Lewis Hine - Mill Workers

Here are some of Lewis Hine's group photos of mill workers.

 A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. 

Newberry, South Carolina, 1908

 Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Virginia) Knitting Mills, 1911

 All 6 work in King Mill, Augusta, Georgia. 

Little girl on end has been there 1 year helping, 1909

 All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Knoxville, Tennessee, 1910

 All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels." 

Smallest girl is a steady worker. Knoxville, Tennessee, 1910

 All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Georgia, 1913

 Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months. Started at 50 cents a day. 

Now gets 60 cents. Loray Mill. Gastonia, North Carolina, 1908

 Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Huntsville, Alabama, 1910

 Dinner-Toters waiting for the gate to open. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. Columbus, Georgia, 1913

 Dinner-Toters waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. Columbus, Georgia, 1913

Every one of these youngsters went into work when the whistle blew, noon June 15, 1911. 

These boys and others work in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley, Virginia, 1911