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[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...

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Going to work in Brown Shoe Factory. 6:30 to 7 A.M. Factory employs between 300 and 400 hands. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Going to work in Brown Shoe Factory. 6:30 to 7 A.M. Factory employs be...

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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 ...

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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

Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside near Waxahachie. Children come out here from the town to pick cotton outside of school hours. Ages range from four and six years (ages of the two youngest boys who pick cotton regularly) up to fifteen and more. Two adults. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside near Waxahachie. Children come ...

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Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to go to Work. Boston 1915 Exhibit.

Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to g...

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Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thursday May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thu...

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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...

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A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers at top of his voice all day long. This is all the education many of these workers receive. He is paid by them and they select what he shall read. Location: Tampa, Florida.

A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers...

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A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers at top of his voice all day long. This is all the education many of these workers receive. He is paid by them and they select what he shall read. Location: Tampa, Florida.

A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers...

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Applicants for working papers at Department of Education Building. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Applicants for working papers at Department of Education Building. Lo...

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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

Young workers called "Peewee" in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts.

Young workers called "Peewee" in Berkshire Mills. Location: Adams, Ma...

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Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Virginia I did not see very many. Following are names of some of the youngest--working in the finishing and seaming rooms: Dannie Newburn, Fitzhugh White, Charlie Culpepper. Location: Berkley, Virginia.

Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkle...

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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 abou...

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Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working. Location: Falmouth [vicini...

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"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so and then move on, giving them nomadic habits and everything is temporary. House unpainted and ill-cared for. The children from five years old up pick cotton and help with the farm work, but get little or no schooling. It is estimated by State University that 300,000 children are thus affected in Texas alone. See Hine report Texas. Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres, and they get about twenty bales of cotton this year, which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas.

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so an...

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Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Rei...

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[Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleven and girl of thirteen, hoeing the sugar beets. They have 80 acres in beets, come out here from the town in May and go back late in November. One of the families has been here for five years and owns its home. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July, 1915.] Location: [Colorado]

[Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleve...

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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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Mamie La Barge and a part of her family of which there are 13 in all, nine in the mill. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Mamie La Barge and a part of her family of which there are 13 in all, ...

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Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside, near Waxahachie. Children come out here from the town to pick cotton outside of school hours. Ages range from four and six years (ages of the two youngest boys who pick regularly) up to fifteen and more. Two adults. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside, near Waxahachie. Children come...

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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there. Location: South Bend...

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Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside, near Waxahachie. Children come out here from the town to pick cotton, outside of school hours. Ages range from four and six years (ages of the two youngest boys who pick regularly) up to fifteen and more. Two adults. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside, near Waxahachie. Children come...

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Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston,...

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"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so and then move on, giving them nomadic habits and everything is temporary. House unpainted and ill-cared for. The children from five years old upward pick cotton and help with the farm work, but get little or no schooling. It is estimated by State University that 300,000 children are thus affected in Texas alone. See Hine report Texas. Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres and they get about twenty bales of cotton, this year which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas.

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so an...

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A few of the workers. P. San Martin Cigar Co. Tampa, Fla. Has reputation of employing children that have been through "School Factories" and not paying them anything. Not rushed, so, only few children. Location: Tampa, Florida.

A few of the workers. P. San Martin Cigar Co. Tampa, Fla. Has reputati...

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[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...

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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...

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As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth Virginia I went through the mill several times while they were working and saw a number of boys and girls that were surely under 14. Location: Portsmouth, Virginia.

As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth Virgini...

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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...

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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...

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Manuel Thomas, 2 years old. Was picking a little. Location: Falmouth - Baker Bog, Massachusetts.

Manuel Thomas, 2 years old. Was picking a little. Location: Falmouth ...

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As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth, Virginia I went through the mill several times while they were working and saw a number of boys and girls working and saw a number of boys and girls surely under fourteen. See photos and labels following. Location: Portsmouth, Virginia.

As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth, Virgin...

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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

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

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

Hard Workers. Grady Carroll, nine year old cotton picker. He picks two hundred pounds a day. Brother Ed, ten years old picks three hundred pounds a day. Another brother thirteen years old picks four hundred pounds. Mother picks three hundred. Adults pick about five hundred pounds, getting $1.00 a hundred. The father rents the farm. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Hard Workers. Grady Carroll, nine year old cotton picker. He picks two...

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All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a farmer near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The children are brought out from the nearby town to work the beets. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915. Location: Fond du Lac [vicinity], Wisconsin.

All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a...

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Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleven and girl of thirteen, hoeing the sugar beets. They have 80 acres in beets, come out here from the town in May and go back late in November. One of the families has been here for five years and owns its home. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July, 1915. Location: Colorado.

Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleven...

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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

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

Going home, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

Going home, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Location: Winona, ...

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Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to go to Work. Boston 1915 Exhibit.

Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to g...

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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...

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A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham...

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11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl., N.Y.C. They all work until 9 P.M. when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week. Father works on street, when he has work. Jennie was a truant, "I staid home 'cause a lady was comin'.-". Location: [New York, New York (State)].

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father...

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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...

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Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Company, Fall River. Manuel Corieiia [i.e., Correira] , 144 Cove St., works in Spinning room on top floor. Said, "I only help mother." He was apparently 13 or 14. Manuel Oliver, George Street, works in card room. Seems surely only 12 years old. Manuel Benevirdes, 30 Otto Street, works on top floor. Manuel Rage, 51 George Street, works in spinning room on fourth floor. John Oliver, 93 Slater Street, works in spinning room on third floor. Joseph Ariuda, 23 Shorr Street, works in spinning room on third floor. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Comp...

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[Eskimos, five adults and one infant, sitting in an automobile]

[Eskimos, five adults and one infant, sitting in an automobile]

H83500 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by F.H. Nowell. No. 4096.

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. ...

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Patching Up a Meal. Boston Slums. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Patching Up a Meal. Boston Slums. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Bost...

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[A few of the workers. P. San Martin Cigar Co. Tampa, Fla., Has reputation of employing children that have been through "School Factories" and not paying them anything. Not rushed, so, only few children.] Location: Tampa, Florida.

[A few of the workers. P. San Martin Cigar Co. Tampa, Fla., Has reputa...

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Part of the force at Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Part of the force at Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo City, Mis...

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Group of workers going in at noon. Joe Viora, 9 Stapelton St., the smallest boy in the picture, works in the spinning room. Apparently 10 yrs. old. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Group of workers going in at noon. Joe Viora, 9 Stapelton St., the sma...

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A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Virginia All work. 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.

A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the Americ...

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[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 ...

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Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Virginia Going to work; 6:30 A.M. June 9, 191[1] A few young boys and girls under 14, work in these mills, but not many, and they are large mills. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Virginia Going to work; 6:30 A.M. J...

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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...

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Rolling cigarette cases. East Side tenement. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Rolling cigarette cases. East Side tenement. (For complete details see...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3230. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Rolling cigarette cases. East Side tenement. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Rolling cigarette cases. East Side tenement. (For complete details see...

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Capps family at Columbia vaudeville. Baby of 21 months (been on stage for 6 months). Girl of 5 years (been on stage for 2 years). Boy of 7 years (been on stage for 1 year). Girl of 8 years (been on stage for 5 years). Boy of 12 years (been on stage for 8 years). Boy of 14 years (been on stage for 9 years). Oldest boy is acrobat, contortionist, etc. All do singing and dancing acts except baby, who appears in final scene as Charlie Chaplin. They appear 3 or 4 times a day--sometimes 7 days in the week, usually coming last on program (as a feature), which means they do not leave dressing room until nearly 11 p.m. Then, in addition, the life in cheap hotels and on the road "making new towns" is very unsettling. It was very touching to see the little ones curled up back of the scenes waiting for their act and getting 40 winks or the mother nursing the baby just before it was poked out onto the stage to do his little "turn." In spite of their stage life, their manners are good. They are quiet, well-appearing children, and the parents are kind and sympathetic. The father acts as nursemaid to the baby, and the mother dresses and changes the others and appears herself. She said: "They're never sick. It's the healthiest kind of life." The 8-year-old girl said: "I don't like it--the men in some places are so rough." There was some familiarity shown to them, but not much. Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan / Lewis W. Hine.

Capps family at Columbia vaudeville. Baby of 21 months (been on stage ...

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Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the "renters". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the "renters."). Location: West, Texas

Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near Wes...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3645. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there. Location: South Bend, Indiana

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there. Location: South Bend,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 228. Caption card records date as Oct. 1914; surrounding cards would suggest 1908?. Credit line: National... More

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail...

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

"Gimme a smoke." Street boys. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

"Gimme a smoke." Street boys. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Market scene. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Market scene. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Board of Health examination of applicant for working papers to see that he is physically able to work. / Photo by Department of Health.

Board of Health examination of applicant for working papers to see tha...

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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...

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Applying for Working Certificates. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Applying for Working Certificates. Location: Fall River, Massachusett...

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[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...

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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

Many young girls work in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory, but the youngest ones were shy of the camera. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Many young girls work in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory, bu...

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Family of J. J. Moore. All but mother and two smallest children on steps work in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries Virginia Smallest spinner (right hand end of front row) said she was 14, but she surely is not. The family came from a Carolina farm three years ago. Location: Fries, Virginia.

Family of J. J. Moore. All but mother and two smallest children on ste...

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigar factory of F. Delloiacono [?], 205 Atwells Av., Providence, R.I. Eight year old boy and ten year old girl are stripping. This room is the living, -sleeping-and-working room and adjoins the store. Nov 23, 1912. Very dirty and ill-kept. Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigar factory of F. Delloiacono [...

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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

[Long line of boys and men at Vaudeville Show. Saturday P.M.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[Long line of boys and men at Vaudeville Show. Saturday P.M.] Locatio...

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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

Benton Hill, a renter, Tinney, Okla. Two other families were helping Mr. Hill and his children pick his cotton. Four adults and 10 children of following ages: 1 boy of 3 years, 2 boys and 1 girl of 5 years, 1 boy and 1 girl of 7 years, 1 boy of 8, 1 boy of 9 years, 1 girl of 11 years and 1 boy of 15 years. Everyone had a sack and was picking industriously. The parents said that Fred, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds a day and Vera, 5 years old, picks 25 pounds a day. See photos of Fred and Vera. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Benton Hill, a renter, Tinney, Okla. Two other families were helping M...

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A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3810. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Applicants for working papers at Department of Education Building. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Applicants for working papers at Department of Education Building. Loc...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 951. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 873. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Carmino Fascinoe, 142 Common St. Worker in Ayer Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Carmino Fascinoe, 142 Common St. Worker in Ayer Mill. Location: Lawren...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2491. UMBC database records as "Fascinoe." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Con... More

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

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

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Dental work in Hospital. Hood Rubber Co., Cambridge. Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Dental work in Hospital. Hood Rubber Co., Cambridge. Location: Cambri...

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Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail...

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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...

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[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 ...

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"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stroke. - the girl, #1, - the boy, #2. Reiber family, two adults & two children work, two babies at home in the shack. Father expects to clear $350. Began in May. Will finish in mid Nov., "Then we'll go off on a ranch and the children can go to school." Farm near Sterling, Oct. 23/15. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stro...

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Salvation Nell - Public domain portrait print

Salvation Nell - Public domain portrait print

Group of adults and children posed, Ponce, Puerto Rico. D9775 U.S. Copyright Office.

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...

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Some of the adults Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some of the adults Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georg...

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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, ...

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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...

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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. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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

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Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Fries, Virginia Family of Albert Senter. He said, "I don't work steady. Have a garden here." Eleven year old Mandy has learned to "spin" by "helping." She said, "They say I'm too little to work steady." Father added, "I guess she'll get in all right in a little while. They've been extra careful, lately, 'cause the inspector's been around, but it'll be easier now for her to get in." The three girls work and Mandy helps, with one eye on a steady job. Location: Fries, Virginia.

Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Fries, Virginia Family of Albert Sent...

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