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Stepping out of time 7
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The Library of Congress Has doffed for years I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know. Title Lawrence Collins, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Has doffed for years in the above mill. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina. Contributor Names Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer Created / Published 1908 December. Subject Headings - Boys. - Textile mill workers. - Cotton industry. - Mills. - Spinning machinery. - United States--South Carolina--Lancaster. - South Carolina--Lancaster Format Headings Photographic prints. Notes - Title from NCLC caption card. - Attribution to Hine based on provenance. - In album: Mills. - Hine no. 0354. - General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc Medium 1 photographic print. Call Number/Physical Location LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0354 [P&P] Source Collection Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id nclc 01447 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01447 Control Number ncl2004001276/PP Reproduction Number LC-DIG-nclc-01447 (color digital file from b&w original print) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication.

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::LynEve
11/10/17 11:48 AM GMT
He really is just a child. You have managed to create a very nostalgic look to this one Rob and the colour is perfect.Look how smart his hair is - his mother probably combed sugar water through it before he set off for work in the early morning.

I know that is a cotton mill - the machine looks very similar to the one I looked after in a woollen mill
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::tigger3
11/10/17 12:00 AM GMT
A superb addition to your wonderful Stepping Out of time series.
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::corngrowth
11/10/17 12:31 AM GMT
Rob, Lyn already has said it in her comment perfectly.
I like to add however that to me you've 'mislead' (☺) the reality to a certain extent by your perfect way of colorization. It has become now a somewhat romantic appearance now. Think it goes somewhat too far to talk about 'hardship', but I think however that working in such a cotton mill wasn't a pleasure (because of the dust, working times, and the relative high temperatures in SC during the summer time).
I go with Sandi that it's another superb addition to the 'Stepping out of time' series!
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::Nikoneer
11/10/17 4:44 PM GMT
Wow, a shot of one of these kids "on the job"...this occupation was usually for boys around the age of seven. A doffer is a worker who removes the spools filled by the spinning machine and replaces them with empty ones. This was often intermittent work that required quick bursts of fast-paced energy, followed by rest (play) times only to be repeated when the spools filled again. In order to change the higher spools, the boys had to climb on the machines. In order to make the climbing easier and faster, many worked barefoot. Even though they had to work fast, the boys needed to be very careful or they could fall into the moving machinery, as great a hazard as dust inhalation.

"The biggest portion of the spinners was kids back then. We'd piece up sometimes after the doffing boys who doffed the frames and we'd get caught up." --Personal history of Mary Lee Boost.

"One mill worker in every four was between the ages of ten and fifteen. No one knew how many workers were younger than ten, because they weren't counted." --Anonymous (in South Carolina)

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::jerseygurl
11/10/17 6:04 PM GMT
Nice coloring on the young man working in the cotton mill - the cotton mill played an important part in the U.S. economy and was a big part of the Industrial Revolution - I, too, am enjoying your Stepping Out in Times series Rob - Excellent Images!!!!!!!
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.0930_23
11/10/17 9:37 PM GMT
Your great series has been filled with great shots and great information provided by both you and the commenters Rob.
I suspect most of them ended up with hearing problems because of the noise and the lack of safety requirements back then.
Again, you have spun a great colorization print.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.icedancer
11/15/17 2:54 PM GMT
This one looks like it was a little harder to work with - this is a wonderful addition to this magnificent series
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.rvdb
11/15/17 2:58 PM GMT
....This one looks like it was a little harder to work with.....

Was a challenge to get it right Pat thanks for appreciating that.

Rob
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