McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1909, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, N.C.]
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McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1909
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Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1909 was becoming one of the main cotton manufacturing centers of the Piedmont, where mills had multiplied since the 1880s and drew their workforce from surrounding farm families. The McKlenborg Cotton Mill pictured here belonged to that boom, which brought new rail connections, a growing population, and mill villages with houses, churches, and stores clustered around the factory gates. Work in these mills was long and hard, and North Carolina lawmakers were then debating limits on child labor that would soon reshape conditions in the textile towns. For residents of Charlotte, the mill's whistle and smokestacks were a daily sign of the city's economic life.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,835 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, N.C.] |
| Reference | NC 1909 McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte |
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