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Topic: Mystery girl in iconic photo identified
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PixieJane
Moderator Posts: 3673
From: CA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted January 27, 2014 11:29 PM
  
At least as close to sure as one can be about these things: 
http://news.msn.com/in-depth/mystery-girl-in-iconic-photo-comes-to-life quote:
She was a little girl of 9 or 10, staring out a window in the Lincolnton, N.C., cotton mill where she worked.Lewis Hine, the father of American documentary photography, captured the haunting image of the too-young textile employee in 1908. It became one of the historic pictures among more than 5,000 he made while working for the National Child Labor Committee, documenting abuses of child labor laws in textiles and other industries. Most of Hine's caption information included names, but the Lincolnton girl was identified only as a "spinner" at the Rhodes Manufacturing Co. A second photo of her in the same mill with an older girl and a woman also had no names. Now, a Massachusetts researcher who has tracked down descendants of 350 people in the Hine photos believes he's solved the mystery of both images
There are certainly more tragic pix of children in child labor (including missing limbs, faces contorted in pain even after some healing) but this one has always haunted me. She was looking out at the wealthy playing golf. In all likelihood she worked over 12 hours straight and her money was taken by her parents (assuming she didn't get robbed for it, for which she might get beaten by her parents if she had). I highly recommend The Good Old Days, They Were Terrible (you should be able to ILL, or Inter Library Loan it, from your local library, assuming they don't already have it in the county, and if they ask for an ISBN then you can find it at the Amazon link I gave and it's the one with number 13 next to it that they want), that book will make you glad you didn't live back in those days (and easy to read and understand). Amazon lets you take a peek inside, too. IP: Logged |
PixieJane
Moderator Posts: 3673
From: CA
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posted January 27, 2014 11:32 PM
Btw, while very much on the sweet side, there's an American Girl movie that gets surprisingly dark as it explores dismal orphanages and brutal sweatshops exploiting children in a movie with AnnaSophia Robb and Mia Farrow (I saw it for those 2 actresses and didn't regret it, especially with detail given to ceremony and period dress, but again children are the target audience, not adults, so brace yourself for some diabetic shock  ), and if you'd like to see it, here it is (starting with part 1, it takes awhile before they're in New York City and things take a dark turn):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ki2NT6YvGg&list=PL9OKsXRm0J7UP-CHVQH9eXIZf0SpEA35J IP: Logged | |
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