![Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a "ketchin-up-boy" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said "Sure!" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered "Don't unless I want to" asked why he went then, said "Want to learns something." 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbW9ub25nYWgtZ2xhc3MtY28tZmFpcm1vbnQtdy12YS1qby1iZWZvcmUtYS1nbGFzcy13a3MtYm95LWdvaW5nLWhvbWUtNS1wbS1oZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/225/jpg "Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a \"ketchin-up-boy\" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said \"Sure!\" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered \"Don't unless I want to\" asked why he went then, said \"Want to learns something.\" 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.")
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![Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a "ketchin-up-boy" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said "Sure!" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered "Don't unless I want to" asked why he went then, said "Want to learns something." 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbW9ub25nYWgtZ2xhc3MtY28tZmFpcm1vbnQtdy12YS1qby1iZWZvcmUtYS1nbGFzcy13a3MtYm95LWdvaW5nLWhvbWUtNS1wbS1oZS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a \"ketchin-up-boy\" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said \"Sure!\" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered \"Don't unless I want to\" asked why he went then, said \"Want to learns something.\" 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.")
![Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a "ketchin-up-boy" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said "Sure!" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered "Don't unless I want to" asked why he went then, said "Want to learns something." 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbW9ub25nYWgtZ2xhc3MtY28tZmFpcm1vbnQtdy12YS1qby1iZWZvcmUtYS1nbGFzcy13a3MtYm95LWdvaW5nLWhvbWUtNS1wbS1oZS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a \"ketchin-up-boy\" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said \"Sure!\" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered \"Don't unless I want to\" asked why he went then, said \"Want to learns something.\" 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.")
Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, West Virginia. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a "ketchin-up-boy" $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said "Sure!" (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered "Don't unless I want to" asked why he went then, said "Want to learns something." 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.
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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
01/01/1908
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Fairmont (W. Va.), 39.48500, -80.14250
Source
Library of Congress
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