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title: Child Cotton Mill Worker
author: Lewis Hine
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17248/child-cotton-mill-worker/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2023-03-28
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# Child Cotton Mill Worker

_Authored by Lewis Hine_

## Image File

[![Child Cotton Mill Worker](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17248.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17248.png)

## Image Caption

A child worker in a cotton mill, Georgia, USA. Photograph taken in 1909. (Library of Congress, USA)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Hine, L. (2023, March 28). Child Cotton Mill Worker. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17248/child-cotton-mill-worker/>
### Chicago
Hine, Lewis. "Child Cotton Mill Worker." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 28, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17248/child-cotton-mill-worker/>.
### MLA
Hine, Lewis. "Child Cotton Mill Worker." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Mar 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17248/child-cotton-mill-worker/>.

## License & Copyright

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