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1. Our Baby Doffer: 1910

"November 1910. Birmingham, Alabama. "Our baby doffer" they called him. Donnie Cole. Has been doffing for some months. When asked his age, he hesitated, then said, "I'm twelve." Another young boy said, "He can't work unless he's twelve."

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Žodis neįprastas, bet šio vaiko darbas - keisti dūzgiančiose staklėse išaustų verpalų rites. Panašu, kad amžiaus pradžios bene įprasčiausia išnaudojimo forma.

Kaip tos staklės atrodė, matyti žemiau.





2. Addie Card: 1910

"February 1910. Addie Card, 12 years old, anemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill, Vermont. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and would "stay."

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three blind mice
three blind mice
see how they run
see how they run...

Tikriausiai tapo vienu iš įkvėpimo šaltinių the little sister koncepcijai. Šie akvamarininiai vaizdai.