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Snapshot

What If...
you had to work next to a huge, noisy machine, and make quick repairs every time a thread broke?


A mill girl next to a huge spinning machine.

Who:

This girl ran four sections of a thread spinning machine. When the mill was busy, she worked at night.

Where:

Whitnel, North Carolina

When:

December 1908

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