A young girl works a machine at the Walker County Hosiery Mills in LaFayette, Georgia, 1913. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Creator:
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 and National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Date:
1913
URL at Partner site:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/progressive-era/m-10700/
DLG URL:
https://dlg.usg.edu/record/nge_ngen_m-10700
Subject:
Children--Georgia--LaFayette, Girls--Georgia--LaFayette, Child labor--Georgia--LaFayette, Sewing machines--Georgia--LaFayette, Textile factories--Georgia--LaFayette, and Hosiery industry--Georgia--LaFayette
Spatial coverage:
United States, Georgia, Walker County, LaFayette, 34.7048, -85.2819
Medium:
black-and-white photographs
Description:
In this 1913 photograph by Lewis Hine, a young girl works at a machine at the Walker County Hosiery Mills in LaFayette. This 1913 photograph shows a young girl working at a machine at the Walker County Hosiery Mills in LaFayette, Georgia. Several other girls sit behind her at machines. She wears a long plaid dress, and her hair is in pigtails.
Holding Institution:
Library of Congress
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/