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Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., Saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Note face of very young girl in window. Large sign up, "Boys Wanted." Location: Louisiana, Missouri

Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Large sign up, "Boys Wanted." Location: Louisiana, Missouri.

Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Large sign up, "Boys wanted." Location: Louisiana, Missouri.

Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Large sign up, "Boys wanted." Location: Louisiana, Missouri

Two of the Boys Working in Phoenix American Cob Pipe Factory, Washington, Mo. Smallest boy is Joe Krummel. See sign, "Wanted--Men and Boys." Around corner was a sign, "Girls Wanted." Couldn't get any photos of girls. Location: Washington, Missouri

[Group of girls working in Cass & Daley Shoe Co, Salem. Saw a number of children from 14 to 16 (apparently) and two or three probably under 14. Smallest girl in photo is Odella Delisle (2612 - 2613).] Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Two of the Boys Working in Phoenix American Cob Pipe Factory, Washington, Mo. Smallest boy is Joe Krummel. See sign, "Wanted--Men and Boys." Around corner was a sign, "Girls Wanted." Couldn't get any photos of girls. Location: Washington, Missouri.

A few of the young workers in West End Shoe Factory, Lunchburg, (Virginia) A number of boys here are surely under fourteen and some of them likely under twelve. Youngest refused to pose. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia

Group of men and boys at Friedman Shelby Shoe Co. The youngest, apparently 11 or 12 is Felber McLaughlin, S. Wabash St. One boy who said he was 14 last month and had been working there a year, was assisting at a mailing machine which seemed to be dangerous to fingers and hands at least. Location: Kirksville, Missouri.

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children adults laborers shoe industry missouri louisiana photographic prints workers fargo phelps shoe phelps shoe co boys six boys girls two girls face window large sign large sign child laborers child labor economic and social conditions united states history library of congress
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01/01/1910
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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LATHROP, JULIA. HEAD OF CHILDREN'S BUREAU, LABOR DEPT. WITH ASSISTANCE IN CHILDREN'S BUREAU

Child Labor - Exhibit panel

Civilian protection. Section of the report center in New York City. Large signs readily identify the operators in constant touch with the telephone, electric, gas and water services. Others are connected to emergency food and housing units and the police and fire alarm systems

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All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Mrs. Mary George, 74 Southbridge Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and Aaron, 13 yrs., and Elizabeth 12 yrs old, working on crochet slippers. The children work until 9 or 10:30 P.M. sometimes, and the mother later. Girl has so much trouble with eyes that she is very much behind in school. Mother has eye trouble, too. (See Report also.) Witness. F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Mrs. Larocca, 233 E. 107th St., N.Y., making willow plumes in an unlicensed tenement. Photo taken Feb. 29, 1912. License was revoked Dec. 19, 1911.Applied for again Feb 7, 1912, inspected Feb. 13 and refused Feb 14, 1912. Feb. 29, 1912 I found nine families (including the janitress) at work on feathers or with traces of the day's work still on the floor. Still other families were reported to be doing the work also, but were not home. When our investigator made her first calls here, she found the whole tenement in much worse condition (see schedule) Children had bad skin trouble, fever, etc. Grandmother was working the day this photo was taken. New York, New York (State)

Portrait photo of Tim Sullivan shoe beneficiaries

Family of Louis Rizzo, a laborer who works some. The wife and four children (none could speak English at all) work on feathers and make about $3.00 a week. Been in U.S. five months. Do not go to school yet. Through an interpreter they said Peter is 15, Jimmie 14, Carbo 9 and John 7 years old; but those seemed to me too high. They were working in a very dim light. Location: New York, New York (State)

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children adults laborers shoe industry missouri louisiana photographic prints workers fargo phelps shoe phelps shoe co boys six boys girls two girls face window large sign large sign child laborers child labor economic and social conditions united states history library of congress