![This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do family, but kept out of school to work. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvdGhpcy1zaG93cy1hLXR5cGljYWwtYmVldC10b3BwaW5nLWtuaWZlLXdpdGgtdGhlLWRhbmdlcm91cy1ob29rLW9uLXRoZS1lbmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/227/jpg "This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do family, but kept out of school to work. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.")
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![Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvc2l4LXllYXItb2xkLWpvLXB1bGxpbmctYmVldHMtZm9yLWhpcy1wYXJlbnRzLW9uLWEtZmFybS1uZWFyLXN0ZXJsaW5nLWNvbG8tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.")
![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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvc2V2ZW4teWVhci1vbGQtYWxleC1yZWliZXItdG9wcGluZy1oZS1zYWlkLWktaG9va2VkLW1lLWtuZWUtd2l0aC10aGUtYmVldC1rbmlmZS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "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.")
![The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who moved here six years ago from South Nebraska and owns four hundred acres now. In the distance is the home of a Russian who rents land from him and another who works on contract. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWhvbWUtb2YtYS1wcm9zcGVyb3VzLWJlZXQtZ3Jvd2VyLW5lYXItc3RlcmxpbmctY29sb3JhZG8td2hvLW1vdmVkLWhlcmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who moved here six years ago from South Nebraska and owns four hundred acres now. In the distance is the home of a Russian who rents land from him and another who works on contract. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.")
This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do family, but kept out of school to work. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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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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