![Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvZWlnaHQteWVhci1vbGQtc3lyaWFuLWdpcmwtcGhlb2JlLWllLXBob2ViZS10aG9tYXMtZ29pbmctdG8td29yay1hdC02LWFtLWF1Z3VzdC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/221/jpg "Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine.")
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Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine.
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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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Date
01/01/1911
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Eastport, 44.90619, -66.98998
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
