Mrs. Fannie Foster, a widow in the cotton mill at Matoaca, Va. The smallest girl has been in the mill for a year. The other one has been in the mill but work was so slack that she made only about two dollars a week so she thought she better quit. Got a job in a Petersburg silk mill. Another daughter has work in a Petersburg trunk factory.

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Caption	Mrs. Fannie Foster, a widow in the cotton mill at Matoaca, Va. The smallest girl has been in the mill for a year. The other one has been in the mill but work was so slack that she made only about two dollars a week so she thought she better quit. Got a job in a Petersburg silk mill. Another daughter has work in a Petersburg trunk factory.
Accession Number	P2214
Photographer	Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Work Type	Photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints
Location	United States -- Virginia -- Matoaca
Date - Created	1911
Measurements	4.6 X 6.5 in.
Subject	Widows;Children;Laborers;Mills;Dwellings
Rights	This item may be be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu.
Credit Line	The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Repository	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Digital - Format	jpg

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