The first day I visited Winchendon to research the 40 child labor photographs that were taken there in 1911, I had printed out all of them and arranged them in a binder in three sections: those taken at the Glenallan Mill, the ones taken at the Spring Village Mill, and the photos of children at their houses or walking in the neighborhood.

After lunch, I went to Glenallan, hidden behind the trees just off Glenallen Street. The mill was empty and gutted out and surrounded by tangled weeds. I was especially interested in this photograph. I wanted to see where the boy was standing when he posed for Hine.

It was easy to figure it out. The main entrance is at the bottom of the tower that also houses the stairs to the other floors. The door was missing, but the opening remained; the landing was there, but the steps on which he was standing were gone. I placed the photo on the ground and positioned myself so that it appeared I was right at the spot where Lewis Hine would have been standing; then I took the picture, as if young Batise were staring at my camera. Mission accomplished, but what about the boy? Who was he? And who was the unnamed sister?