One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. [...] Location: Anthony, Rhode Island. – Antique Wall Art
![One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. [...] Location: Anthony, Rhode Island., 1909 April. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e3e1b4019642-L.webp)
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One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. [...] Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.
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A Polish boy named Willie, one of the young spinners at the Quidwick Co. mill in Anthony, Rhode Island, is shown taking his noon rest curled up in a doffer box among the spinning machinery. Doffers pulled full bobbins from the frames, a job that kept child workers on their feet through long shifts. The picture dates to April 1909 and carries a caption card from the National Child Labor Committee, which used photographs like this to document children working in American industry. Attribution to Lewis Hine rests on the picture's provenance rather than a signature.
| Created / published | 1909 April. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints. |
| Notes | Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 0668. Portion of text cut off at bottom of label pasted to caption card; appears to be two words, possibly the date. |
| Subjects | Boys. Textile mill workers. Polish Americans. Rest periods. Textile machinery.United States--Rhode Island--Anthony. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,029 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172140 |
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