Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years? Location: Cherryville, North Carolina, November

A young girl stands at her workstation among the towering machinery of a cotton mill, her slight frame dwarfed by the industrial equipment she has operated for two years. Hine's gelatin silver print captures her with striking clarity, her youth and delicate features rendered in sharp contrast against the harsh, mechanical environment surrounding her. The photograph serves as a quiet but powerful indictment of child labor, with Hine's own caption posing a haunting question about the toll this work will take on her in the years to come.