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Mule Room Boys: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 10:47am.
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October 1911. Lowell, Massachusetts. "Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk Street, apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1, Merrimac Mill, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size), 32 Marion Street, been at work in #1 Mule Room for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams Street, been at work in #1 Mule Room for six months; about 13 or 14 probably." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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And if ya ask me
Submitted by MrMcMac on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:39am.
Big brother just gave little brother a "Wet Willie!"
What the heck
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 1:14am.
is a mule room?
[It's the room in a cotton mill that houses the mules, or yarn-spinning machines. - Dave]
If ya ask me
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 7:21pm.
I'd say the big boy is sweet on the little boy!
Sense of pride
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 7:00am.
When I see these old photos of boys outside of their workplace (and sometimes inside), they seem so proud of themselves. I wonder if it's because they are having their photo taken or because they have a job? I'm not saying bring back child labor, but there's a difference in the faces of a tween in a school photo and in a work photo from back then.
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