The photograph of this little girl was taken at the Caesar Mountain School by Lewis Wickes Hine on October 6, 1921. Mr. Hine documented the students as part of his work for the National Child Labor Committee, when he turned his attention to rural agriculture and education. The original photo and negative are housed at the Library of Congress. The school was located on Caesar Mountain along the Lobelia Road. It was in use by 1917 and closed in 1955. (Courtesy of National Child Labor Committee Collection, Library of Congress; Preserving Pocahontas ID: PHP003988)
PHOTO UPDATE: Huntersville Masonic Lodge, ID PHP003317, published Oct. 3, 2024. The second man from left is Amos Barlow, identified by Tom Burns.
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