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Typical group of Home Workers crocheting on steps, 16 South Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

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Typical group of Home Workers crocheting on steps, 16 South Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

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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

01/01/1912

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Location

Somerville, 42.38760, -71.09950

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Library of Congress

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