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Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the youngest workers, and typical of conditions in New Orleans. Violations of the law are rare. LOC nclc.02876
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Group of young boys working in Central Cotton Mills. (Owned by Avondale Mills.) Not nearly so many youngsters here as there are at the Avondle Mills. LOC nclc.01955
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Investigator saw all the children in this photograph coming out and going in to work when the whistle blew, and they said they worked. Lumberton Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.02960
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John Poindexter, 'I'm ten years old. Helps me mommy in the spoolin' room every day,' (Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C.) LOC nclc.02664
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John Howell, an Indianapolis newsboy, makes $.75 some days. Begins at 6 a.m., Sundays. (Lives at 215 W. Michigan St.) LOC cph.3b01097
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Bleach-room boy-Leon Halcourt, 34 Melvin St., 16 years old. Pacific Mills. LOC nclc.01857
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Katie Kuritzko, 7-year-old oyster shucker. Has mumps now. Her 8-year-old brother also shucks. LOC cph.3a01117
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King Philip Card Room. Rosawna - 14 years, 959 Globe St., Doffer on Jack Speeders. Pushing a truck of empty bobbins. LOC cph.3b39040
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Young girls going home from Brown's shoe factory. (Washington & 18th Sts) at close of day. May 10 th, 1910. LOC nclc.04648
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Young workers leaving mill of Sagamore Manufacturing Company, Fall River, August 26, 1911. Noon. Richard K. Conant. Witness. LOC cph.3b33355
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Welch Mining Co., Welch, W. Va. Boy running trip rope at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours... - NARA - 523077
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Two of the helpers in the Tifton Cotton Mill. They work regularly. Tifton, Ga. - NARA - 523152
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Two six-year old newsboys. Odell McDuffy, Sam Stillman, Dallas. There are many other of six and seven years selling here. LOC nclc.03905
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Type of adolescent found in Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. (and in many other mills in the South). Will Freeman. Been in mill work 4 years. LOC nclc.01571
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Florence Anderson, 15 years old. Folding curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager. LOC nclc.05188
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Doffer in Mellville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Said he had been working for two years. Many of them below age. LOC cph.3c00034
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Doffers in Cherryville Mfg. Co., N.C. Plenty of others. Cherryville, N.C. - NARA - 523108
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On right) Donato Dandrea selling at 10 P.M. (See No. 1213.) (Left) John Rieiglian, 15 years old, 21 Evans St., LOC nclc.03401
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One of the ball-teams made up of boys from Natick Mills, Natick, R. I. Saturday P.M. April 17, 1909. LOC nclc.01676
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One of the smallest workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. I saw only two I thought under 12. LOC nclc.02769
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One of the youngest spinners in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Hettie Roberts. Runs two sides. Been working several weeks. LOC nclc.02103
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Louis Zabawa, 33 East St. Has been a band boy in -10 Mill, two years and six months. He says. LOC nclc.02444
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Max Schwartz (8 yrs. old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes. LOC cph.3a47672
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Manuel Oliver, George St., is small boy to left of dry works in carding room. Seems surely only 12 years old. LOC nclc.02254
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Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in mill for 2 years. Many youngster here. LOC nclc.01390
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Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3-08 Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC cph.3c07335
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Tipple Crew, (see photo -146) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Oct. 1908 Witness E. N. Clopper. LOC cph.3a24702
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Some of the doffers at the Salisbury (N.C.) Cotton Mill, October 18th, 1912. The average age of the children here is rather high, but there are some youngsters. LOC nclc.02645
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Some of the housing conditions of the workers in Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C., to contrast with the homes and gardens sometimes shown from the 'show mills' of the state. LOC cph.3a18646
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Smallest boy is Philip Beaulieu, 36 1-2 Perkins St. Works in -2 Spinning Room; been working two months. LOC nclc.02400
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This is the Day Nursery in the beet fields. Babies have to amuse themselves under the direction of those who are too small to work. Ordway, Colorado. LOC nclc.00260
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Eight-year-old Max, one of the young shrimp pickers in the Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Only a small force was working that day. LOC cph.3a01050
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Elsie and Sadie at their machines, Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Both said thirteen years old, but see photo and label 2102. LOC nclc.02100
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9 year old newsie. Tough specimen of Los Angeles newsboys. See California report. Los Angeles, California Exhib(it) Panel LOC nclc.03968
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9-00 P.M. Dec. 17, 09. Newark, N.J. Nicholas Guiseppi, 65 River St. Sells until later than this. LOC nclc.05450
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Joe Perry, Grinnell St. Said he was 10. August 22, 1911. 7-15 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.03739
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In comparison with governmental affairs, newsies are small matters. This photo was taken in the shadow where the laws... - NARA - 523534
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Buckeye School, opened July 3rd, 12 enrolled and 11 present. About 20 belong. Teacher said some out for work. LOC nclc.00475
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Red light resorts on Ohio Avenue near 14th St. and young messenger who was showing me around. (See label -2940). LOC cph.3a31142
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Room in Martini's factory (beading slippers, etc.), 249 Hud(son). Women are calling for home-work, also delivering it, and learning to do it. LOC nclc.04090
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Celina Anzalone, 2264 First Ave., making lace for Cappallino's factory, near by. She said she was doing it only until Christmas. LOC cph.3b39333
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Scene in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. A young 'holding-mold-boy' on left of photo and young 'carrying-in-boy' in middle distance. LOC nclc.01214
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A young mill worker, Columbus, Ga., who in six months' time worked in 4 or 5 mills-getting the roving habit early. LOC nclc.02848
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A typical messenger boy in New Orleans. The telegraph companies are trying to obey the law, and few violations occur. See Hine report on Messengers. LOC nclc.03921
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Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He delivers bundles, tends the door, etc. LOC nclc.05625
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10 yr. old picker on Gildersleeve Tobacco Farm. LOC cph.3b21313
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Alphonse Londry. Said 7 years old. Lives 337 Flint Street, Fall River, Mass. Working on T.B. Smart Bog. LOC cph.3b32036
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A Kentucky school. Name and data to be added later if possible. Lewis W. Hine. (in another handwriting-) Bush School, Clark Co., Ky. LOC nclc.00588
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Bank Boss, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va., and a great fall of Slate that blocked entry. Witness E. N. Clopper. LOC cph.3a21703
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Setting stones in cheap jewelry, Ernest Lonardo, 11 years old, Thomas, 14 years old, 6 Hewitt Street, Providence, R.I LOC nclc.04298
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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Francis Clancey, 14 years, Walter St., Brightwood. Left school a few weeks ago to work at Kibbe's. Earns $3.50. LOC nclc.04602
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Left to right, Florence Lieto, 10 years old. Jennie Macola, 10 years old. Mamie Macola, 8 years old. Nicholas Macola... - NARA - 523284
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Lionel Perry, nine year old newsboy. Starts out at 5-00 A.M. usually. 4-00 A.M. on Sundays. Sells after school. LOC nclc.03871
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Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the 'hands' in a better class mill, -well ventilated and lighted. LOC cph.3a42528
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No. 846-847. Name- These children are representatives of the two families that occupy this one room in a shack on Bottomley's farm, Baltimore, Md. There are only sliding curtains to separate LOC cph.3b38161
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A typical sight. Family and neighbors working on tags on door steps of Mrs. McCarthy, 88 Marcella Street, Roxbury, Mass. See Home Work report. LOC nclc.04253
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Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. LOC nclc.04223
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Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. LOC nclc.04222
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Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. LOC nclc.03406
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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. (...) LOC cph.3b47548
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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. LOC cph.3a20284
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Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. LOC nclc.03407
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Ronald Webb, 12 years old, a doffer boy, and Frank Robinson, 7 year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is card room... - NARA - 523434
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John White, 189 Union St., a newsboy said he was '10.' Fall River, August 26th, 11 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness,) LOC nclc.03747
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Johnnie Yellow, a young Polish berry picker on Bottomley Farm. Says he is 10 years old and has gone to Biloxi, Miss.... - NARA - 523208
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Group of workers stringing beans in J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many youngsters work here. Photo July 7, 1909. LOC cph.3b45099
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Frank Obin, eight years old. Shucks oysters at Pass Christian. I found him asleep on the floor of the shed at 4 o'clock one morning. LOC nclc.00855
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Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.(M) One of largest in city. These are deserted much of the time until July 10th when they are opened. LOC nclc.05093
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Going into the Butler Mills at 6-50 A.M. All went into work at North Gate beside office. Sixs (i.e., six) seemed under 14. LOC nclc.02213
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Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand Avenue. He jumps on and off moving cars at risk of life. LOC nclc.03497
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Jack, A Bright Indianapolis Boy of 13- Was a Messenger at the age of 11. Indiana has no age limit for mes'grs. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. LOC cph.3c05663
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Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School but it has not opened on account of repairs. Lewis W. Hine. See 4398-9 and 4400. LOC nclc.00534
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Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny workers. Babies are held on laps of workers, or stowed away in empty boxes. LOC nclc.05423
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Greel's Shoe-shining Parlor, Indianapolis, Ind. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11. Taken at 10 P.M. LOC cph.3c05659
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Group of boys from Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Spending Saturday behind the barn. Overseer came up and I couldn't get names or ages. LOC nclc.01414
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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see LOC nclc.05497
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Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Child laborer in Arizona cotton field. 12-year-old boy born i . . . - NARA - 522231
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Joseph and Rosy, 10 and 8 yrs. old. He sells until evening. She is one of 5 or 6 girls who sell (afternoons) in Newark. LOC nclc.03360
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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
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Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in the Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. LOC nclc.01773
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Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. LOC cph.3a31147
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The boy with bag, nicknamed Turk, said he was going to Texas soon. The investigator found him recently with $1.75 he had just won at craps. LOC nclc.03521
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02968
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Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about wight (i.e., eight) pounds a day, regularly. See -3598. LOC nclc.00207
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Mill School House (in middle) surrounded by mill houses. Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Small need here for large schoolhouse. Most of the children in mill. LOC nclc.01481
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Miner picking coal. Out of narrow seam (5.5 ft.) Makes $2 $9.00 a day (some days). Brown Mine, Brown , W. Va. LOC cph.3a21705
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Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oysters in Barataria Canning Company. Mother is Mrs. Ida Thompson, Baltimore. LOC cph.3a01062
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A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills. Clinton, S.C. - NARA - 523131
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A group of mill workers. Albert Duquette on top. Eclippse (i.e., Eclipse) Mills, North Adams, Mass. 1911. Noon. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02268
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Three years in the Glass House and no chance for promotion yet. Boy in foreground been 'carry-in' since he was 14 years old. Wormser's Glass House. LOC cph.3a13363
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This is the attendance at the Jeffers School, -29 on November 1. 7 present out of the possible 20. Absences due chiefly to beet work. See also 4060. LOC nclc.00396
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02951
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02975
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These four children of H.T. Thompson, 267 A Street all work in the Merrimack Mill. The youngest, a girl, has been there three years. See Hine report. LOC nclc.02910
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Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, Philadelphia, is a cranberry picker. The father and four children are picking. A carrier... - NARA - 523264
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Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, swollen, and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp. LOC cph.3a01049
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Small boy working in the Amoskeag Mfg. Company, Manchester N.H. Said he has been there several months. Photo at Noon, May 25, 1909. LOC nclc.01780
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Smallest boy is Max Schwartz (8 yrs. old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes. LOC cph.3a47671
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Smallest is Anatole Gernon, Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12 years old. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Speaks no English. LOC nclc.02324
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Smallest is Anatole Gernon, Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12 years old. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Speaks no English. LOC nclc.02325
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