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Hine, Lewis W., 1874-1904 [Boys working in cotton mills in Lancaster, South Carolina]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09842 Author/Creator: Hine, Lewis W., 1874-1904 Place Written: Lancaster, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 1908 Pagination: 1 silver print ; 11.4 x 16.8 cm. Order a Copy

One silver print taken by Lewis W. Hine dated 1908. Image consists of a group of boys posing for a photograph by cotton bales outside a cotton mill.

Hine, Lewis W., 1874-1940

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