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[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done.". Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine. Oct. 2215

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done.". Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine. Oct. 2215

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done.". Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine. Oct. 2215

Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack -- beet workers near Sterling, Colo. They all work from 5:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with about an hour for lunch. The 6 and 8 yr. olds pull and pile, -10 and 12 yr. olds pull and top. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2215

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done." Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

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01/01/1915
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Every one of these was working in the cotton mill at North Pormal [i.e., Pownal], Vt. and they were running a small force. Rosie Lapiare, 15 years; Jane Sylvester, 15 years; Runie[?] Cird, 12 years; R. Sylvester, 12 years; E. [H.?] Willett, 13 years; Nat. Sylvester, 13 years; John King, 14 years; Z. Lapear, 13 years. Standing on step. Clarence Noel 11 years old, David Noel 14 years old. Location: No[rth] Pownal, Vermont / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Farm, farm workers, Mt. Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junction of Rts. 418 & 111, Victoria, Agaudilla Municipio, PR

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

Two of the workers in Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Jamaican agricultural laborers making victory sign at a Farm Security Administration camp

The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows: one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father said "He picks one hundred pounds every day." Two children of seven pick one hundred and fifty pounds a day each. One of nine years picks about two hundred pounds. Several from ten to fifteen pick three to four hundred pounds. The whole group picks a bale a day. (1,600 to 1,800) pounds a day. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.

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This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December 6. Compare photograph 4042 showing attendance on October 25 - 7 weeks after school opened. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado L.W. Hine

H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

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