Colorized by me: Olga Schubert (or Subat), 1911. "The little 5 yr. old after a day's work that began about 5:00 A.M. helping her mother in the Biloxi Canning Factory, begun at an early hour, was tired out and refused to be photographed. The mother said, 'Oh, she's ugly.'" 
Olga can also be seen in the photo below.
📷Lewis Hine.
📷Lewis Hine.
Here she is again, standing on a box next to her mother.
I was able to find more info on her and her family. Here's an interview with her niece.
"Aunt Olga never married (...) she lived a long life. If her goal was to become financially independent, she achieved it. She owned two homes and had large savings at the time of her death."
"Aunt Olga never married (...) she lived a long life. If her goal was to become financially independent, she achieved it. She owned two homes and had large savings at the time of her death."
January 26, 1906 – March 27, 1989.
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