All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6 to $9 a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.
Title
All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6 to $9 a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.
Creator
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date
1913-04
Description
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Mills.
Hine no. 3350.
Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Subject
Boys
Textile mill workers
Hosiery industry
Source
Digital Library of Georgia
Language
English
Relation
Type
image
References
http://www.loc.gov/item/2018677531
Collection
Citation
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, “All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6 to $9 a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/32586.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
Comments