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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

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All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virg...

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All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, ...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virg...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2222. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

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

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virg...

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All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokkee[i.e., Cherokee?] Hosiery Mill, ...

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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...

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

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

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

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3389. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upward. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run...

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

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2180-A. Also in LOT 7483, v. 1. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

All these are workers in the Cherokkee i.e., Cherokee? Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokkee i.e., Cherokee? Hosiery Mill, R...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3385. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co. Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co. Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Locat...

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Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, N.J. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, N.J. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All ar...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loc...

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Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon Hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon Hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loc...

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All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

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All are workers in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Virginia) Smallest boy in the middle helps. See label No. 2162. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

All are workers in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Virginia) Smallest boy in the...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

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

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3387. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co.,. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co.,. Location: Sweetwate...

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Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 years upward. Location: Rome, Georgia

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3349. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Locati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit, where 10,000 men are producing M-3 tanks, twenty-eight ton rolling arsenals which promise to make Uncle Sam's mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in striking power

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at t...

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Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loc...

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

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1839. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y[ea]rs upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 years upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3357. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson, Superintendent of the Mill is also Mayor of Pell City. Location: Pell City, Alabama.

All these are workers in the Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson,...

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All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, 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.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea]rs. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest workers get about $3. a week for turning, knitting, or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making $6. to $9. a week "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea...

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

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....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 4083. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3388. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... 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 image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1021. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

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All are workers in the Bulter [i.e., Butler] Mills. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

All are workers in the Bulter [i.e., Butler] Mills. Location: New Bed...

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

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3392. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out to lunch, then back to work...

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All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest b...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1867. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loc...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1905. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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.

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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All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest b...

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

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loc...

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.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to work on ships for the defense of America. These are workers in the plate shop, where steel plate is fashioned for Uncle Sam's warcraft. There are several cafeterias on the grounds

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Time out for lunch, then back to wor...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "Ravels." Smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "Ravels." Sm...

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

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2180-A. Also in LOT 7483, v. 1. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3386. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest b...

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

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co. Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co. Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Locati...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1022. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1902. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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.

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2178. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3386. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

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

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working are 11 y[ea]rs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old, The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting, or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making $6. to $9. a week "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working are 11 y[e...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3375. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3387. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All are workers in the Ross Cannery, Seaford, Del. The smallest girl seen in the picture was at work 8 o'clock in the morning of the investigation and was seen the same night at 9 P.M. During one visit of the investigators about 2 P.M. she was absent. She appears to be about 5 years of age and works irregularly in the cannery exposed to the dangers of the unprotected belting. Her mother works beside her. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

All are workers in the Ross Cannery, Seaford, Del. The smallest girl s...

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

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Locati...

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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 years upwards. Location: Rome, Georgia

All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3358. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, N.J. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey

Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, N.J. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All ar...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1019. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2179. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1017. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

All these are workers in the Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson, Superintendent of the Mill is also Mayor of Pell City. Location: Pell City, Alabama

All these are workers in the Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1783. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

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All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virg...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2221. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Locat...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1026. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about th... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1901. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2180. Also in LOT 7483, v. 1. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

All are workers in the Bulter i.e., Butler Mills. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

All are workers in the Bulter i.e., Butler Mills. Location: New Bedfor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2320. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6 to $9 a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs ...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3388. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virginia Not all of the youngsters would get into the photo. I went through the factory during working hours and saw many others like these. A neighbor's testimony corroborated the foregoing. Noon hour. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

All of these are workers in the Stearns Silk Factory, Petersburg, Virg...

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All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3376. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3393. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon Hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon Hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1016. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

All these are workers at the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia

All these are workers at the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3391. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea]rs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 y[ea]rs old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6. to $9. a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia.

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 y[ea...

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

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs old. Some working here only 9 and 10 years old. The youngest got about $3. a week for turning, knitting or looping. Fifteen year old boys here are making from $6 to $9 a week, "if they're speedy." Location: Rome, Georgia

All are workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. Two working at 11 yrs ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3350. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit, where 10,000 men are producing M-3 tanks, twenty-eight ton rolling arsenals which promise to make Uncle Sam's mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in striking power

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest b...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1867. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. Some of these appear to be as young. Location: Rome, Georgia.

All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Ap...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1027. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1025. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about th... More

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