Vila Wolf's Dyslexic Folklorist Ranting

“Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the boys as to their ages, they said they were 12, and then other boys said they were lying. (Which sentiment I agreed to.) Huntsville, Ala.”, 11/19/1910

Taken by investigative photographer Lewis Hine 105 years ago, this photograph is one of a series of black-and-white prints given to the Children’s Bureau by the National Child Labor Committee.