Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brough
Child labor: Velma Smith, reportedly 12 years old, Opelika, Alabama, 1914
Photo of Opelika by
Photo of Opelika by
