Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1909 – Historic Photograph Print
(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: Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1909, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1909
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Spartanburg, South Carolina, was deep into its cotton-mill era in 1909, when the Arkwright Cotton Mill stood among the many textile plants that had multiplied across the Piedmont since the 1880s. Mills like this one drew their labor largely from nearby farm families, who often moved into company-owned housing in mill villages beside the factory. The industry shaped daily life in the town and county, from the shift whistles that set the pace of work to the churches and schools that the mill owners often helped support. Child labor was common in these plants at the time, and reformers from outside the South were beginning to press the issue in South Carolina. For the people who lived near the mill, the building was less a landmark than the place where their wages, their housing, and their families' fortunes were tied together.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,696 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C. |
| Reference | SC 1909 Arkwright Cotton Mill, Spartanburg |
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