Brush-making late at night. Photo taken at 9:00 P.M., and they work later. Girls are 12 and 14 years old and go to school working in the morning before school and at night after studying is finished. Mother said, "It is better for children to learn something useful to do." The three average one dozen brushes a day. (30 cents.) One of the girls said she would rather work then [i.e., than?] study. Shultz family, 476 Third Ave., Brooklyn. February 5, 1912. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)
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Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1912
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
brooklyn
Source
Library of Congress
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