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USA 1908 - Two 12 year old boys - Springstein Cotton Mill Workers - Chester South Carolina - They were paid 40 cents per day in their first year rising to 60 cents per day - they had to work 4 looms each (the name of the boy in the Brim Hat is John Lewis)
The Chester Manufacturing Company was chartered in 1888
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L.S. Lowry (British, 1887-1976), The Mill, Early Morning, 1961. Oil on board, 18 x 16 in.
Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection
Original caption April 27, 1951: “Danville, VA. Textile Strikers Parade. Lead by a group of Veterans this double line of striking textile workers parade around the Schoolfield plant of the Dan River Mills today. Several hundred workers took part in the parade. The ramp in the background was built to allow non-striking workers to go over the picket lines. ″
Ghosts of the Mill Manchester Manufacturing Company near Atlanta, GA. Built by the slaves, worked by the poor, burned by the Yankees, ghosts by the hundreds. (iPhone 6; double exposure mine)
"Arthur Chalifoux (4th boy from left), 3 Rand St. North Adams, Massachusetts. Works in Eclipse Mills." Photographed August 1911 by Lewis Wickes Hine.
More on the Mill Worker's Stairs
More on the Mill Worker’s Stairs
Photo- Allan Stanley-another photo of the mill workers stairs from about 1946… pic of my father all decked out (probably on a Sunday). My mother (Elsie Tosh) grew up on the “Island” and knew the stairs well. The planned 9.5-metre steel staircase pays tribute to the municipality’s mill history and recreates a set of stairs mill workers used. The staircase will allow the Riverwalk to connect…
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The Seven-Barrelled ‘pepper box’ Revolver --- Rosamond Fight --- July 1875
The Seven-Barrelled ‘pepper box’ Revolver — Rosamond Fight — July 1875
Photo from Almonte.com
Seldom is it that the law-abiding citizens of Almonte allow their angry passions to rise, or to tear each others’ eyes out. But last week a most ludicrous conflict occurred in which the principal actors were the proprietors of two woolen mills and their respective employees.
The bone of contention between them was the proprietorship of a small piece of mill…
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When Sujith Kumar, head of Human Resources at Infosys, was invited to a convocation ceremony, he expected it to be like any other convocation ceremony handing out degrees to graduates. He was surprise
