Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Girl at Slubber. Location: Evansville, Indiana. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Girl at Slubber. Location: Evansville, Indiana., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Girl at Slubber. Location: Evansville, Indiana.
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Unlike many mill scenes on this board, this one names its machine: a slubber, the frame that drew out and lightly twisted cotton roving before final spinning, with a young girl tending it at the Lincoln Cotton Mill in Evansville, Indiana. The picture dates to October 1908 and is attributed to Lewis Hine, who was then photographing factory and mill workers for the National Child Labor Committee to build a public case against child labor. Its caption card, which supplies the title, places the scene in southwestern Indiana at a time when many textile mills employed children on the floor.
| Created / published | 1908 October. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints. |
| Notes | Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 0210. |
| Subjects | Girls. Textile mill workers. Cotton industry. Mills.United States--Indiana--Evansville. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,106 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140045 |
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