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[Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in the front of the picture, her sister--taller than she--next to her said--"13 years old"--but I doubt it. Ida has half hours ride in crowded stuffy cars to and from work each day. Leaving home at 6 A.M. and returning at 6:30 P.M. The doffing work in much of it standing, stooping and reaching. Bad for adolescent girl.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in...

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Smallest boy in group is Duke Gray, 66 Coburn Street, doffs in No. 1 spinning room and has been there one month. Seems 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Smallest boy in group is Duke Gray, 66 Coburn Street, doffs in No. 1 s...

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Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away from the planer. Schultze Waltum Co., Planing Mill. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away ...

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[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years.] Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 year...

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3 A.M. Sunday, February 23rd, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge. Harry Ahrenpreiss, 30 Willet Street. (Said was 13 years old). Abe Gramus. 37 Division Street. Witness Fred McMurray. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

3 A.M. Sunday, February 23rd, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridg...

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John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in #3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Sm...

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Smallest boy in group is Duke Gray, 66 Coburn Street, doffs in No. 1 spinning room and has been there one month. Seems 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Smallest boy in group is Duke Gray, 66 Coburn Street, doffs in No. 1 s...

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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Boy on extreme right end of photo is Jo Topent, 52 Pine St. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said he was 14 years old but does not appear to be. He was very suspicious of me and refused to be in first photo. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At the plow after school. See report. L.W. Hine. Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At th...

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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has been there four months. Helps push these heavily loaded cars. Appears to be about 12 or 13 years old. Location: Coal Creek, Tennessee.

Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...

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Some of night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. One boy is 13 years old. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Some of night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works, Bri...

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[Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years.] Location: Rochester, New York (State)

[Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20...

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Elsie and Sadie at their machines, Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Both said thirteen years old, but see photo and label 2102. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Elsie and Sadie at their machines, Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Both...

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Vennie and Verdie Yelverton. Eleven and thirteen years old. (See label 2079). Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Vennie and Verdie Yelverton. Eleven and thirteen years old. (See label...

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Same group as #2595. These boys and many others work late every week night, they said, usually until midnight. On Saturday most of the day and also night. Air is bad; associations are bad, the long hours and confinement are bad. One of the boys told me he was 10 yrs. old, five boys told me 11 years old, three boys told me 12 years old and I could not question many. Late Saturday night, I counted one boy of 10 years, five of 11 years, nineteen boys apparently 12 and 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Same group as #2595. These boys and many others work late every week n...

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Alexander Durand, 35 Tucker Street, next boy in middle of picture appears 12 years old. Is in mill room No. 2. Joseph Courtois, 33 Tucker St., at the right Alex. appears about 13 years old. Works in the spinning room. Majorie Bonclair, at left of Alex. see 2592. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Alexander Durand, 35 Tucker Street, next boy in middle of picture appe...

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Alber Therien at right end of picture, 30 Salem Street, appears 13 years old, has been 4 weeks in spinning room No. 9, on the fourth floor of the Lawrence mills. Joseph Guerard, left hand end of picture, 21 Perkins Street, appears 12 years old, has worked 12 months. Neither speaks nor understands English. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Alber Therien at right end of picture, 30 Salem Street, appears 13 yea...

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[The white Arabian horse named Bedevi, 13 years old, 1 meter and 55 centimeters] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The white Arabian horse named Bedevi, 13 years old, 1 meter and 55 ce...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 4. No. 14. In album: Horses at the Imperial Stud Farm, Istanbul environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collecti... More

Ethel Shumate (see photo 2190). Has been rolling cigarettes in Danville (Virginia) Factory for six months. Lives, 614 Upper Street. Said she was thirteen years old, but it is doubtful. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Ethel Shumate (see photo 2190). Has been rolling cigarettes in Danvill...

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Alber Therien at right end of picture, 30 Salem Street, appears 13 years old, has been 4 weeks in spinning room No. 9, on the fourth floor of the Lawrence mills. Joseph Guerard, left hand end of picture, 21 Perkins Street, appears 12 years old, has worked 12 months. Neither speaks nor understands English. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Alber Therien at right end of picture, 30 Salem Street, appears 13 yea...

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School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

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Elizabeth Demaris [i.e., Demarais?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, Winchendon, Massachusetts. Been working since May. Lumina Demaris, sister of Elizabeth, admitted 12 years old. Been a doffer in Spring Village Mill all summer, Father and sister Elizabeth works steady. They keep two boarders. Her doffing crew has three girls and 5 boys. Location: Winchendon, Massachusettsachusetts.

Elizabeth Demaris [i.e., Demarais?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Sp...

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Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St., works in Eclipse Mills. Apparently 13 years old. Right hand. Left hand, Albert Duquette, 183 Union St. works in weave shed, putting drop wires on weave machine. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts.

Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St., works in Eclipse Mills. Apparently 13 year...

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Twin sisters Winnie and Jimmie. Spinners in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. Said thirteen years old, but see photo and label 2102. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Twin sisters Winnie and Jimmie. Spinners in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mi...

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Erenne La Prise, on left, apparently 13 years old, a doffer at Spring Village Mill, said he had been working a year and a half. Als de Gauthier, apparently under 14 (next Erenne) also a doffer at Spring Village Mill. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Erenne La Prise, on left, apparently 13 years old, a doffer at Spring ...

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Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in the front of the picture, her sister--taller than she--next to her said--"13 years old"--but I doubt it. Ida has half hours ride in crowded stuffy cars to and from work each day. Leaving home at 6 A.M. and returning at 6:30 P.M. The doffing work in much of it standing, stooping and reaching. Bad for adolescent girl. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in ...

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Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West. One Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record. Another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve year old was under legal age according to one of the boys there, Calvin Caughlin who did not appear to be fifteen years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it is likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work. Location: West, Texas.

Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West...

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The two smallest boys in the group are Patrick Roddy, 968 Central Street, who doffs in No. 1 spinning room, and has been working there three months. Walter McNally, 7 North Street, works in No. 2, spinning room and appears 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

The two smallest boys in the group are Patrick Roddy, 968 Central Stre...

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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has been there four months. Helps push these heavily loaded cars. Appears to be about 12 or 13 years old. Location: Coal Creek, Tennessee.

Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...

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Newsies selling at 10 P.M. Boy on left: Joseph Mandi, 11 years old, 241, 7th St.; James Yarnell, 13 years old, 179 N. Division St. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Newsies selling at 10 P.M. Boy on left: Joseph Mandi, 11 years old, 24...

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Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1 Merrimac Mill, Lowell, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size) 32 Marion St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for six months; about 13 or 14 probably. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been wo...

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Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, Hughestown Borough. A youngster who has been working in Breaker #9 Pennsylvania Company for four months, said he was 13 years old, but very doubtful. He has a brother Tony probably under 14, working. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, Hughestown Borough. A youngster who ha...

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Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 years old girl, Catina Termine finishes the garments and carries them back and forth. Location: Boston, Massachusettsachusetts.

Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 y...

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Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he is 13 years old now, but worked when he was 12, and in other mills for 2 years before that. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine last week, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine, and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pat me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Not a member of the family could read or write. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he i...

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Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C. August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

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N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 years. 13 years old. Doffs--75 cents a day. Eureka Cotton Mills, Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 year...

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Name: At the "Glory Hole." A midnight scene in a N.J. Glass Works. Cumberland Glass W[or]ks, Bridgeton, N.J. His name in Edwin Cope, 18, Mt. Vernon[?]. His mother read me the date of his birth from the family record--Mar. 26, 1996 [i.e., 1896]. This proves him to be 13 years old. Nov. 1, 1909. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Name: At the "Glory Hole." A midnight scene in a N.J. Glass Works. Cum...

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[Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, been working since May.] Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

[Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the S...

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Comparison of Ages: Four Portuguese boys in front of home of Antone Mello, 26 County St. Boy on the left end (tallest) is a school boy. Said 13 years old. Boy on right end (shortest) is a school boy said 12 years old. Between them are: Jo Viera, sais[sic] 15 years, and Antone Mello, said 14 years. Both have been cleaning in Kilburn Mill for 2 years, in #1 spinning room. Both from "the Islands" a few years ago. Antone is very illiterate, spoke almost no English, could hardly write his name. I asked the tallest boy how Antone could be in the mill. He said they lie about their ages. If I came from the Islands, I could fool them about my age too and go in the mill. He said the priests fixed it up. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Comparison of Ages: Four Portuguese boys in front of home of Antone Me...

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Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash. See 4409. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash....

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Same group as #2595. These boys and many others work late every week night, they said, usually until midnight. On Saturday most of the day and also night. Air is bad; associations are bad, the long hours and confinement are bad. One of the boys told me he was 10 yrs. old, five boys told me 11 years old, three boys told me 12 years old and I could not question many. Late Saturday night, I counted one boy of 10 years, five of 11 years, nineteen boys apparently 12 and 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Same group as #2595. These boys and many others work late every week n...

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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Boy on extreme right end of photo is Jo Topent, 52 Pine St. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said he was 14 years old but does not appear to be. He was very suspicious of me and refused to be in first photo. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 years old girl, Catina Termine finishes the garments and carries them back and forth. Location: Boston, Massachusettsachusetts.

Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 y...

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Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy,--Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy,--Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years...

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Boys working at Hamilton Brown Shoe Company. Hubert Homesley, 13 years old, said he had been working there over six months. He and 10 other boys had been laid off. Erba Conley said he was 15 but looked 12, said the boys had been laid off because there is a fine if boys under 14 work,. Location: Columbia, Missouri.

Boys working at Hamilton Brown Shoe Company. Hubert Homesley, 13 years...

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Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle 10, Zelina 12 and Florence 13 years old. Brother 14 and sister 16. Father, John Richard rents farm near Centre School. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle 10, Zelina 12 and Florence 13 years old....

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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see report of L.W. Hine, April 1912). Following are names of youngest: Little Audrey Shrier (8 yrs. old), Arthur Goldbert (4 yrs. old), Frank Goldberg (6 yrs. old), Jeannette Goldberg (10 yrs.old), 463 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington D.C., Marion Skinner (4yrs. old), Gertrude Skinner (12 yrs. old), 910 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington D.C. Ann Suter (7 yrs.), 27 H St., N.W. Grace George (9 yrs. old), 425--7th, S.W. Rose Friedberg (12 yrs. old), 129 Heckman St., S[?] W. Devid Zeregen (13 years old), 1215 E St., N.W. Portland Ratcliffe, (15 yrs. old), 66 I St., N.W. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The...

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Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash. See 4409. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash....

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Going home from Loray Mill. Smallest boy on the right hand end, John Moore. 13 years old. Been in mill 6 years as sweeper, doffer and spinner. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Going home from Loray Mill. Smallest boy on the right hand end, John M...

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1 A.M. near the World Building, ready to start out. Two of the sleepers (See No. 21[A]) Larger boy Abraham Jachnes, 13 years old. Newsboys Lodging House, 14 Chambers St. Has not been home for 6 months because step-mother has been trying to put him into a House of Refuge. Could not get name of smaller boy, but he was younger, probably 11 years old. These boys are hanging about and snatching and occasional sleep in sheltered spots. Location: New York, New York (State)

1 A.M. near the World Building, ready to start out. Two of the sleeper...

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Whitnel (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Everyone in this family except the mother, works in the mill. Father earns $1.00 a day. Smallest girl, Annie Philips, been there only a few months, earns nearly a dollar a day. Next in size, Clara Phillips, 13 years old, Been there 3 or 4 years, earns over a dollar a day. Next, Daisy Philips. Next, Mary Philips. A dollar a day each. Oldest is married and husband is in the mill. The superintendent said it is unusual for the father to work when children get large enough to work. He usually loafs. That's why the mills are so full of children. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

Whitnel (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Everyone in this family except the mother...

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Batise Joseph. Winchendon. Doffer in Glenakkeb [i.e., Glenallen] Mill. Father and Mother said, "He is 12 years old. Has been doffing all summer. Will go to school." Query: Will he go to school? Another boy, 13 years old, in this mill said, "I'll stay at work until they come after me." Older sister and parents illiterate. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Batise Joseph. Winchendon. Doffer in Glenakkeb [i.e., Glenallen] Mill....

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A few of the young workers in Hughes Brothers Candy Factory, S. Ervay St., I counted five going and coming at night and at noon, that appeared to be from 12 to 15 years old. One girl told me that she is 13 years old, "but we have to tell them we're 15. I run a chocolate Machine." Location: Dallas, Texas.

A few of the young workers in Hughes Brothers Candy Factory, S. Ervay ...

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George Barbee, 13 years old worming. Lives near Bell School. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

George Barbee, 13 years old worming. Lives near Bell School. Location...

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Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C. August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

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#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. February 12,1908. Small boy in centre of group is Joseph Levite, 83 Hester Street, 13 years old. Small boy on his right and below is Abraham Jachnes (See photo # 22[A]) Location: New York, New York (State)

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. Fe...

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A.D.T. boy, 13 years old. 1 1/2 years at it; works from noon till 10:30 P.M. Said he "carries notes, etc." Location: Burlington, Vermont.

A.D.T. boy, 13 years old. 1 1/2 years at it; works from noon till 10:3...

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A.D.T. Boy, 13 years old. One and one-half years at it. Works from noon to 10:30 P.M. Said he "carries notes, etc." Location: Burlington, Vermont.

A.D.T. Boy, 13 years old. One and one-half years at it. Works from noo...

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Lloyd McAbee and Walter Brown (in front) and the rest of the family except the mother. The parents said they couldn't find the family record, that the boys were 12 and 13 years old. The father works the farm 3 miles away. Sister in the mill. Mother wouldn't be photographed. (See family group 2989 [sic?]). Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina]

Lloyd McAbee and Walter Brown (in front) and the rest of the family ex...

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Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (two of them under legal age) work regularly in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill. Charlie is thirteen years old. Family Record said he was born March 12, 1900. Mattie is fourteen years old. Family Record says born November 14, 1898. Both of them have been working in a cotton mill at Laurel, Miss., for one year. Been working here for two weeks. Have steady jobs. Get about $1.25 a day. Charlie was put right to work in spite of the fact that he is in very bad shape physically. Probably malaria. The other worker is sixteen. Location: West, Texas.

Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (tw...

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George Barbee, 13 years old hoeing. Lives near Bell School. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

George Barbee, 13 years old hoeing. Lives near Bell School. Location:...

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[Photograph of miniature by unknown artist showing two brothers, James McNeill Whistler, 15 years old, and William Whistler, 13 years old]

[Photograph of miniature by unknown artist showing two brothers, James...

Reproduction of painting made ca. 1850. Library has three copies. One mounted with photographer's logo: Geo. E. Tingley, Mystic, Conn. Forms part of James and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana.

Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Tom Jenkins (left hand end) 13 years old, been in mill 3 year. Walter Jenkins, 15 years old. 4 years in mill. John Glover, (right hand) 16 years old, at mill 5 years. Closing hour, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Tom Jenkins (left hand end) 13 years old,...

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In a saloon doorway at 8:30 P.M. Left to right: George Cappello, 12 years old, 270 Jay Street. Frank Laporter, 13 years old, 47 Third Avenue. Location: Utica, New York (State)

In a saloon doorway at 8:30 P.M. Left to right: George Cappello, 12 ye...

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Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers....

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George Barbee, 13 years old topping. Lives near Bell School. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

George Barbee, 13 years old topping. Lives near Bell School. Location...

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Georgia girl appointed House Page by father. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Rep. E.E. Cox, Democrat of Georgia, and his daughter, Gene, whom he has appointed to serve as his personal page, this session in the house. Gene, who is 13 years old and can speak three languages, will be the first girl in the history of Congress to serve as a page, 1/3/39

Georgia girl appointed House Page by father. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3....

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Name: A few of the workers on night shift, Cumberland Glass [Works], Bridgeton, N.J. One boy is 13 years old. Nov. 15, 1909. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Name: A few of the workers on night shift, Cumberland Glass [Works], B...

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Name: A few of the workers on night shift, Cumberland Glass [Works], Bridgeton, N.J. One boy is 13 years old. Nov. 15, 1909. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Name: A few of the workers on night shift, Cumberland Glass [Works], B...

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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co. in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has been there four months. Helps push these heavily loaded cars. Appears to be about 12 or 13 years old. Location: Coal Creek, Tennessee.

Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...

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Antonio Satera, 135 1/2 Common St., works in folding-in room of the Wood Mill. Is an illiterate - probably 13 years old. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Antonio Satera, 135 1/2 Common St., works in folding-in room of the Wo...

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The Yelverton Family. Ten in the family. Live in a six-room house, "The only one on the street," they told me repeatedly. Two years ago the came here from the farm fifty miles away and a mile from the R.R. where they owned 135 acres. Father and four oldest boys have been working in the Laurel Cotton Mills for two years. Father said, "the little girls don't work, an' we're not goin' to let 'em if we can help it. We'll send 'em to school an' make ladies out of em. I don't reckon we'll ever go back to the farm. They all like the mill work. It's light work, but not very healthy though." The boys said, "We'd ruther work in the mill, It's easier. No hot sun an' no cold in winter 'cause they heat the mill then." The two youngest boys, eleven and thirteen years old, the father said, have been in the mill two years, and have had almost no schooling, and no likelihood of getting any more. The mother said, "I don't like to live in the city near so well. We're more shut in, an' we can't give the boys the schoolin' they ought to have 'cause they've got to work in the mill (wages is so low). We haven't been so well as on the farm." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

The Yelverton Family. Ten in the family. Live in a six-room house, "Th...

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Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, Hughestown Borough, a youngster who has been working in Breaker #9 Pennsylvania Co. for four months, said he was 13 years old, but very doubtful. He has a brother, Tony, probably under 14 working. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, Hughestown Borough, a youngster who ha...

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Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers are: Kendall Hoffer, 4 Ave. & C St., said was 12 yrs. old and makes $3 to $5 a week. Sam. Mc Adams, A St., 12 years old. Working a long time. Makes a dollar a day some times. Tom Brantley, 7th Ave., said 13 years old, but like the rest he did not appear to be. Irving Williams said he was 15, but? Boys all said none under 12 can work. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian...

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All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at breaker later). Philip Kurato (on left end of photo) 177 So. Main St., Pittston, Pennsylvania Working in breaker for 6 months, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Told the school Principal the other day he was 13 years old. Jo Tabone (middle) 141 Thompkin St., benn [i.e., been] working three years in Ewen Breaker. Said 14 years old but doesn't appear to be. Charlie Bootha (right-end) said he was 12 years old. Works at Ewen Breaker. Lives in Sebastopol. Couldn't spell his own name and didn't know name of street he lives on. Seems to be under 12 years old. All were suspicious of my sending them to school. Philip Kurato's step-mother told me (through an interpreter) that he has a birth certificate showing him to be 13 years old; that he has been working in the breaker for two years - and that Squire Barrett gave him his working papers. The step-mother owns a home near by, said to be worth $1,500. Location: Port Griffith, Pennsylvania.

All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at b...

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[Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912), while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks that he is 12. His brother (photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter."]. Location: [Bessemer, North Carolina].

[Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octo...

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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Bush is also topping. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers....

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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers....

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Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away from the planer. Schultze Waltum Co., Planing Mill. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away ...

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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co. in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has been there four months. Helps push these heavily loaded cars. Appears to be about 12 or 13 years old. Location: Coal Creek, Tennessee.

Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...

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Two boys exposed to all kinds of weather picking out slabs from chute with a heavy moving chain that carries up the wood. The younger boy said he was thirteen years old; the other might be fourteen or fifteen. The younger boy gets $5.00 a week. Miller - Link Lumber Co. Location: Orange, Texas.

Two boys exposed to all kinds of weather picking out slabs from chute ...

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These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the second grade of the Rockwood Place School, December 1. The age in this grade should be 7 and 8 years. The teacher said the retardation of these pupils was almost entirely due to their absences on account of beet work. Location: Fort Collins, Colorado / L.W. Hine.

These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the ...

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A. W.U. Messenger. Richard Tuck, #63, 13 years old. Sometimes works nights. Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

A. W.U. Messenger. Richard Tuck, #63, 13 years old. Sometimes works ni...

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Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St. Works in Eclipse Mills. Apparently 13 years old. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts.

Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St. Works in Eclipse Mills. Apparently 13 years...

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Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash. Lewis W. Hine. See 4409. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky.

Zelina & Florence Richards, 12 and 13 years old doing the family wash....

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Dennis Cavanaugh, 24 Bassett St., works in spinning room No. 6. Door boy is Alexander Stankiewicz, 3 Fayette Street, Millens' yard. Works in lower spinning room No. 2. Been there 1 1/2 years. Appears 12 or 13 years old. Massachusetts. mill gate near Bridge Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Location: Lowell, Massachusettsachusetts.

Dennis Cavanaugh, 24 Bassett St., works in spinning room No. 6. Door b...

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Mrs. Gay, 33 James Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts., and children - 5, 7, 12, and 13 years old, setting stones in cheap jewelry. There were 244 stones in this lot. She said they earned about $5 a week when all worked steadily. (One boy of 10 works, not there when photo was taken.) They work every day except Saturday (house work day) and probably not much Sunday. Work after school and evenings until 8 P.M. or after. The children were home with sore throat, but working industriously. Father works in factory. Photo at 4 P.M. Location: Attleboro, Massachusettsachusetts.

Mrs. Gay, 33 James Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts., and children - 5...

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Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, been working since May. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Demarais [i.e., Demaris?], 13 years old. A spinner in the Sp...

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Dennis Cavanaugh, 24 Bassett St., works in spinning room No. 6. Door boy is Alexander Stankiewicz, 3 Fayette Street, Millens' yard. Works in lower spinning room No. 2. Been there 1 1/2 years. Appears 12 or 13 years old. Massachusetts. mill gate near Bridge Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Location: Lowell, Massachusettsachusetts.

Dennis Cavanaugh, 24 Bassett St., works in spinning room No. 6. Door b...

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Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he is 13 years old now, but worked when he was 12, and in other mills for 2 years before that. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine last week, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine, and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pat me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Not a member of the family could read or write. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he i...

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[Photograph of miniature by unknown artist showing two brothers, James McNeill Whistler, 15 years old, and William Whistler, 13 years old]

[Photograph of miniature by unknown artist showing two brothers, James...

Reproduction of painting made ca. 1850. Library has three copies. One mounted with photographer's logo: Geo. E. Tingley, Mystic, Conn. Forms part of James and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana.

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Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At the plow after school. See report. L.W. Hine. Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At th...

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Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille [i.e., Mill], Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years old (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said, "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the second grade of the Rockwood Place School, December 1. The age in this grade should be 7 and 8 years. The teacher said the retardation of these pupils was almost entirely due to their absences on account of beet work. Location: Fort Collins, Colorado / L.W. Hine.

These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the ...

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Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. Location: Rochester, New York (State)

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George Barbee, 13 years old hoeing. Lives near Bell School. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

George Barbee, 13 years old hoeing. Lives near Bell School. Location:...

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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see report of L.W. Hine, April 1912). Following are names of youngest: Little Audrey Shrier (8 yrs. old), Arthur Goldbert (4 yrs. old), Frank Goldberg (6 yrs. old), Jeannette Goldberg (10 yrs.old), 463 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington D.C., Marion Skinner (4yrs. old), Gertrude Skinner (12 yrs. old), 910 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington D.C. Ann Suter (7 yrs.), 27 H St., N.W. Grace George (9 yrs. old), 425--7th, S.W. Rose Friedberg (12 yrs. old), 129 Heckman St., S[?] W. Devid Zeregen (13 years old), 1215 E St., N.W. Portland Ratcliffe, (15 yrs. old), 66 I St., N.W. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

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