Mill Collection (#94)

Windmils in Sa Pobla, Majorca, Spain, Europe

Ettore Infersa Saltworks windmill, Marsala, Laguna dello Stagnone, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Ettore Infersa Saltworks windmills, Marsala, Laguna dello Stagnone, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Old sugar mill, mill wheel, rusted, Trinidad and Tobago

Old sugar cane mill, mill wheel, rusted, Trinidad and Tobago

GERMANY: MILL. Old mill on the Danube River in Bavaria, Germany. Etching, 1879, by Otto H. Bacher

CHINA: MILL, c1908. A Chinese man standing next to a threshing machine, with a pile of grain in the foreground and two women and a thatched-roof building in the background, Hangchow, China, c1908

OXFORD: MILL, 1890. A view of a mill in Oxford, England. Etching, before 1890, by Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines

CANADA: STEEL MILL, c1916. View of the coke ovens at a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Photographed c1916

YUKON: SAW MILL, c1897. Men using pit saws to cut lumber for boat construction at Bennett Lake, near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. Photograph, c1897

GERMANY: WEAVERS, 1844. March of the Weavers. Dismissed Silesian weavers march on the homes of the mill owners in 1844. Etching, 1897, by Kathe Kollwitz

EEL SPEARING, 1852. Eel spearing on the Mill Pond, Boston. Engraving, 1852

WORLD WAR I: COURCELLES. Mill at Courcelles, Belgium, destroyed with dynamite by German forces during World War I. Photograph, c1916

WORLD WAR I: CARTOON, 1915. Von Quijote. Germany as Don Quijote attacking the windmill symbolizing England, France, Russia, and Belgium. American cartoon, 1915, by Boardman Robinson

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873). English philospher and economist. Photograph, c1865

JOHN STUART MILL CARTOON (1806-1873). English philosopher and economist. English cartoon by Sir John Tenniel, 1867, after Mill had submitted a motion to substitute the word " person" for

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873). English philosopher and economist. Oil over a photograph, 1865

HARRIET HARDY TAYLOR MILL (1807-1858). British philosopher and womens rights advocate. Wife of the philosopher John Stuart Mill. Oil on canvas, c1834

JAMES MILL (1773-1836). Scottish philosopher, historian and economist. Father of John Stuart Mill

BIG BILL HAYWOOD (1869-1928). William Dudley Big Bill Haywood. In Paterson, New Jersey, during the silk mill strike. Photograph, 1913

EDISON & FREINDS, 1918. Thomas Edison and friends on a camping trip at an old grist mill in West Virginia in 1918. Left to right are Edison, Harvey S, Firestone, Jr

ENGLAND: ELECTION, 1865. Westminster election: The nomination in Covent-Garden. Engraving, 1865

RUMSEY: PROPOSAL, 1788. Proposal by James Rumsey to get supporting partners in developing his steamboat, as well as a machine for supplying water to mills. Broadside, May 1788

PAPER MAKER, 1568. The Paper maker, in his water-driven mill, makes smooth white sheets of paper from rags that have been chopped up, soaked, placed on the sieve, pressed and dried

MILL GIRLS, c1913. Portuguese mill girls in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph, c1913

HINE: CONTINUATION SCHOOL. Young women studying textiles at a continuation school at Ipswich Mills in South Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1917

HINE: TEXTILE MILL, 1917. Girls making stockings in the Ipswich Mills in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1917

VIRGINIA: COTTON MILL, 1911. Boys outside of the Century Cotton Mill in South Boston, Virginia, where they are employed. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, June 1911

HINE: COTTON MILL, 1909. Pregnant woman and girl working in the Globe Cotton Mill in Augusta, Georgia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1909

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. Interior view of the large warping room with young workers at a textile mill in Lonsdale, Rhode Island. Photograph by Lewis Hine in November 1912

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. A group of young doffers at the Liberty Cotton Mill in Clayton, North Carolina. Photographed by Lewis Hine, October 1912

HINE: TEXTILE MILL, 1912. A group of young textile workers getting a last glimpse of the outdoors before going to work at the Aragon Mills in Rock Hill, Carolina. Photograph by Lewis Hine, May 1912

COTTON MILL WORKERS, 1910. A young group of textile mill workers walking along the railroad tracks at the Brookside Cotton Mills in Knoxville, Tennesee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

TEXTILE MILL WORKERS, 1910. A group of workers standing in front of the Knoxville Knitting Works in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A group boys working in American Woolen Mills in Winooski, Vermont. Photograph by Lewis Hine, September 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A young spinner at a cotton mill in North Pownal, Vermont. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A young worker making bands at a cotton mill in North Pownal, Vermont. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1910

ALABAMA: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A group of young textile workers at the Dallas Cotton Mill at closing time on Saturday in Huntsville, Alabama. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1910

MAY DAY PARADE, 1913. Children of the striking silk mill workers from Paterson, New Jersey in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade. Photograph, 1 May 1913

MILL STRIKE, 1912. Striking workers awaiting their pay outside of a mill in Passaic, New Jersey. Photograph, c1915

MILL STRIKE, c1915. Striking workers leaving a mill in Passaic, New Jersey. Photograph, c1915

MILL STRIKE, c1915. Striking workers outside of a mill in Passaic, New Jersey. Photograph, c1915

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. Boy using a warping machine with a man overseeing his work at the Elk Cotton Mill in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. A group of young sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill in Winchendon, Massachusetts. Photographed by Lewis Hine, September 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. A group of young workers at the Spring Village Mill in Winchendon, Massachusetts. Photographed by Lewis Hine, September 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A group of young spinners at the Pell City Cotton Mill, Alabama. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1910

COTTON MILL WORKERS, 1910. A young girl leading a group of workers at the Brookside Cotton Mills in Knoxville, Tennesee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1916. A 14 year old boy working in the Mule Room at the Berkshire Cotton Mill, Adams, Massachusetts. Photographed by Lewis Hine on 10 July 1916

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