Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a day. Also Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early and late, in the hot sun. Picks about thirty-five pounds a day. Father, mother, and several brothers and sisters pick. They get only five or six months of schooling. "It's not 'nuff," the father said. The children said "We'd ruther go to school." Address Box 18, R.F.D. Location: Denison, Texas.
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1913
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Denison (Tex.), 33.75556, -96.53667
Source
Library of Congress
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