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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
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Textile Workers Strike

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Description: Textile workers strike in Alabama. Signs in back read, "This Company Is Unfair To The Laboring Class + It Is Your Fight As Well As Ours. Don't Scab. Dal...
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1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers...
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Ox Team Hauling Wool

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Description: A man and child stand near an ox team hauling wagons loaded with bags of wool in New Mexico. Caption reads: "Ox Team Hauling Wool, New Mexico."
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Pioneer Cotton Mill

Date: 1910
Description: A young boy and a man are shown among the machinery in the carding room of the Pioneer Cotton Mill, which was in full operation by 1910, with W. H. Coyle a...
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Ashley-Bailey Silk Mill

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Description: Four girls gather on the bank of a creek outside Ashley-Bailey Silk Mill.
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Group of Women Workers

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Description: A group of women work at a loom outdoors. Caption reads: "Drawn Workers, Brownsville, Texas."
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Greenville Mills Brochure

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Description: A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Women, men and children pose on the front porch of the main house. Men and women occupy the rocking chairs that are lined up on the left along the porch ra...
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Cleo Holt with Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Cleo Holt posing for a portrait while holding a rope.
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Man and Young Boy Cutting Manila Plants

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a young boy outdoors cutting manila plants.
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Child Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Caption on back: "Textile factory, girl spinner at frame, boy with a waste cart. (Child Labor in Cotton Mills, 1909-1913)."
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Hosiery Branch 169 Negotiating Committee

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Description: Four women, six men, and one boy pose together. Caption reads: "OFFICIALS AND NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE of Hosiery Branch 169 were instrumental in winning the ...

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