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Young Doffers in the Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Tennessee

Lewis Hine1910

The Jewish Museum, New York

The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States

Until child labor was abolished in the United States in 1938, many children worked long hours in hazardous factory jobs. Doffers had the dangerous task of replacing spools of thread in a textile mill.

Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, 2011.

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  • Title: Young Doffers in the Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Tennessee
  • Creator: Lewis Wickes Hine
  • Creator Lifespan: 1874 - 1940
  • Creator Nationality: American
  • Date Created: 1910
  • Location: Fayetteville, United States
  • Place Part Of: United States
  • Physical Dimensions: w168 x h121 cm
  • Credit Line: Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift, 2008-66
  • Type: Photographs
  • Rights: Digital image © 2008 The Jewish Museum, New York. Photo by Ardon Bar Hama, https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#image-research-requests
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York

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