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White migrant berry picker and son eating dinner near Hammond, Louisiana

White migrant berry picker and son eating dinner near Hammond, Louisia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J.  Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

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A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, "No more."  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She work...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tent of migrant berry picker. Berrien County, Michigan

Tent of migrant berry picker. Berrien County, Michigan

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc.  Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school h...

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

White migrant berry picker removing groceries from kitchen cabinet in tent near Hammond, Louisiana

White migrant berry picker removing groceries from kitchen cabinet in ...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young berry picker on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A young berry picker on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md. Locatio...

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Kitchen in house provided for migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Kitchen in house provided for migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula,...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek nea...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White migratory berry picker preparing dinner in front of tent near Hammond, Louisiana

White migratory berry picker preparing dinner in front of tent near Ha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White migrant berry picker warming her hands over a makeshift stove constructed by her husband. This couple was from Meridian, Mississippi, where they had been tenant farmers. They have picked berries from Illinois down. Picture taken near Hammond, Louisiana

White migrant berry picker warming her hands over a makeshift stove co...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young berry picker on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

A young berry picker on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md. Location...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 847. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek. This boy, Irvan Stevans, and the other (see 828) were the only whites working with a large number of negroes that day, and bad language was abundant. Says he works from "sunup to sundown" and has been working 3 summers. [On card with captions for both #827 and #828: Norris Lovitt. Been picking for 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, Md. (See 827 and label). July 8, 1909.]  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school h...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4422. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Interior of trailer of white migratory berry picker. Paintings are by one of the pickers. Near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Interior of trailer of white migratory berry picker. Paintings are by ...

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Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek nea...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been working in the South two winters. (See my report July 10, 1909.)  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md....

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White woman, migratory berry picker, doing the laundry near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

White woman, migratory berry picker, doing the laundry near Ponchatoul...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tent of migrant berry picker. Berrien County, Michigan

Tent of migrant berry picker. Berrien County, Michigan

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro migratory berry picker living in a corncrib near Hammond, Louisiana

Negro migratory berry picker living in a corncrib near Hammond, Louisi...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro migratory berry picker living in a corncrib near Hammond, Louisiana

Negro migratory berry picker living in a corncrib near Hammond, Louisi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Daughter of white migrant berry picker eating dinner. Hammond, Louisiana

Daughter of white migrant berry picker eating dinner. Hammond, Louisia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child of white migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Child of white migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White migratory berry picker preparing dinner in front of tent near Hammond, Louisiana

White migratory berry picker preparing dinner in front of tent near Ha...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek nea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 829. Caption card for #828 also gives a caption for #829, identical to this, except with pencilled annotati... More

Bertha Marshall a berry picker on Jenkins Farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been at it 2 summers. Picks about 10 boxes a day. (2 cents a box). Photo July 7, 1909.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Bertha Marshall a berry picker on Jenkins Farm, Rock Creek, near Balti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school h...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1131. The caption card says "over" but there isn't any continutation text on the verso of the card, nor a s... More

White migratory berry picker and her child near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

White migratory berry picker and her child near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

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Daughter of migratory berry picker taking a nap on her bed on the floor.  Near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Daughter of migratory berry picker taking a nap on her bed on the floo...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of trailer of white migratory berry picker. Paintings are by one of the pickers. Near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Interior of trailer of white migratory berry picker. Paintings are by ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

White woman, migratory berry picker, doing the laundry near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

White woman, migratory berry picker, doing the laundry near Ponchatoul...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek nea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 829. Caption card for #828 also gives a caption for #829, identical to this, except with pencilled annotati... More

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc.  Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kitchen in house provided for migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Kitchen in house provided for migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Daughter of white migrant berry picker eating dinner. Hammond, Louisiana

Daughter of white migrant berry picker eating dinner. Hammond, Louisia...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek. This boy, Irvan Stevans, and the other (see 828) were the only whites working with a large number of negroes that day, and bad language was abundant. Says he works from "sunup to sundown" and has been working 3 summers. On card with captions for both #827 and #828: Norris Lovitt. Been picking for 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, Md. (See 827 and label). July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 827. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Bertha Marshall a berry picker on Jenkins Farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been at it 2 summers. Picks about 10 boxes a day. (2 cents a box). Photo July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Bertha Marshall a berry picker on Jenkins Farm, Rock Creek, near Balti...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 830. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Child of white migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Child of white migratory berry picker near Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been working in the South two winters. (See my report July 10, 1909.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 843. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, "No more." Location: Baltimore, Maryland

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She work...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 841. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More