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![Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives here. Says picking makes her hands sore. (Not[e] the condition of her shoes. One worker told me, "The acid in the shrimp eats the shoes off your feet.") She says she earns a dollar a day when shrimp are big. Goes to school, but not when factory is busy. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvbGlsbGlhbi1kYW1icmluaW8tYW4tZWxldmVuLXllYXItb2xkLXNocmltcC1waWNrZXItaW4tcGVlcmxlc3Mtb3lzdGVyLWNvLXNoZS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives here. Says picking makes her hands sore. (Not[e] the condition of her shoes. One worker told me, \"The acid in the shrimp eats the shoes off your feet.\") She says she earns a dollar a day when shrimp are big. Goes to school, but not when factory is busy. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.")
Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working. (See photo 2062). The boss said that next year Mary will work steady as the rest of them. The mother is the fastest shucker in the place. Earns $1.50 a day. Works part of the time with her sick baby in her arms. Father works on the dock. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1911
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
dunbar
Source
Library of Congress
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