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February 12 --  Lincoln's Birthday

February 12 -- Lincoln's Birthday

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's, 26:21 (Feb. 9, 1901).

A muzzle-loading gun - Public domain  drawing

A muzzle-loading gun - Public domain drawing

(DLC/PP-1935:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Book of Drawings / A.B. Frost. New York : P.F. Collier & Son, 1904.

He stopped to visit an old crony of his mother's

He stopped to visit an old crony of his mother's

Variant title pencilled on verso: An old crony of His Mother's who kept a millinery establishment neatly combined with a candy counter and a barrel of sauer-kraut. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of ... More

Do you know,--  I'd rather be a boy, said the clown

Do you know,-- I'd rather be a boy, said the clown

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Truant Mountebank" by Chester Holbrook Brown, Harper's magzine, 114:190 (Jan. 1907).

Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 108. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

[I never in my world seen how they all makes]

[I never in my world seen how they all makes]

Title from Woman's Home Companion. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Games in Gardens" by Myra Kelly, Woman's Home Companion, 36:11 (Oct. 1909).

[The messenger is the son of a king]

[The messenger is the son of a king]

The adopted son of an Indian Chief delivering a message to a plantation owner and his daughter which explains that he is their cousin. Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illu... More

[Woman holding child on her lap, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas]

[Woman holding child on her lap, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "unkno... More

A woman sitting on a bench with a dog, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A woman sitting on a bench with a dog, Georgia. Farm Security Administ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gratitude - Drawing. Public domain image., engraving, Library of Congress

Gratitude - Drawing. Public domain image., engraving, Library of Congr...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's young people, 9:876 (Oct. 9, 1888).

She belonged to a band who go about among the poor for district nursing

She belonged to a band who go about among the poor for district nursin...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Some of our Wise Virgins" by Lillie Hamilton French, Century, 63:328 (Jan. 1902).

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilmington, Delaware, noon period, May 24, 1910. Young girls obviously under 14 years of age, who work about 10 hours a day every day except Saturday. Investigator, Edward F. Brown].  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Virginia I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. Some of them, especially the girls, refused to be in the Photos. Location: Portsmouth, Virginia

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2237. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of Petersburg, Virginia I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently from 11 to 14 years old. Many of the smallest ones would not be photographed. Photo at 6:30 A.M.  Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Italian family crocheting bags. Father sick in bed (not contagious). (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Italian family crocheting bags. Father sick in bed (not contagious). (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3126. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

[Portraits of children and adults in the Bahamas; A candy seller in San Antonio, Tx.; School girls singing and dancing in San Antonio, Tx.]

[Portraits of children and adults in the Bahamas; A candy seller in Sa...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on bac... More

[Woman with child, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

[Woman with child, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "unkno... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Solvent" by Olivia Howard Dunbar, Harper's magazine, 113:289 (July 1906).

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law; next [to] him is father who works on the river; next is Manuel (appears to be 12 years old) wearing sweater and has arms folded, he has been a cleaner in the Holmes Cotton Mill for two years. John, Manuel's brother (next to him in photo) works in City Cotton Mill. Next is sister. At left of end is cousin. Small fry sprinkled around. All are very illiterate. John and Manuel are the only ones who can speak English and they only a little.  Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Johnny, what distinguished foreigner aided the Americans after the Revolution?" Johnny, after a pause: "God" / / William L. Jacobs.

"Johnny, what distinguished foreigner aided the Americans after the Re...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 37:463 (May 30, 1901). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley]

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley...

Title and date from mat. Not published. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Uncle George Washington Bings. "Well, the horse jumped over the sun, hey, he's bucking us off!"

Uncle George Washington Bings. "Well, the horse jumped over the sun, h...

Four-frame comic strip in which a toy-like horse bucks off a man (perhaps Uncle George) and two children who land in a pond lily. Inscribed in pencil upper right: The pond lily boat. No copyright information fo... More

Speak out, or git out, one or t'other

Speak out, or git out, one or t'other

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Daughters of Zion" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Scribner's, 40:413 (Oct. 1906).

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilmington, Delaware, noon period, May 24, 1910. Young girls obviously under 14 years of age, who work about 10 hours a day every day except Saturday. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.]  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910]

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. Berkley, Virginia  Location: Berkley, Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.)  Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See Succeeding photos and labels.) Location: West Point, Mississippi

Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See Succeeding phot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2130. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Nearly the entire force, Yooona i.e., Yocona Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi

Nearly the entire force, Yooona i.e., Yocona Mills, Water Valley, Miss...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2117. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2562. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel i.e., Grinell? St., New Bedford. Appeared about eight or nine: could not speak English except to tell us that he was a sweeper in the spinning room (two other boys confirmed this); watched him go in at noon and come out at 6 P.M. on Aug. 21, 1911. At the houses his mother gave his name as Jose Mello, ten years old. There was no certificate for this boy at the superintendent's office. Birth records ambiguous. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel i.e., Grinell? St., New Bedford. Appeared about ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2293. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Exterior of Sprague House Settlement Providence, on Saturday morning. The house was so full that these children could not go in Location: Providence, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Exterior of Sprague House Settlem...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3175. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Blind beggar. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma. L.W. Hine

Blind beggar. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma. L.W. Hine

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4786. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

[Man holding child, standing, facing front, possibly from the visit by Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle to Andros Island in the Bahamas]

[Man holding child, standing, facing front, possibly from the visit by...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photo taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Forms part of: Lomax collect... More

[Two contact sheets showing young adults acting in a medical farce and in a song and dance production, and African American and other children playing around and climbing on street sign at the corner of Cowell and Pride streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Two contact sheets showing young adults acting in a medical farce and...

Illus. in album: A city experienced: Pittsburgh, Pa., a photographic interpretation / W. Eugene Smith, v. 2, E5-R184 & E5-R185.

Getting working papers. Location: New York, New York (State)

Getting working papers. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 17-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Group showing typical workers in the small mills of Virginia, while industry is at ebb-tide. Matoaca, Virginia June 1911. The little ones on left end "only help some. Have to be 14 to work." Found very few very young workers. Times are slack. Many of the hands have found work in Petersburg. Location: Matoaca, Virginia

Group showing typical workers in the small mills of Virginia, while in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2215. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

We left two days before Christmas

We left two days before Christmas

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Ordeal of Maud Joyce" by Elizabeth G. Jordan, Harper's magazine, 108:117 (Dec. 1903).

Grandma takes the baby to the photographers

Grandma takes the baby to the photographers

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 43:308-309 (March 31, 1904).

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Suprt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Morris Mogilewsk's interpretation of the classic, She may have seen better days

Morris Mogilewsk's interpretation of the classic, She may have seen be...

(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "In Loco Parentis" by Myra Kelly, McClure's magazine, 25:371 (Aug. 1905).

[Boy holding toy boat] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Boy holding toy boat] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Wrong Thing" by Rudyard Kipling, Delineator, 74:402, (Nov. 1909).

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some, but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

6:15 P.M., Going home from the Arkwright Mills, Spartenberg sic, S.C. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

6:15 P.M., Going home from the Arkwright Mills, Spartenberg sic, S.C. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2979. City recorded at top of caption card as "Spartanberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collecti... More

A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina

A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,. Location: R...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2958. No text recorded on caption card after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection,... More

He caught sight of Burns, La Pearl and little Noma in the wings

He caught sight of Burns, La Pearl and little Noma in the wings

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Pinch Hit in Vaudeville" by Bozeman Bulger, Saturday evening post, 188:16 (Sept. 25, 1915).

Ef ye go on, little Red Fox, he said harshly, ye needn't to bother to come back

Ef ye go on, little Red Fox, he said harshly, ye needn't to bother to ...

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "From the Other Side" by Hapsburg Liebe, Collier's, 64:10 (Sept. 6, 1919).

[One of the few white women in the town was holding the baby]

[One of the few white women in the town was holding the baby]

Title from handwritten notation on mat. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Packet of Letters" by Will Payne, Pictorial Review 20:9 (Aug. 1919).

[Two contact sheets showing men socializing, playing cards (gambling) at a community recreational facility, children swinging indoors at recreational facility, and adults in a thrift(?) shop possibly on an upper floor of same facility, after leaving they walk towards Amity Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Two contact sheets showing men socializing, playing cards (gambling) ...

Illus. in album: A city experienced: Pittsburgh, Pa., a photographic interpretation / W. Eugene Smith, v. 2, E9-R299 & E9-R300.

Group of workers in Danville, (Virginia) Knitting Works, Only a few of them would pose. I watched them going to and coming from work; also went through the factory during working hours. One morning I counted eighteen that I judged to be under fourteen, several of them were under twelve, and one about nine years. I saw them working and helping. The youngest ones dodged the camera. Location: Danville, Virginia

Group of workers in Danville, (Virginia) Knitting Works, Only a few of...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2193. Also in LOT 7479, v. 3. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan. 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family. Location: Opelika, Alabama

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3820. Also in LOT 7483, v. 3. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress... More

Pique - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pique - Drawing. Public domain image.

At head of title: Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre. Copyrighted by Augustin Daly, 1876. Created by "Booth Eng.-Print., N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

A gentle shadow had fallen upon him

A gentle shadow had fallen upon him

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Man and the Boy" by Julie M. Lippmann, Harper's magazine, 106:157 (Dec. 1902).

The master's choice - Drawing. Public domain image.

The master's choice - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man(?) on throne with three courtiers. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "The Master's Choice" by Margaret Newcomb, The Schol... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [He was awful nice, said George slowly]

Alice Barber Stephens - [He was awful nice, said George slowly]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Turning Point" by Mary Stewart Cutting, Woman's home companion (Sept. 1914), p. 5.

Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front row are Adrienne, Anna and Francis. Adrienne, an adolescent French Illiterate. Speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Anna, said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next Adrienne. Francis, has regular job doffing (see photo 239[...] [i.e., 2399?]). Says he is 15 but Mr. Hine Doubted it. Family consists of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill; almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girl adolescent.  Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front row are Adrie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I became David - Drawing. Public domain image.

I became David - Drawing. Public domain image.

"The psalms of David, page 17, ms" and "To many a sick person did I say a psalm, page 17, ms." Illustration rejected for "My Starry Solitude" by Elizabeth McCracken, Century magazine, vol. 87 (Dec. 1913). (DLC/... More

[Perhaps you had better study a little, she suggested]

[Perhaps you had better study a little, she suggested]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Transplanted Boy" by Constance Fenimore Woolson, Harper's magazine, 88:425... More

Group of workers in Glenallen Mill. Smallest girl helps her sister Dora Roberts in mill. Lives at 13 Woodlawn St., there are 13 in the family, five or six working. Apparently prosperous. In this group is also Corinne Cuillette. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

Group of workers in Glenallen Mill. Smallest girl helps her sister Dor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2398. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Joe carrying cranberries. Said 10 years old. Picks also. Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Joe carrying cranberries. Said 10 years old. Picks also. Location: Fal...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2565. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into work at North Gate beside office. Sixs i.e., six seemed under 14. Witness R.K. Conant. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into work at North G...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2278. Hine no. 2279. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.)  Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Citizenship Lessons: no. 5 - Pupils [3 adults] at the Blackboard

Citizenship Lessons: no. 5 - Pupils [3 adults] at the Blackboard

JO2544 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Aliens; Adult education; Citizenship; Shelf.

[Two contact sheets showing young adults and children reading and listening to music in a library, and African American children playing around street sign at the corner of Cowell and Pride streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Two contact sheets showing young adults and children reading and list...

Illus. in album: A city experienced: Pittsburgh, Pa., a photographic interpretation / W. Eugene Smith, v. 2, E5-R151 & E5-R152.

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Solvent" by Olivia Howard Dunbar, Harper's magazine, 113:289 (July 1906).

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Alice Barber Stephens - [I ventured to kiss his tousled hair]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Solvent" by Olivia Howard Dunbar, Harper's magazine, 113:289 (July 1906).

[General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the young boys and girls employed there. Cornell Mill. See names on other photo.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo have been in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, for four years. When I asked the smallest worker how old he was, he said, "Don't know," and looked at his father, who said, "Going' on 14." (but he did not say how near to 14 he was).  Location: Fries, Virginia.

S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Students with Miss Jovita Gonzales, St. Mary's Academy, San Antonio, Texas

Students with Miss Jovita Gonzales, St. Mary's Academy, San Antonio, T...

Handwritten on back: "St. Mary's Acad. San Antonio, Tex., students with Miss Jovita Gonzales. Ap. 1934." Gonzales possibly Mexican American. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Loma... More

When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup of tea

When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Ann Mary Her two Thanksgivings" by Mary E. Wilkins, St. Nicholas, 16:37 (Nov. 1888).

Oh, Aunt Sarah, where shall we get another Jack-O'-Lantern?

Oh, Aunt Sarah, where shall we get another Jack-O'-Lantern?

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Jack-O'Lantern" by Kate Douglas Wiggin," Scribner's 40:136 (Aug. 1906).

[It is a serious offense against regulations, said the Captain]

[It is a serious offense against regulations, said the Captain]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Commodore" by Anna E. Finn, McClure's magazine, 30:297 (Jan. 1908).

Family of L.W. Money. Father, daughter and two boys work in spinning room of Washington Cotton Mills. Fries, Virginia Smallest worker said he was thirteen, but it is doubtful. Location: Fries, Virginia

Family of L.W. Money. Father, daughter and two boys work in spinning r...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2150. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working: including baby in foreground. (See names on other label.) Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working: including baby in foregroun...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2566. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Exterior of home shown in 3129. (For complete details see Miss E. C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Exterior of home shown in 3129. (For complete details see Miss E. C. W...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3127. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

The chairman was of an importance little less than that of the president

The chairman was of an importance little less than that of the preside...

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Plupey's Reindeer" by Henry A. Shute, Delineator, 95:15 (Dec. 1919).

Where's Yohnalossee? he muttered.  He ain't here, honey.  He ain't never been here, Rosanna answered

Where's Yohnalossee? he muttered. He ain't here, honey. He ain't nev...

Variant title on verso: Rosanna saw that his face was burning hot and she put her arms around him as though to prevent his being taken from her. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustrati... More

[Woman with infant, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

[Woman with infant, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "unkno... More

Typical cooking and eating quarters of berry pickers. Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. Courtesy of Maryland Child Labor Committee. Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Typical cooking and eating quarters of berry pickers. Anne Arundel Co....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3526. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Immigrant Children Learning to Play on the Roof Garden of the Washington School. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Immigrant Children Learning to Play on the Roof Garden of the Washingt...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 946. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Suprt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of students with Miss Jovita Gonzales, St. Mary's Academy, San Antonio, Texas

Group of students with Miss Jovita Gonzales, St. Mary's Academy, San A...

Typed on back: "Group of students, St. Mary's Academy, San Antonio, Texas, with Miss Jovita Gonzales. April, 1934."; "See A-8, 3, 5, 6, 84." Gonzales possibly Mexican American. Forms part of: Lomax photographs... More

The season of brotherly love - Drawing. Public domain image.

The season of brotherly love - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 8:418 (Dec. 30, 1886).

[Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia - children of Indian students educated at Hampton - four children and two adults posed seated]

[Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia - children of Indian students ed...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Reproduced in: To Lead and to Serve: American Indian Education at Hampton Institute, 1878-1923. [Charlottesville] : Virginia... More

[You'll have to bury her and take care of Jacky]

[You'll have to bury her and take care of Jacky]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Jack-O'-Lantern" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Scribner's, 40:130 (Aug. 1906).

Slowly, but accurately proceeded Corporal Legre

Slowly, but accurately proceeded Corporal Legre

(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Letitia, Nursery Corps, U.S.A. I. Com and Non Com" by George Madden Martin, American magazine, 63:191 (Dec. 1906).

A Group of Children out for a Ride with Their Teachers on the Swan Boats on Frog Pond. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

A Group of Children out for a Ride with Their Teachers on the Swan Boa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 916. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Judge Landis in trouble, Photo by Underwood & Underwood

Judge Landis in trouble, Photo by Underwood & Underwood

Judge Landis, well-known "boss" of baseball, showing boy the proper way to shoot marbles. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Chicago. No. CH 14817.

I'll help you take care of him - Drawing. Public domain image.

I'll help you take care of him - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Whispering Leaves" by Ellen Glasgow, Harper's magazine, 146:337 (Feb. 1923).

[Farley looked closely at the redheaded youngster and smiled with recognition]

[Farley looked closely at the redheaded youngster and smiled with reco...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Out of the Rough" by William Slavens McNutt, Hearst's International, 43:73 (Jan. 1923).

We left two days before Christmas

We left two days before Christmas

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Ordeal of Maud Joyce" by Elizabeth G. Jordan, Harper's magazine, 108:117 (Dec. 1903).

Sister Perpetua introduced her to us

Sister Perpetua introduced her to us

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Ordeal of Maude Joyce" by Elizabeth G. Jordan, Harper's magazine, 108:115 (Dec. 1903).

When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup of tea

When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Ann Mary Her two Thanksgivings" by Mary E. Wilkins, St. Nicholas, 16:37 (Nov. 1888).

Maw, Paw, and Willie. "Paw, what does 'generally speaking' mean?"

Maw, Paw, and Willie. "Paw, what does 'generally speaking' mean?"

Four-frame comic strip. Willie asks Paw the definition of the phrase "generally speaking," and is told that it is a characteristic of women. Maw gets angry and throws a fruit bowl at Paw's head, much to the a... More

[Boy and girl with old man and initial letter J]

[Boy and girl with old man and initial letter J]

Includes two pencil sketches of a girl. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece and initial in: "Robin Goodfellow - His Friends, 5. Dymc... More

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilmington, Delaware, noon period, May 24, 1910. Young girls obviously under 14 years of age, who work about 10 hours a day every day except Saturday. Investigator, Edward F. Brown].  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910]

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Anne, small picker. Said 7 years old. Location: Rochester vicinity - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts

Anne, small picker. Said 7 years old. Location: Rochester vicinity - E...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2545. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the papers as she worked. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the paper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Keep a-crawlin', ladies and gentlemen! that's it! : whoopse-daisy! up we go!

Keep a-crawlin', ladies and gentlemen! that's it! : whoopse-daisy! up ...

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Maud and Bill" by Booth Tarkington, Everybody's magazine, 35:667 (Dec. 1916).

Dance Hall. See 4184. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Dance Hall. See 4184. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4179. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

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