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November 1913. "Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Superintendent objected to my taking photographs. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Looms had to be oiled. Going from one machine to the other would have easily been within these girls' skill set.
What did these girls do that got them so dirty? It wasn't a coal mine..
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