Managers & Workers: Origins of the Twentieth Century Factory System in the United States 1880-1920

Managers & Workers: Origins of the Twentieth Century Factory System in the United States 1880-1920

Spinner Girl And Forman In Southern Cotton Mill Georgia 1908 (detail)

Hine's image was cropped, altered in tonality and toned for the cover of Nelson's book. While the cropping highlights the books nominal subject, toning lends the cover an air of nostalgia. Notice how the type positioning mimics the relationship between the girl and her adult male supervisor.