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Men Working at an Exeter Sawmill, c. 1920

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Petition to Enact a Law Requiring Half Time Schooling for Children Employed in the Factories of this State, 1876.

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1894 Public Law Chapter 1278 to Regulate the Employment and Provide for the Safety of Women and Children in Mercantile Industries and Manufacturing Establishments

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1840 Public Law Chapter 85 Providing for the Better Instruction of Children Employed in Manufacturing Establishments.

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1883 Public Law Chapter 363 in Relations to Truant Children and of the Attendance of Children in the Public Schools.

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1890 Public Law Chapter 826 Providing for the Better Security of Life and Limb in Cases of Fire in Factories and Other Buildings.

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Image of Royal Square in West Warwick, RI.

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Image of Pontiac Mill Village

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Correspondence of the Director of the Department of Labor Regarding the Appointment of Mrs. Royal C. Taft to the Minimum Wage Board, 1937.

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Correspondence from the Director of the Department of Labor Thomas F, McMalon regarding the Official Minimum Wage Order for Wearing Apparel and Allied Industries, 1937

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Petition to the General Assembly to Appoint a Commissioner to Enforce Labor Laws, 1863.

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Survey Made by the Women's Bureau in Order to Determine Fair Minimum for Firms With Government Contracts, c. 1936.

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Resolution of the Minimum Wage Board for the Garment Making Industry of Rhode Island, 1937

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Petitions of Hotel Employees to the Director of the Department of Labor, 1946

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Orders for Minimum Fair Wage Rates for Apparel and Restaurant Industries, 1937 and 1944.

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Service records of Dixwell Goff.

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Saylesville Mill, Lincoln, RI, 1909

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Images of silversmithis at Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, RI, 1956.

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Images of children employed in Rhode Island factories, 1912

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Postcard view of the White Mill in Cranston, R.I.

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