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Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908.
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908.

Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Nov. 30, 1908.

Artist (American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
Date1908
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Classificationsphotographs
Credit LineGiven in honor of G. Wilson Calhoon by his friends
Object number80.3.2
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