![[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and will lose 10 weeks of schooling. His father said that he needed the boy's help. He plows, plants, chops cotton, picks cotton. The father said: "He ain't very fast." Said he was 10 years old. The sister said he was 12 years old.] Location: Valdosta, Georgia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvcmFkZXItY29wZWxhbmQtbGFrZS1wYXJrLWhlLXdhcy1wbG93aW5nLWR1cmluZy1zY2hvb2wtaG91cnMtYW5kLXdpbGwtbG9zZS0xMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/196/jpg "[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and will lose 10 weeks of schooling. His father said that he needed the boy's help. He plows, plants, chops cotton, picks cotton. The father said: \"He ain't very fast.\" Said he was 10 years old. The sister said he was 12 years old.] Location: Valdosta, Georgia.")
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![[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me."]. Location: [Scotland Neck, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvbmFubmllLWNvbGVzb24tbG9vcGVyLXdoby1zYWlkLXNoZS13YXMtMTEteWVhcnMtb2xkLWFuZC1oYXMtYmVlbi13b3JraW5nLWluLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, \"There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me.\"]. Location: [Scotland Neck, North Carolina]")
![Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said: "She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in school--5th grade." He owns the farm and expects to build soon. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvZGVtZXRyYS1qb25lcy1mYXRoZXItZ2ctam9uZXMtci0zLXNvbm9yYS1reS0xMS15ZWFyLW9sZC1mYXJtLWhhbmQtZmF0aGVyLXNhaWQtMi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said: \"She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in school--5th grade.\" He owns the farm and expects to build soon. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.")
![A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year. Location: Apalachicola, Florida.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYS15b3VuZy1veXN0ZXItZmlzaGVyLW90aGVycy1zbWFsbGVyLWVtcGxveWVkLWluLWJ1c3ktc2Vhc29uLWFwYWxhY2hpY29sYS1mbGEtMS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year. Location: Apalachicola, Florida.")
![[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work. "The boys can keep up with me all right, and all day long," the father said. Begin at 6 A.M. and work until 6 P.M. with hour off at noon. Several smaller children not work. See Hine Report for studies of amount of work done by these and other children. Oct. 30/15]. Location: [Ft. Collins vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvMTIteWVhci1vbGQtbGFobmVydC1ib3ktbmVhci1mdC1jb2xsaW5zLWNvbG8tdG9wcGluZy1iZWV0cy10aGUtZmF0aGVyLW1vdGhlci02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work. \"The boys can keep up with me all right, and all day long,\" the father said. Begin at 6 A.M. and work until 6 P.M. with hour off at noon. Several smaller children not work. See Hine Report for studies of amount of work done by these and other children. Oct. 30/15]. Location: [Ft. Collins vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine.")
[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and will lose 10 weeks of schooling. His father said that he needed the boy's help. He plows, plants, chops cotton, picks cotton. The father said: "He ain't very fast." Said he was 10 years old. The sister said he was 12 years old.] Location: Valdosta, Georgia.
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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1915
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Valdosta (Ga.), 30.83278, -83.27861
Source
Library of Congress
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