![Field-workers, Amer[ican] Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 yrs. old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, "We have to hire boys because we can't get men to do the work." Many of them live in Hartord, Conn., and go back and forth on the trolley. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvZmllbGQtd29ya2Vycy1hbWVyaWNhbi1zdW1hdHJhLXRvYmFjY28tY28tdGhlLXN1cHQtY2FsbGVkLXRoZS1ib3lzLW91dC10by10aGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/230/jpg "Field-workers, Amer[ican] Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 yrs. old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, \"We have to hire boys because we can't get men to do the work.\" Many of them live in Hartord, Conn., and go back and forth on the trolley. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.")
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![Field-workers, Amer. Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 years old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, "We have to hire boys because we can't get men to do the work." Many of them live in Hartford, Conn., and go back and forth on the trolley. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvZmllbGQtd29ya2Vycy1hbWVyLXN1bWF0cmEtdG9iYWNjby1jby10aGUtc3VwdC1jYWxsZWQtdGhlLWJveXMtb3V0LXRvLXRoZS1lbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Field-workers, Amer. Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 years old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, \"We have to hire boys because we can't get men to do the work.\" Many of them live in Hartford, Conn., and go back and forth on the trolley. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.")
![10 year old leaf boy and three "stringers," 10, 12, and 13 yrs. old. Tobacco shed of American Sumatra Tob. Co. In these two sheds were 41 girls and boys from 10 to 15 yrs., and only 24 girls and women of 16 and over. The leaf-boys get $1.50 a day and some of the stringers of 10 and 12 make $1.20 a day, according to the Supt. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvMTAteWVhci1vbGQtbGVhZi1ib3ktYW5kLXRocmVlLXN0cmluZ2Vycy0xMC0xMi1hbmQtMTMteXJzLW9sZC10b2JhY2NvLXNoZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "10 year old leaf boy and three \"stringers,\" 10, 12, and 13 yrs. old. Tobacco shed of American Sumatra Tob. Co. In these two sheds were 41 girls and boys from 10 to 15 yrs., and only 24 girls and women of 16 and over. The leaf-boys get $1.50 a day and some of the stringers of 10 and 12 make $1.20 a day, according to the Supt. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.")
![10 year old leaf boy and three "stringers" 10, 12, and 13 years old. Tobacco shed of American Sumatra Tobacco Co. In these two sheds were 41 girls and boys from 10 to 15 years, and only 24 girls and women of 16 years and up. The leaf-boys get $1.50 a day and some of the stringers of 10 and 12 make $1.20 a day, according to the Supt. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvMTAteWVhci1vbGQtbGVhZi1ib3ktYW5kLXRocmVlLXN0cmluZ2Vycy0xMC0xMi1hbmQtMTMteWVhcnMtb2xkLXRvYmFjY28tc2hlZC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "10 year old leaf boy and three \"stringers\" 10, 12, and 13 years old. Tobacco shed of American Sumatra Tobacco Co. In these two sheds were 41 girls and boys from 10 to 15 years, and only 24 girls and women of 16 years and up. The leaf-boys get $1.50 a day and some of the stringers of 10 and 12 make $1.20 a day, according to the Supt. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.")
Field-workers, Amer[ican] Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 yrs. old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, "We have to hire boys because we can't get men to do the work." Many of them live in Hartord, Conn., and go back and forth on the trolley. Location: S[outh] Windsor, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1917
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
South Windsor (Conn.), 41.82361, -72.62111
Source
Library of Congress
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