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Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years. Began when I was six years old for 5 cents a day. Lately I was workin $1.25 a day but got to spittin blood and had to quit." He was truely "scrap[p]ed" and of little use to himself or the world. Roy Hammett, Spartanberg, S.C. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years...

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Rose Oquoto, 6 years old, and Flora Oquoto, 7 years old, live at 837 Kimball St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Picking cranberries at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Rose Oquoto, 6 years old, and Flora Oquoto, 7 years old, live at 837 K...

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A Little "Shaver," Indianapolis Newsboy, 41 inches high. Said he was 6 years old. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

A Little "Shaver," Indianapolis Newsboy, 41 inches high. Said he was 6...

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Flower making. A night scene (Photo at 10:30 P.M. and not finished, Jan 29, 1912). Carrie Brindisi,12 years old, 134 1/2 Thompson Street, 2[nd] fl[oor] front. Carries [sic] goes to school. Works after school and nights, Rosie (six years old) helps too. Location: New York, New York (State)

Flower making. A night scene (Photo at 10:30 P.M. and not finished, Ja...

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Daniel Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Boy 6 years old, stays around in the mill all day. Mother and sister both work there. Helps a little. How soon will he be drafted into regular service?. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Daniel Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Boy 6 years old, stays around in...

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Home of Johnnie Merkle, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 years old. Father owns his home and butcher shop. Johnnie's brother owns and runs a nickelodeon. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Home of Johnnie Merkle, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 yea...

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White House children receive greetings. Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover, 3rd, received a message of Christmas greetings from the children of Washington. Kitty Murray and Harry G. Holme, Jr., both 6 years old, called at the White House and presented the message to the President's grandchildren. Left to right: Kitty, Peggy Ann, Herbert, and Harry. 12/24/30

White House children receive greetings. Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover, ...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 children are 3 years of age, 3 are 4 years old, 1 is 5 years old, and 1 is 6 years old. During the berry season the families get out into the field at 4 o'clock in the morning, and each child is assigned to 2 rows of berry growth, each 300 yards, long, and when the whistle of the padrone sounds they start picking and generally quit work about 1 P.M. There are days when the work continues until 4 and 5 o'clock in the evening. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 chi...

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James L. Long, 10 years old, 39 Market Street, Northampton, Massachusetts., and his cousin Johnnie O'Brien, 6 years old who is learning the trade. Location: Northampton, Massachusettsachusetts.

James L. Long, 10 years old, 39 Market Street, Northampton, Massachuse...

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Daniel Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Boy 6 years old, stays around in the mill all day. Mother and sister both work there. Helps a little. How soon will he be drafted into regular service?. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Daniel Mfg. Company, Lincolnton, N.C. Boy 6 years old, stays around in...

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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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A Little "Shaver," Indianapolis Newsboy, 41 inches high. Said he was 6 years old. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

A Little "Shaver," Indianapolis Newsboy, 41 inches high. Said he was 6...

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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Brother Vincent said 11. Vincent picked last year. Inez, sister said 6 years old, "and picked last year wid me mudder." Smallest one not quite large enough to work. Father works in Parker Mills. Location: Parker Mills [vicinity], Massachusetts.

Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Br...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 years old and lives at 1506 S. Robinson St. Onem said: "I never have been in school in my life but I got a pretty good education - sellin papers." Been selling here 6 months. See report on Truants by L.W. Hine. These boys are truants who were photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 ye...

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Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' since I was 5 years old." Lives 44 Bowler St., Fall River. Sister Jeanette said 6 years old beginning to pick now. Also their cousin Anita (on right hand) 7 years old regular picker. Began last year. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' ...

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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [i.e., Laissez] Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina.

The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [i.e., Laissez] Faires Policy. He...

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All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P.M. The youngest ones shuck before and after school. Two youngest are Lillie and Sadie Bilski, 8 and 6 years old. They shuck regularly. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P....

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Home of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars a month. Husband also works about ten days a month on odd jobs outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two. Three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."

Home of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California. They b...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. The youngest boys are 5 and 6 years old. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. The you...

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Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 years old. Been picking this summer at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Sept. 27, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsy...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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Willie ---, a Richmond, Virginia newsboy. Told me first he was 8, then admitted 7, and finally 6 years old. Compare 5 year old with him in photo 2210B. Location: Richmond, Virginia.

Willie ---, a Richmond, Virginia newsboy. Told me first he was 8, then...

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All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. The youngest boys are 5 and 6 years old. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. The you...

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Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement deserted. Mother and father working on Five-acre Bog. Location: Makepeace Bog near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement ...

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Johnnie Merkle 6 years old newsie. Home of Johnnie, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 years old. Father owns this house and butchers shop. Johnnie's brother owns and runs a nickelode[o]n. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Johnnie Merkle 6 years old newsie. Home of Johnnie, 5110 N. Broadway. ...

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Another Benkendorfer farm near West. Owned by father and well kept up. Mandy, six years old, picks twenty-five pounds a day. Sophie, nine years old picks ninety pounds a day. Seven in family. Frugal Bohemians. Contrast these owned farms with those of the renters. It is estimated that over half of the farms around here are rented. Location: West, Texas.

Another Benkendorfer farm near West. Owned by father and well kept up....

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Sonny and Pete newsboys. One is six years old. They began at 6:00 A.M. Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Sonny and Pete newsboys. One is six years old. They began at 6:00 A.M....

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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."

Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They b...

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Rose Oquoto, 6 years old, and Flora Oquoto, 7 years old, live at 837 Kimball St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Picking cranberries at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Rose Oquoto, 6 years old, and Flora Oquoto, 7 years old, live at 837 K...

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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Brother Vincent said 11. Vincent picked last year. Inez, sister said 6 years old, "and picked last year wid me mudder." Smallest one not quite large enough to work. Father works in Parker Mills. Location: Parker Mills [vicinity], Massachusetts.

Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Br...

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Susie, said 6 years old. Picks about 5 pails a day. Clarence, said 7 years. Nine out of the seventy workers were from 6 to 12 years old. Mostly Syrians from Boston and Providence. Location: East Wareham [vicinity] - Maple Park Bog, Massachusetts.

Susie, said 6 years old. Picks about 5 pails a day. Clarence, said 7 y...

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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie," six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven year old boy picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [sic] Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina.

The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [sic] Faires Policy. Herman Parke...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read or write. The mother does mill work some. Alice, 17 years has steady job. Makes from $5 to $6 a week. Alfred, 13 years now, worked here when he was 12, and in other mills before that. Makes $4 a week. Recently crippled by getting his hand caught in the cogs of a spinning machine. Richard just reached 11. Been working here 1 year; began when he was 10. Makes $2.40 a week. "The work runs him down too." William, 6 years old, nearly blind. Lizzie, 5 years old. Home in utter neglect; filthy and bare. When investigator called the mother had been gone about an hour, leaving a roomer's 3 months old baby in the cradle before an open fire on the hearth, and only two children 5 and 6 years old - one nearly blind, playing around. She came back and fed them a lot of cheap candy. What will Society reap from its neglect of this family? Shaw Cotton Mills. Location: South Weldon, North Carolina.

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including t...

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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."

Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They b...

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Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 years old and lives at 1506 S. Robinson St. Onem said: "I never have been in school in my life but I got a pretty good education - sellin papers." Been selling here 6 months. See report on Truants by L.W. Hine. These boys are truants who were photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 ye...

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Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement deserted. Mother and father working on Five-acre Bog. Location: Makepeace Bog near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement ...

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Home of Rufine Morini, 6, Coburn Street, South Framingham, Massachusetts. Two mothers, three children - 10, 8 and 6 years old, working on tags for Dennison. Children anaemic. Make $10 (more or less) a month. (See also Report.) Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: South Framingham, Massachusettsachusetts.

Home of Rufine Morini, 6, Coburn Street, South Framingham, Massachuset...

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Willie ---, a Richmond, Virginia newsboy. Told me first he was 8, then admitted 7, and finally 6 years old. Compare 5 year old with him in photo 2210B. Location: Richmond, Virginia.

Willie ---, a Richmond, Virginia newsboy. Told me first he was 8, then...

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The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [sic] Faires Policy. Herman Parker, said six years old, and he and others said he had worked in the Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, N.C. Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina.

The Logical Conclusion of the Lassez [sic] Faires Policy. Herman Parke...

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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at...

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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith, five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, boy, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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Fank Denato, 6 years old; Tom Denato, 4 years old; Domino Denato, 12 years old. 902 Montrose St., Philadelphia, and Padrone. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Fank Denato, 6 years old; Tom Denato, 4 years old; Domino Denato, 12 y...

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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith, five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, boy, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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Willie Crocker, (barefoot) Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. 13 years old-- "worked since I was 6 years old." Lost part of finger in gear of machinery. Fred Crocker--11 years old. 1 year in mill. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Willie Crocker, (barefoot) Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. 13 years old-- "w...

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Willie ---, a Richmond Virginia, newsboy. Told me first that he was 8, then admitted 7, and finally 6 years old. Compare 5 year old with him in photo 2210B. Location: Richmond, Virginia.

Willie ---, a Richmond Virginia, newsboy. Told me first that he was 8,...

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Home of Rufine Morini, 6, Coburn Street, South Framingham, Massachusetts. Two mothers, three children - 10, 8 and 6 years old, working on tags for Dennison. Children anaemic. Make $10 (more or less) a month. (See also Report.) Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: South Framingham, Massachusettsachusetts.

Home of Rufine Morini, 6, Coburn Street, South Framingham, Massachuset...

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