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Anna & Alice Dugas, Page One |
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Annie Dugas, spinner at machine on top floor of Glenallen Mill. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911, Lewis Hine.
"I knew that she had worked in a mill, but there was
no face to it until now. It's hard to see an older person as a child, especially your mother. Now I look at her and think,
‘Oh, you were once that young, and you had to work very hard." -Sharon Mozden, daughter of Anna Dugas
On left is Anna Pagnette; said 12 yrs. old, has been helping sister in
Glenallen Mill all summer. On right is Alice Dugas; said 11 years old and helps sister Annie spin Glenallen Mill. Annie said,
"She helps me quite a lot." Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911, Lewis Hine.
"She loved people. We left a car for her outside her
apartment, even when she couldn't drive anymore, so she could go down and sit in the car in the sun and talk to anyone who
walked by. And that's what she did." -Fred Gale, son of Alice Dugas
************************** Looking at these photos of Anna and Alice, knowing what I know
now, it is stunning to realize that Anna was destined to live another 80 years, and Alice another 87 years. Odilon and Emma (Fortin) Dugas and their eight children left Quebec in 1907, and moved to Winchendon to work at the
Glenallan Mill. Four years later, two of their children, Anna and Alice, were photographed by Lewis Hine. Anna was one of
only two child laborers who were photographed inside the Glenallan Mill. Being an unwelcome investigator, Hine would have
had to sneak up the winding stairs in the tower to reach the third floor, and it's likely that he was chased out soon by management.
Alice was photographed on a Sunday, obviously dressed for church.
More photos, and interviews with Anna's daughter and Alice's son |
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