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Children entering factory

CHILDREN ENTERING FACTORY
Petersburg, June 1911
"A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co. Petersburg, Va. All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently .... [text cut off]" (Hine's caption)


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