New exhibit illuminates Winooski’s history of child labor

New permanent exhibit at the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum bridges the past and present of child labor.

By: Simone Traynor

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 722

Last Updated: 10 hours, 47 minutes ago

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Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship

WINOOSKI – While children of today fill their days with games in the park, school and naptime, kids 100 years ago led very different lives. Working with heavy machinery in the mills lining the Winooski River, selling newspapers on the corner of Main Street, or chopping up wood in a lumber yard were activities of an average child in the 19th and early 20th century. …

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