Less than 100 years ago.

Some more random images and stories I came across. This series is circa 1908.

Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can’t read. Doesn’t know his A,B,C’s. Said, “Yes I want to learn but can’t when I work all the time.” Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill.

At least we’ve come far in a century. Now, we work smarter, not harder – we outsource all our child labor.