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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that... - NARA - 523354
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Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to w(o)rk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02507
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Drennen's cabin, near his stamp mill and concentrator, on the Colorado River, 1900-1950 (CHS-3514)
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Drennen's Mill on the Colorado River, 1900-1950 (CHS-3444)
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A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, 'These boys are a bad lot.' All were alive to the LOC nclc.02074
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Some of the doffers in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. The smallest one said he was 15 years old but, for that matter, they are all 'wise' to the necessity for being at least 14. All LOC cph.3a15219
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Some of the men and boys in Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Plenty of youngsters here. Out of 150 employees, there were about 20 who looked to be 12 years old and under. LOC cph.3b21315
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Some of the doffers in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. The smallest one said he was 15 years old but, for that matter, they are all 'wise' to the necessity for being at least 14. All LOC nclc.02069
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Elmer Skinner, 10 yrs. old. Turner in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Been working there four months. Works all day. No school. Does not work nights. LOC nclc.02823
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Evening recreation of the 'Young Holy Ghosters' - Ages 15 - 25, average is 18 - all mill workers - all Portuguese. Whole House on George Street. Great need of leadership. LOC cph.3b33434
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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.) Witness R.K. Conant LOC nclc.02215
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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small. Lancaster, S.C. - NARA - 523122
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Group of workers in Avondale Mills. Smallest boy is John Tidwell, been doffing 3 months. Boy next to him is Ragin Bryant been doffing here for five years. LOC nclc.01934
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Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, appears 13 yrs. old). Has been working a few weeks in Mule Room -4. LOC nclc.02458
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How we get gold in California- Fremont Mill and vein, Mariposa, Ground sluicing, at Gold Hill, winnowing gold, near Chinese camp, and ocean beach mining, at gold bluff LCCN2006679139
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Noon at the Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Owned by one of the richest families in the section. President said some time ago that he didn't want to hire children but was forced to. LOC nclc.01608
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Mike Juriewier, 28 East St. Been working as Creel boy in -8 mill, Ludlow, one year. Very illiterate, wrote his name with great difficulty and poorly. LOC nclc.02443
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Mill boys' recreation. A Sunday swim. Base-ball on Sunday is tabooed here. Sunday-school and church are well attended. Loafing around, playing marbles, and swimming seem to be the only LOC nclc.04729
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CONVERTED WIGWAM BURNER AT PINE INDUSTRY MILL WHICH RECYCLES HEAT, REDUCING SMOKE AND INCREASING - NARA - 542591
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Workers in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mills. All these children were working or helping. 125 workers in all. Some of the smallest boys and girls have been there one year or more. LOC cph.3a01130
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Where it happened. (See photos 3070 to 3074), Sanders Cotton Mfg. Co., Bessemer City, N.C. In this and the adjoining mill (run by the same company) there were still many dangerous, LOC nclc.02696
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Vilendre i.e. Velindre Mill, Llanidloes (1293546)
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Main Entrance Wamsutta Mills. Young workers also indolescent (i.e., adolescent) and young girls running the gauntlet of vile-speaking men and boys. The remarks are sometimes beyond belief. ) LOC nclc.02488
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Rogue River NF - Mill Cr RS with George, OR c1910 PC
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Erenne La Prise, a doffer, apparently 13 year(s) old, doffing at his machine in Spring Village Mill. Said he had been working a year and a half. LOC nclc.02304
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St. Johns Mission School, High Shoals, N.C. 'Not supported by the Mill company, but we are always on good terms with them,' said the Sister in charge. Supported by the Episcopal Church. (See LOC cph.3a29763
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The three boys in centre want to work in Berkshire Mills, at noon, Aug. 30, '11. On August 29 at 6 P.M., Mr. Hine counted ten apparently under 14. LOC nclc.02274
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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez (sic) Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. LOC cph.3b21311
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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos -720-745 May 1909.) LOC nclc.01854
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in cotton mill, Olneyville, Providence. Eight persons live in these three small rooms, three of them are boarders. Inner LOC cph.3a29783
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Noon hour at Newberry, (S.C.) Mill. Plenty of youngsters here. Note- In handwriting on the back of this photo it says- 'Two of the many small children I found at work at the Newberry Cotton LOC nclc.05383
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Mary and Minnie Gillim, fourteen and fifteen years old. They were commencing to attend the Mill School at Avondale, and had been to school but two weeks in their lives. Were in the low first LOC nclc.01884
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Dependent parent. Henderson Family, 52 Lakewood St. Two girls on left hand and another older girl work in Lynchburg (Va.) Cotton Mill. Father does not work. LOC nclc.02051
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that... - NARA - 523352
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that... - NARA - 523351
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that... - NARA - 523353
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A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending her 'sides' like a veteran, but after I took the photo, the overseer came up and said in an apologetic tone that was LOC nclc.05382
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A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, 'These boys are a bad lot.' All were alive to the LOC nclc.02073
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Noon hour at Mass. Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Life Insurance papers, and LOC nclc.02759
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Molí de cal Jaume-el-mas, a la Riba (AFCEC RIBASV C 2689)
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225 Spruce Saw Mill
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No. 28 U.S. Mill No 2 Toledo Ore.
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Das Färben der Rauchwaren, Hans Werner, 1914 (S. 082) Farbmühle zum Zerkleinern harter Farbspezien nach dem Zentrifugalsystem
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On left hand of picture is Alice Deon, 95 Springfield Street, a doffer in a spinning room of the Ayer mill. Been there a few weeks. Has a steady job. Walks to and from work, as Antoinette LOC cph.3b33357
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Flashlight photo 6 P.M. going home from King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. Two of the smallest boys been in mill 2 years. One of the larger for 4 years. LOC nclc.01600
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3 year old spinner in the Belton S.C. Mills. Cornelia and James Wilson are twins. The third pair in family. The mother said the family record was not kept but have heard that they were 12 LOC nclc.02616
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5 year old Rosie Passeralla of Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog. Brown Mills, N.J. - NARA - 523265
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These are some of the sweepers and mule room boys working in Valley Queen Mill. River Point, R.I. Several of the smallest ones there said they had been working there 3 years and over. Speak LOC nclc.01686
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These were all of the small boys I found working at the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills, the day I was there. One of the smallest boys had been working there for two years. Not many under LOC nclc.02186
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This was the smallest I could find in the Newton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Overseer said 'She just brings her sister's dinner,' but as it was only 9-30 A.M., and as she worked as faithfully as LOC nclc.01544
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02565
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Bröllop i Västra Ärnäs. Brus-Gabriel Persson, chaufför Mill-Johan Olsson - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0039215
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A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting mill where mother works. Made from waste material. These children help sister and mother ravel. LOC nclc.05385
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Carlo Chzy, Klondike Park, Andover, Mass. Morris Markowsky, 49 1-2 Common St. Both work in spinning room of Wood Mill. Morris is 14 years old. LOC nclc.02333
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Charlie Culpepper (boy in the middle) and family. He has been working for two years in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. Older sisters work there also. Not many youngsters were LOC nclc.02205
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The Rising Generation, Gregtown, Augusta, where the hands in King Mill live. 'Worst part of Augusta.' Secretary of Associated Charities said. Boy with cap (left hand end) Willie Crappse in LOC cph.3a42525
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The youngest children I saw going into Tombigbee Cotton Mill, Columbus, Miss., at 6-30 A.M. May 15, 1911. Not many youngsters there. Not working a full force. LOC nclc.02130
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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. LOC nclc.05297
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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. LOC nclc.05297
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez (i.e., Laissez) Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. LOC nclc.02646
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Eagle and Phoenix Mill. '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. (See photos.) Many of them LOC nclc.05343
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02320
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Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of the back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis LOC nclc.02321
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Luther Dories. Been doffing some months in Spinning Room -2, Massachusett(s) Mills, Lindale, Ga. Said 12 years old, but very doubtful. Father and brother work. LOC nclc.05342
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Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. LOC nclc.02564
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MEDAL OF HONOR OFFICERS. GEN. CHARLES F. HUMPHREY; GEN. JOHN M. WILSON; COL. CHARLES H. HEYL; GEN. THEODORE SCHWAN; COL. FREDERICK FUGER; GEN. W.H. CARTER; GEN. A.L. MILLS; LT. GORDON LCCN2016864107
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224 Spruce Saw Mill
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Nationaal Songfestival 1966. Milly Scott wint, v.l.n.r. Gerrit den Braber , Mill, Bestanddeelnr 918-7512
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Rijstpellerijen werken weer op de Zaanstreek, Bestanddeelnr 902-9121
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John Holland. Said he was 10 years old. Has had a regular job for some months rolling bobbins in the Deep River Mill. Been helping the father and brother a year. LOC nclc.02835
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In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Other small ones are- John Sousa, 84 Boutwell St., Anthony LOC nclc.02505
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Textile machinery at Cambrian Factory, Llanwrtyd (1293828)
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Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. I did not see very many. Following are names of some of the youngest-working in the finishing and seaming rooms- LOC nclc.02206
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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Va.) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtfull. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry LOC nclc.02043
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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. LOC cph.3a20815
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Ruth Rous. She said she was 11 yrs old, but others there said she was not 10. She has a regular job, and several sisters are working. Deep River Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.02836
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Secession meeting in front of the Mills House, Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. (with portraits of Hon. James Chesnut, Jr., seceding Senator from South Carolina; Hon.Robert Toombs, Senator LCCN99614055
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Where it happened. (See photos 3070 to 3074) Sanders Cotton Mfg. Co., Bessemer City, N.C. In this and the adjoining mill (run by the same company) there were still many dangerous unprotected LOC nclc.02661
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Where it happened. (See photos 3070 to 3074) Sanders Cotton Mfg. Co., Bessemer City, N.C. In this and the adjoining mill (run by the same company) there were still many dangerous unprotected LOC nclc.02660
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Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing LOC cph.3a21309
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Luther Dories. Been doffing some months in Spinning Room -2, Massachusett(s) Mills, Lindale, Ga. Said 12 years old, but very doubtful. Father and brother work. LOC nclc.05342
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Name- Mule-spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill, Raoul Julien, 'a back-roping boy.' Has been here 2 yrs. see label No.730. May 7, 1909. LOC cph.3a17764
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Mamie Witt. Runs one side in Roanoke Cotton Mills, Roanoke, Va. She is twelve years old and helps support an able-bodied, dependent father. (see photo 2160). LOC nclc.02148
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Asahel Curtis Panorama of Stimson Mill, Ballard, 1904
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A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, Clinton, S.C., going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence. Superintendent wouldn't allow me to take photos inside. Photo by LOC nclc.01452
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Louis Stokes one of the young workers in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Said he was ten years old, has a regular job doffing. Been working over a year or more. No wonder the superintendent LOC nclc.02882
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Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. We had not seen these children when we were shown through the mill. See photos 500 to 509. Jan. 14, 1909. LOC nclc.01594
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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. One of the many young girls who are working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. I saw them (and many others smaller) working at the spinning frames. LOC cph.3b18631
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A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mills. Rock Hill, S.C. - NARA - 523537
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Another 'Dependent Father'. He is so recorded in the Ordinary's office where he made application for his minor children to work. He has three children in the mill. When he married the LOC nclc.02844
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1920 Linco Log and Lumber Company Mill
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Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Looms. - NARA - 518596
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Nearly the entire force, Yooona (i.e., Yocona) Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby LOC nclc.02108
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Group of young girls (not the youngest) who were working in drawing-in room of American Woolen Mill, Winooski, Vt. Right hand end - Amanda Lavelley; next - Laura Lavelley; next - Isabel LOC nclc.01716
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