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2017SpartanburgEF2
EF2 damage to a metal truss tower and an industrial building in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg (sic) Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) LOC nclc.02587
Title: A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg [sic] Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Horses.
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A frail young spinner in the Saxon Mill, Spartenberg (sic). LOC nclc.02572
Title: A frail young spinner in the Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic]. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Girls.; Textile mill workers.
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Eddie Norton, a sweeper in Saxon Mill. Spartenburg, S.C. - NARA - 523541
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George Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average. Spartenburg, S.C. - NARA - 523542
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Group of mill boys going to church Sunday morning. Beaumont Mill Settlement, Spartanberg, S.C. All work. The front row left hand and Elish Putnam been working 3 or 4 years. Middle Bryson LOC nclc.02584
Title: Group of mill boys going to church Sunday morning. Beaumont Mill Settlement, Spartanberg, S.C. All work. The front row left hand and Elish Putnam been working 3 or 4 years. Middle Bryson Hemmett working 3 months. Right hand George Powell, six months working. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Boys.; Textile mill workers.; Clothing & dress.; Sabbaths.; Religious education.
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Lewis Hine, Lilly O'Sullivan, 13 years old, Drayton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1912
Lilly O'Sullivan, a frail 13 year old girl working in the Drayton Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Been working four years, weaving, spinning, etc. Ran from 4 to 6 looms. Gets $3 a week. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, May 1912.
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Lloyd McAbee been doffing several months in the Spartan Mill, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. His step brother Walter Brown been working for one year. The parents said they couldn't find the family LOC nclc.02578
Title: Lloyd McAbee been doffing several months in the Spartan Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. His step brother Walter Brown been working for one year. The parents said they couldn't find the family record, that the boys were 12 and 13 years old. The father works the farm 3 miles away. Sister in the mill. Mother wouldn't be photographed. (See family group 2989.) Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: B
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New York National Guard (24367732478)
New York National Guard Soldiers of the 22 Engineers at work widening "The Snake Road" which connected Camp Wadsworth, where the men of the 27th Division of the New York National Guard trained for World War I, with Spartanburg, South Carolina five miles away. The division's engineers had to maintain the road which hadn't been designed to accommodate 27,000 potential travelers. (From "The Story of the 27th Division" Courtesy of the New York State Military Museum) Read more: ngpa.us/4694
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Spartanburg HS Entrance
The entrance to Spartanburg High School (2250 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29307) facing U.S. Route 29.
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