<i>Title:</i> Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he is 13 years old now, but worked when he was 12, and in other mills for 2 years before that. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine last week, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine, and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pat me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Not a member of the family could read or write.
<p><i>Abstract:</i> Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
<i>Physical description:</i> 1 photographic print.
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<i>Notes:</i> Boys.; Textile mill workers.; Cotton industry.; Accidents.; Wounds &amp; injuries.
Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection
1914
<p>Library of Congress
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