Young Mill Worker

Collection:

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Date:

1909

URL at Partner site:

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry/m-10663/

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/nge_ngen_m-10663

Subject:

Girls--Georgia, Textile factories--Georgia, Textile industry--Georgia, Factories--Georgia, and Spinning machinery--Georgia

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Description:

A young girl, pictured in 1909, works as a spinner in a Georgia cotton mill. Children were a signficant presence in the state's textile mills, accounting for 24 percent of the workforce in 1890. Image of a young girl, pictured in 1909, working as a spinner in a Georgia cotton mill. She stands between a long machine filled with bobbins and a wall of windows. She has her left hand on her hip, and she faces forward. Children were a significant presence in Georgia's textile mills, accounting for 24 percent of the workforce in 1890.

Holding Institution:

Library of Congress

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/