![Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'." Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvc2V2ZW4teWVhci1vbGQtYWxleC1yZWliZXItdG9wcGluZy1oZS1zYWlkLWktaG9va2VkLW1lLWtuZWUtd2l0aC10aGUtYmVldC1rbmlmZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/328/jpg "Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, \"I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'.\" Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.")
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![Katie Wohn, twelve-year-old topper. Said she cut a hole in her leg recently with the hook on the end of the knife. See Hine report. Photo Oct. 22/15. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEva2F0aWUtd29obi10d2VsdmUteWVhci1vbGQtdG9wcGVyLXNhaWQtc2hlLWN1dC1hLWhvbGUtaW4taGVyLWxlZy1yZWNlbnRseS13aXRoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Katie Wohn, twelve-year-old topper. Said she cut a hole in her leg recently with the hook on the end of the knife. See Hine report. Photo Oct. 22/15. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.")
![[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLTgtYW5kLTEwLXlyLW9sZC1jaGlsZHJlbi1oZXJlLWFyZS13b3JraW5nLWJlZXRzLW9uLWEtZmFybS1uZWFyLXN0ZXJsaW5nLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, \"We have to get done.\"]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.")
![Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job for such a child. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 23/15.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvbmluZS15ZWFyLW9sZC1wYXVsaW5lLXJlaWJlci10b3BwaW5nLWJlZXRzLWEtZGFuZ2Vyb3VzLWFuZC1oYXJkLWpvYi1mb3Itc3VjaC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job for such a child. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 23/15.")
Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'." Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.
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Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1915
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Sterling (Colo.), 40.62556, -103.20778
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
