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Mule Spinner: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:08am.
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April 1909. Fiskeville, Rhode Island. "John Dempsey. Looked 11 or 12 years old. Said he helped only on Saturdays. Jackson Mill, one of the B.B. and R. Knight mills. He was working faithfully in the mule-spinning room, a dangerous place for boys." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Gov't regulations
Submitted by MilSpec on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 3:56pm.
Don't let OSHA see you with no shoes on, boy!
But Joe, where is it?
Submitted by Lady Celia on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 9:00am.
Is there a link to the interview?
Mule Spinner: 1909
Submitted by joemanning on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:56pm.
This is Joe Manning, of the Lewis Hine Project. Several months ago, I did a long interview with John Dempsey's son. John died in Rhode Island in 1970.
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