Group showing typical workers in the small mills of Virginia, while industry is at ebb-tide. Matoaca, Va. June 1911. The little ones on left end only help some. Have to be 14 to work. Found very few very young workers. Times are slack. Many of the hands have found work in Petersburg.

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Caption	Group showing typical workers in the small mills of Virginia, while industry is at ebb-tide. Matoaca, Va. June 1911. The little ones on left end only help some. Have to be 14 to work. Found very few very young workers. Times are slack. Many of the hands have found work in Petersburg.
Accession Number	P2215
Photographer	Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Work Type	Photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints
Location	United States -- Virginia -- Matoaca
Date - Created	1911
Measurements	5 X 7 in.
Subject	Laborers;Mills;Group Portraits
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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Group showing typical workers in the small mills of Virginia, while industry is at ebb-tide. Matoaca, Va. June 1911. The little ones on left end only help some. Have to be 14 to work. Found very few very young workers. Times are slack. Many of the hands have found work in Petersburg.

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