Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Georgia.
Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Georgia.
Faces of Lost Youth: Furman Owens, 12-years-old. Can’t read. Doesn’t know his A,B,C’s. Said, “Yes I want to learn but can’t when I work all the time.” Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill. Columbia, South Carolina.
Faces of Lost Youth: Furman Owens, 12-years-old. Can’t read. Doesn’t know his A,B,C’s. Said, “Yes I want to learn but can’t when I work all the time.” Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill. Columbia, South Carolina.
