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Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorway is her boon Companion. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorw...

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Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown,. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun....

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Ten-year old Sophie "tending the baby," between her jobs of shucking. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Sophie "tending the baby," between her jobs of shucking. ...

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Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1155. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

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Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from before daybreak until 5 P.M. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from b...

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Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2001. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

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Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2003. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pass Christian Company. (Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co.) before daybreak and until about 5 P.M. Photos taken at noon in absence of Supt., who permits no photos on account of Child Labor agitation. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pas...

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All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because of Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

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Even the nursemaids of Romania are attractive. Here is a group in Sinaia Nothing to do all day but watch a cow. That is the job of this Roumanian peasant boy. It is during the long hours that he plays his flute and learns the songs of the birds ; Beautiful parks surround the hotels of Sinaia where fountains play and the setting sun makes rainbow colors in the spray.

Even the nursemaids of Romania are attractive. Here is a group in Sina...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: women with baby carriages in a park in Sinaia, a young boy cowherd with a cow, and a water fountain in a park in Sinaia. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C... More

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2003. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4521. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working. (See photo 2062). The boss said that next year Mary will work steady as the rest of them. The mother is the fastest shucker in the place. Earns $1.50 a day. Works part of the time with her sick baby in her arms. Father works on the dock. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Te...

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Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

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Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day begun at 4:00 A.M. and spent shucking oysters and tending baby. Smallest one is "Teeny." Other is Sophie. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P...

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Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi.

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Bilox...

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All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because [of?] Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

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16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

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Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day beginning at 4:00 A.M., and spent shucking oysters and tending the baby. A common practice among these too young to work all the time. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going hom...

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Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day beginning at 4:00 A.M., and spent shucking oysters and tending the baby. A common practice among these too young to work all the time. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going hom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2018. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Bilox...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2025. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because of Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2008. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi.

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Bilox...

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

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

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Four-year-old Mary Davis, tending the sick baby when not working. (See photo 2039). Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Four-year-old Mary Davis, tending the sick baby when not working. (See...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2062. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from before daybreak until 5 P.M. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from b...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2010. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Bilox...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2025. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Four-year-old Mary Davis, tending the sick baby when not working. (See photo 2039). Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Four-year-old Mary Davis, tending the sick baby when not working. (See...

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16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4521. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorway is her boon Companion. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorw...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 21. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Bad housing and congestion. the kitchen and living-room of Steven Mikula, 93 N. Front St. Steven is at the table. He has worked four months in Nonquitt Mill, in spinning room #2. Said he was 15 years old. Gets $5 a week. Mother takes care of these babies belonging to a neighbor while their mother works in the mill. Veronica (Steven's sister) helps take care of babies when not at school. She said, 12 years old. Compare her with Steven. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Bad housing and congestion. the kitchen and living-room of Steven Miku...

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Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do four or five pots a day. Shucks every day and tends the baby. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do f...

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Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

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

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because of? Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2007. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

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Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day begun at 4:00 A.M. and spent shucking oysters and tending baby. Smallest one is "Teeny." Other is Sophie. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2019. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Higginbotham baby stays at home with negro nurse. Father and mother work in West Point Cotton Mill. I found three families in this small settlement, that do this way. Location: West Point, Mississippi

Higginbotham baby stays at home with negro nurse. Father and mother wo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2017-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because [of?] Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

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

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pass Christian Company. (Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co.) before daybreak and until about 5 P.M. Photos taken at noon in absence of Supt., who permits no photos on account of Child Labor agitation. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2009. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Higginbotham baby stays at home with negro nurse. Father and mother work in West Point Cotton Mill. I found three families in this small settlement, that do this way. Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Higginbotham baby stays at home with negro nurse. Father and mother wo...

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Ten-year old Sophie "tending the baby," between her jobs of shucking. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina

Ten-year old Sophie "tending the baby," between her jobs of shucking. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3284. Year not recorded on caption card; 1912 based on year that appears to be recorded on card for photograp... More

Bad housing and congestion. the kitchen and living-room of Steven Mikula, 93 N. Front St. Steven is at the table. He has worked four months in Nonquitt Mill, in spinning room #2. Said he was 15 years old. Gets $5 a week. Mother takes care of these babies belonging to a neighbor while their mother works in the mill. Veronica (Steven's sister) helps take care of babies when not at school. She said, 12 years old. Compare her with Steven. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Bad housing and congestion. the kitchen and living-room of Steven Miku...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2740. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4542. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

5:00 P.M. One of the little oyster shuckers toting the baby home after a day, beginning at 4:00 A.M., spent shucking oysters and tending the baby. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

5:00 P.M. One of the little oyster shuckers toting the baby home after...

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Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do four or five pots a day. Shucks every day and tends the baby. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2010-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4541. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because of? Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2007. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working. (See photo 2062). The boss said that next year Mary will work steady as the rest of them. The mother is the fastest shucker in the place. Earns $1.50 a day. Works part of the time with her sick baby in her arms. Father works on the dock. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Te...

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