24
Spinner, 51 inches high, Whitnel, North Carolina
1908
Gelatin silver print
5 1/16 x 6 11/16 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (X1077)
LL/12704 [Further details available]
22 of 24
Spinner, 51 inches high, Whitnel, North Carolina
1908 (taken) 1920s-1930s (ca, print)
Gelatin silver print
5 1/16 x 6 11/16
Lee Gallery
LL/21291 [Further details available]
23 of 24
Manomet Mill, New Bedford, Mass.
1912
Gelatin silver print
4 5/8 x 6 5/8
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2846
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