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Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 years. Varn and Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 year...

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Housing conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Housing conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt Canning Co. L...

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7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illit...

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

"Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Bluffton 3 years ago. She has given up shucking, because her mother is afraid of the law, and is attending school regularly as long as they are in the south.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina / L.W. Hine.

"Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Blu...

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Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore."  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the ro...

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Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection...

Significance: TheRambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2300

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection...

Significance: TheRambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2300

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection...

Significance: TheRambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2300

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic...

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7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn a...

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A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes ar...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3307. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there? They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3306. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location:...

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Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection...

Significance: TheRambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2300

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection...

Significance: TheRambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2300

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes ar...

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Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Plat...

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

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

["Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Bluffton 3 years ago. She has given up shucking, because her mother is afraid of the law, and is attending school regularly as long as they are in the south.]  Location: [Bluffton, South Carolina] / L.W. Hine.

["Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Bl...

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10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there? They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3306. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location:...

An old photo of a young boy in overalls. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of County Road 132, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of Count...

Significance: The Rambo-Ivey Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2301

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3308. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illit...

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

Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers get so sore." Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the ...

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

Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3299. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

"Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Bluffton 3 years ago. She has given up shucking, because her mother is afraid of the law, and is attending school regularly as long as they are in the south. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina L.W. Hine

"Little Rosie (Berdich)" one of our former friends that I found in Blu...

In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4093. Hine no. 4094. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3300. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there[?] They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

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Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of County Road 132, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of Count...

Significance: The Rambo-Ivey Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2301

Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Caroli...

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

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll. Location: Bluffton, South ...

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Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day, and works regularly, and her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing." Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots o...

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

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of County Road 132, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of Count...

Significance: The Rambo-Ivey Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2301

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day. She works regularly, a[n]d her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said, "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing!" Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 p...

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.

Housing Conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Housing Conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt. Location: Bl...

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

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illit...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3305. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore."  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the ro...

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

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Man, woman, and infant. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

[Man, woman, and infant. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton,...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3303. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there[?] They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3308. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1890. 6 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Jun 1885. 3 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1895. 8 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1890. 6 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1895. 8 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Plat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3298. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1895. 8 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore." Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the roug...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3310. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of County Road 132, Bluffton, Clay County, GA

Rambo-Ivey Tenant House, East of U.S. 27/State Route 1, North of Count...

Significance: The Rambo-Ivey Tenant House is a ca. 1920 Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Survey number: HABS GA-2301

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3309. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Caroli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Remainder of text on original caption card does not appear to match the image: "Little Rosie, seven year old oyster shucker at the close of the day getting a little companionship f... More

Man, woman, and infant. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Man, woman, and infant. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, S...

Title, date, and location based on caption information for related photos. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3308-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, ... More

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 400, Bluffton, Wells County, IN

Wells County Bridge No. 74, Spanning Rock Creek Ditch at County Road 4...

Significance: This single span Pratt pony truss bridge is a good example of early 20th metal bridge construction. It was built by the Indiana Bridge Company and highly rated in a survey of Indiana's metal bridg... More

22 year old father and wife who worked in oyster cannery. He said "We bring the baby (2 months old) down to the shucking shed 4 A.M. and she stays in the cradle until night. We earn about $12. a week. The mother does housework as well as the factory work. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

22 year old father and wife who worked in oyster cannery. He said "We ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3808. Hine no. 3809. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs taken in same loca... More

Rosie, (on the left) regular oyster shucker. A smaller one will be working soon. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Rosie, (on the left) regular oyster shucker. A smaller one will be wor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3296. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Housing conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Housing conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt Canning Co. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3312. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll. Location: Bluffton, South C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3313. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S. HIghway 278 & State Route 46, Bluffton, Beaufort County, SC

Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...

Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More

Josie, 13 year old shucker, Shucks ten pots a day or more. Been working six years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Josie, 13 year old shucker, Shucks ten pots a day or more. Been workin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3297. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1890. 6 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Jun 1885. 3 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana

Oct 1895. 8 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers get so sore." Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing the rough, dirty shells and the "f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3301. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3300. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore." Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the roug...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3310. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

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