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Adolescent spinners 1911
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Library of Congress I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know and always give due credit to The Library of Congress I have no commercial gain in publishing this image. Title Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills. One of these, fourteen years old, said she had been working here, off and on, for four years, and earns about one dollar a day now. Location: Suffolk, Virginia. Contributor Names Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer Created / Published 1911 June. Subject Headings - Girls - Textile mill workers - United States--Virginia--Suffolk Format Headings Photographic prints. Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication.

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::0930_23
07/11/20 11:11 PM GMT
I read the following on Wikipedia about children textile workers:

History of children's labor for wages--As the United States industrialized, factory owners hired young workers for a variety of tasks. Especially in textile mills, children were often hired together with their parents. Children had a special disposition to working in factories and mines as their small statures were useful to fixing machinery and navigating the small areas that fully grown adults could not. Many families in mill towns depended on the children's labor to make enough money for necessities.

Another good colorization Rob. Labor laws would catch up with the greedy factory owners before it was over. I'm sure it was a way of life for those that had to go through it to survive. These girls seem to be good friends (perhaps sisters). Their hair is most likely done this way to protect them from getting caught in the machinery.

Another one that makes us think and wonder.
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::tigger3
07/12/20 12:22 AM GMT
Very well done, Rob, you really bring it every time! tigs=^..^=
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.Starglow
07/12/20 12:29 AM GMT
They wore a lot of big bows in those days, I have some of my mothers photos and she always had a bigger than life bow in her hair at the back of her head. I like the gentle tone to the girls.
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::Vickid
07/12/20 6:57 AM GMT
Coloring is absolutely perfect.... puts me right there at that place and time. Intriguing story, makes one think, a lot.
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::corngrowth
07/12/20 10:46 AM GMT
---earns about one dollar a day now---

Rob, when I look at the photo, the pressing question comes to me what future prospects these girls had. At the age od fourteen and already four years of working in poor conditions for a a very small wage, instead of a solid school education.
We live in better conditions now, even if it is not always peaches and cream.
Not a romanticized image, but as always your perfect way of coloring accentuates the raw reality of the time.
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::bfrank
07/13/20 9:34 PM GMT
It is a great colorization from you again, Rob. I can't help but be saddened at what happened to children in those times, but also it saddens me to think of how children today are so unthankful for what they have now. I did my best to provide for my children and even one graduated from college. I grew up on a small farm and had to work but at least I was able to go to school. My Dad, born in 1912, had to work and didn't receive a high school education. He worked really hard all his life.
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