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General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the young boys and girls employed there. See names on other photo. Cornell Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. – Vintage Photo Print

General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the young boys and girls employed there. See names on other photo. Cornell Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts., 1912 January. — historic photograph
General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the young boys and girls employed there. See names on other photo. Cornell Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts., 1912 January.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Taken at the Cornell Mill in Fall River, Massachusetts, in January 1912, this view of the spinning room shows young boys and girls working among rows of machinery. Fall River was among the largest cotton-textile centers in the country, and its mills employed many children on daily shifts. The picture is attributed to Lewis Hine, who worked for the National Child Labor Committee to document such conditions and build public support for reform. Its record refers to a companion photograph that names some of the children, a reminder that investigators often tried to identify the young workers they recorded.

Created / published1912 January.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesTitle from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2762.
SubjectsChildren. Adults. Textile mill workers. Spinning machinery.United States--Massachusetts--Fall River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,051 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158004

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