History brought to Life: Lancaster Cotton Mills, 1908, South Carolina

Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908, South Carolina

In one of his many undercover actions, Lewis Hine gained access to the Lancaster Cotton Mills. Here he found nine-year-old Sadie Pfeifer working standing on the dangerous machine. Only 48-inch tall, Sadie was just one of many children who did dangerous jobs for 12 hour shifts every day.