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On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen repairing the nets. In the foreground is a trawl cable around the bollard

Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works. Most of the scooping is done by adults. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

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Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works. Most of the scooping is done by adults. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

Arthur Fernande. Said 8 years old. Picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a scoop. Said they worked from 9 till 5. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

Gordon Peter, using scoop with metal teeth not covered. Said 10 years old. One of the smallest scoopers that we found. Usually scooping is done by adults. Been picking 3 years. Location: Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts

Arthur Fernande [or Fernando?] Said 8 years old. Picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a scoop. Said they worked from 9 till 5. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Manuel Robello, 10 years old. Picks and carries. Lives in Teaticket, Massachusetts. Location: Falmouth - Baker Bog, Massachusettsachusetts.

Boy of 12 years picking cranberries with the scoop. Most of the scooping is done by adult workers, but some scoops ? are made small enough for the children to use. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

Gordon Peter, using scoop with metal teeth not covered. Said 10 years old. One of the smallest scoopers that we found. Usually scooping is done by adults. Been picking 3 years. Location: Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Arthur Farnande. Said 8 years old. Picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a scoop. Said they worked from 9 till 5. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works. Most of the scooping is done by adults. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts.

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01/01/1911
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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