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Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers get so sore." Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore." Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

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Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1913
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Bluffton (S.C.) ,  32.23722, -80.86028
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Library of Congress
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