#13 Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: “I’d ruther go to school and then I wouldn’t have ter work.” Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Potawotamie, Oklahoma, USA 1916.

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#13 Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: “I’d ruther go to school and then I wouldn’t have ter work.” Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Potawotamie, Oklahoma, USA 1916.

The Little Hands That Powered a Nation: Inside the World of Child Cotton Mill Workers of the Early 1900s

#13 Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: “I’d ruther go to school and then I wouldn’t have ter work.” Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Potawotamie, Oklahoma, USA 1916.

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