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

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

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Sarah Saneri, (on the left end) 11 years old last summer. Worked stringing beans and husking corn in sheds at Albion. Her principal said she has tuberculosis. Lost 11 weeks school time, is a repeater. School #2. Lucy Martina, 16 years old last summer. Worked on tomatoes and apples in factory at Wilson, N.Y. Lost 12 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Carmelo Castanzo, 12 years old last summer. Dropped cans on apple machine in factory at Wilson, N.Y. Lost 12 weeks schooling. Josephine Guercio, 11 years old last summer. Worked on tomatoes, peaches, apples, pears and plums in factory. Made $1.00 to $1.50 a day. Lost 13 weeks school. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

Sarah Saneri, (on the left end) 11 years old last summer. Worked strin...

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1343. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More