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Doffed All Summer: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 11:15pm.
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Stephen Warren, 284 Main St., Indian Orchard. Has doffed all summer in Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Quit a few days ago but expects to get another job soon. Says he will not go to school. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. September 1911. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. In a textile mill, the doffer removes the bobbins from a carding machine once they are full, having been wound with wool yarn or cotton thread. View full size.
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Indian Orchard
Submitted by jnc on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 12:03am.
Still there, almost down to the utility pole location he stood against.
jnc
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