Vila Wolf's Dyslexic Folklorist Ranting

“These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, ‘I ravels and picks up.’ Small boy in another mill said, ‘Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they have to stand em on boxes to reach.’ Children here and in the hosiery mills generally seemed better dressed and in better condition than in spinning mills. Cleveland, Tenn.”, 12/8/1910

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.  

“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.