This is what they want for me, you, and our children and wouldn’t hesitate a second to do it again provided the line goes up

  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 day ago

    Some more info on this photo:

    Photographer: Hine, Lewis Wickes

    Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 PM on a cold dark December night.

    Work shift lasts all night, 12 hours.

    They do not come out again until 6:00 AM

    Child workers on their way to a night shift at Whitnel Cottton Mills. North Carolina, USA 1908.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      1 day ago

      Thank you so much for the link. The clearer image shows the girl at the door has her hand on her hip. I was afraid it might’ve been a stump. Which could have happened if it were caught in the machinery, though she’d likely have bled to death or been unemployable and starved.