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Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to carry oil from Texas fields to eastern refineries, completed in July, 1943. Superintendent and laying-in boss on one section of the pipeline

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to...

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Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, "Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another."  Location: West Virginia.

Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. H...

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Johnnie, a nine-year-old oyster shucker. Man with pipe is a padrone who had brought these people from Baltimore for four years. He said, "I tell you I have to lie to 'em. Ther're never satisfied. Hard work to get them." He is boss of the shucking shed.  Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Johnnie, a nine-year-old oyster shucker. Man with pipe is a padrone wh...

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Sandy and the boss at the second table

Sandy and the boss at the second table

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 253.

"Cud ah have jes' one peek, boss? Ah've always un'erstood dere wuz machinery in 'em"

"Cud ah have jes' one peek, boss? Ah've always un'erstood dere wuz mac...

Cartoon of an African American gentleman with a jug, stopping to talk with a white man dressed in a coat, hat, and goggles, opening the hood to his car. Editorial marks below image. No copyright information fou... More

Orchard boss directing cherry pickers to unpicked trees. Door County, Wisconsin

Orchard boss directing cherry pickers to unpicked trees. Door County, ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said George Woolslayer as he shook hands with his poster-model colleagues, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans, "and I'm mighty proud." Although Woolslayer was somewhat more voluble than his service friends, all of the men admitted to being thrilled at the meeting. None had met before. It was the soldier's and sailor's first visit to a steel mill and they watched the operations with interest and laid down a continuous barrage of questions. Working on a rush order, Woolslayer was not able to leave his job to meet the other two at the station, as had been originally planned. Introducing the men is Robert Foster, (second from left) Woolslayer's boss. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said Geor...

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Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. At left, George W. Bocdanoffy, vice president of the machine shop company explains a job to John Lindstrom of Howe Company. Formerly an employee, Lindstrom now is his own boss doing subcontracting for his former boss in a small machine shop set up in the garage in the rear of his home

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. At left, George W. Bocdan...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Fire boss signing the record which shows that he has inspected all working places in his section, before the entry of the men and once after work has started

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record...

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Bank Boss, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia., and a great fall of Slate that blocked entry. Witness E. N. Clopper.  Location: MacDonald, West Virginia.

Bank Boss, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia., and a great fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Johnnie, a nine-year-old oyster shucker. Man with pipe is a padrone who had brought these people from Baltimore for four years. He said, "I tell you I have to lie to 'em. Ther're never satisfied. Hard work to get them." He is boss of the shucking shed.  Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Johnnie, a nine-year-old oyster shucker. Man with pipe is a padrone wh...

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The arrest of "Boss" Tweed - another good joke

The arrest of "Boss" Tweed - another good joke

Political cartoon. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Published in Harper's Weekly, November 18, 1971. Caption card tracings: PI Works; Shelf; Cartoons, US; P2.

Riding him on the big stick The Boss - Say, you're splitting the party  / / Bart.

Riding him on the big stick The Boss - Say, you're splitting the party...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding one end of "The Big Stick" while a man representing New York in 18th century dress holds the other. Riding astraddle the stick is a man labeled ... More

Tugwell's successor at White House with boss. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Secretary of Agriculture Henry a Wallace, (left) and Dr. W. Alexander, successor to Rex Tugwell as Resettlement Administrator leaving the White House following a conference with the President Roosevelt. Wallace told newpapermen the President will issue an executive order transfering the RA to the Agriculture Department as soon as Attorney General Cummings draws up the legal form

Tugwell's successor at White House with boss. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheep shearers on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. The cord around the waist of man on right is used to sew up the sacks which contain wool. These sheep shearers travel in outfit of which man on left is boss, has about twenty members. He, the boss, has several other similarly sized outfits. They travel through California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

Sheep shearers on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. The cord around the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The big boss, Sgt. Gardzina - Public domain portrait drawing

The big boss, Sgt. Gardzina - Public domain portrait drawing

Sketch showing portrait of soldier wearing helmet and sunglasses stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 1, [p. 25] Victor A. Lundy Ar... More

Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia.  Location: Red Star, West Virginia.

Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, West ...

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"A School Factory" De Pedro Casellas Factory, Tampa, Fla. 18 employees, 5 of them young. Young boys and girls hire out as apprentices and pay the boss $15.00 to $25.00 for being taught.  Location: Tampa, Florida.

"A School Factory" De Pedro Casellas Factory, Tampa, Fla. 18 employees...

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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.

Former Cuban Army Sergeant visits Capitol. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Colonel Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban Army Sergeant who is now the boss of the Island of Cuba. Shown as he waved to the crowds that welcomed him to the Nations Capitol, for his first visit outside the Island in thirty seven years, 10/10/38

Former Cuban Army Sergeant visits Capitol. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. ...

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Phones boss. Washington, D.C., March 20. Kurt G. Sell, Washington Correspondent for the German News Bulletin, phones in his story of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles' press conference today. A highlight of the conference was the announcement that American Minister Wilbur Carr had been instructed to close the U.S. Legation in Prague and turn over the properties and records to the American Consul General, 3-20-39

Phones boss. Washington, D.C., March 20. Kurt G. Sell, Washington Corr...

A black and white photo of a man on a phone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall talking with his boss, Earl Oiler, in the dairy barn

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall talking with his boss, Earl...

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William Marcy "Boss" Tweed - Public domain portrait print

William Marcy "Boss" Tweed - Public domain portrait print

Hoxie Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan. 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family. Location: Opelika, Alabama

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3820. Also in LOT 7483, v. 3. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress... 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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9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystander said: "He's de boss fighter of 5th Street." See California report.  Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystan...

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Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old (see 4830) and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said: "He said he wasn't going to school so I took him."  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys pac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Father said "The little one is a cracker jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it. Not as quick.["] (Note the tense, serious looks on the younger. Older one more like a real girl.)  Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Fa...

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Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, "Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another."  Location: West Virginia.

Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. H...

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[Charles "Boss" Schmidt, catcher for the Detroit Tigers, full-length, standing]

[Charles "Boss" Schmidt, catcher for the Detroit Tigers, full-length, ...

Date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Inscribed on item: Studio ...ngs, Ark. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. On other side of the shed, still younger children were working. Out of sixty working (only half were there) I counted fifteen apparently under twelve years old. Some three, four, and five years old were picking too. Parents acknowledged ages and fact that they worked some. Boss said they went to work at 3:00 A.M., and would quit about 3 or 4 P.M.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. ...

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Boss of the fish dealer's court, New Orleans

Boss of the fish dealer's court, New Orleans

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Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. John Herlihy, shift boss at the mountain con copper mine

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. John Herlihy, shift bo...

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The Boss team!: Deadwood and Swiggler

The Boss team!: Deadwood and Swiggler

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0694.

Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia.  Location: Red Star, West Virginia.

Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, West ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The  boss, theatrical script - Script by Aaron Hoffman
Young spinners in Cornell Mill. Posed by boss.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Young spinners in Cornell Mill. Posed by boss. Location: Fall River, ...

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

"Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" - Old Song. "No prison is big enough to hold the Boss." In on one side and out at the other / Th. Nast.

"Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" - Old Song. "No prison is big enoug...

Head of "Boss" Tweed sticking out of jail wall and his feet out another wall. Drawing by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1872 Jan. 6, p. 13. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4405 (1872). Th... More

Caricature, The boss of the road, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The boss of the road, public domain cartoon image

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0687.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner in the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner in the summer, Seacoast Canning Co.,...

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

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.

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. The Boss would not let nine year old Minnie pose, although she works with her mother, packing even far into the night. (See #2439.)  Location: Eastport, Maine.
1:00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'klyn, N.Y. every night. 3 smaller boys were kept out of the photo by Boss.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

1:00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'k...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bowling place, sports, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

It's no use kicking, he must obey his boss / C.J. Taylor.

It's no use kicking, he must obey his boss / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Thomas C. Platt waving his top hat while riding on the back of a bucking donkey labeled "Tribune" and with the face of Whitelaw Reid, in the ring at the "G.O.P. Circus"; among those in the audience ... More

Barn boss cleaning shovel at logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

Barn boss cleaning shovel at logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Riding boss checking off cotton brought in by pickers, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Riding boss checking off cotton brought in by pickers, Marcella Planta...

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

Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers: "He's good (the boss). He lets us live here without paying rent."

Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Doorway and interior of fire boss' room where the records of inspection are kept

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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Initiation ceremonies of the darktown lodge - part first: the grand boss charging the candidate

Initiation ceremonies of the darktown lodge - part first: the grand bo...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3326

Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years old. Works in the mill-room. His father is boss of another room. Frank Matley next in right end of picture lives at 25 Rod St., been in mill-room No. 12 for 1 1/2 years.  Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years o...

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A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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"Co', Boss! Co', Boss!" / L.M. Glackens.

"Co', Boss! Co', Boss!" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Taft wearing a large hat, offering corn stalk labeled "Excuse, Apology, Explanation, Defense, [and] Persuasion" to a cow labeled "The West" and with a bell labeled "Insurgency" arou... More

The Boss taking liberties. "G'wan, I haint married." The girl steady. Maggioni Canning Co.  Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

The Boss taking liberties. "G'wan, I haint married." The girl steady. ...

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Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily as spinner in the Lumberton Cotton Mills. Makes 30 cents a day. Lonnie Britt, 7 years old has been working steadily for 1 year as spinner. Makes 40 cents a day. Ages and data given me by their grandmother at home, and I saw them going and coming early and late. 2 smallest in group. When Mr. Swift made his last visit to Lumberton he was shown through these mills by Mr. Jennings, who asked Mr. Swift how many children he thought there were under age. Mr. Swift said about 20, Mr. Jennings told him there were at least 30, and called one of his men to prove he was right. He told Mr. Swift that all the mills were employing children under age. N.B. SEE OTHER SIDE BEFORE USING LABEL (over) Important. [verso of card]: N.B. April 1915: A subsequent visit to this family brought out the information that Flossie was 8 years old and Lonnie 10 years old when I saw them. That the boss asked the mother to bring Lonnie to work, and that she worked about 1/2 year as steadily as she could. That another boss asked the mother to bring Flossie to work and that the girl soon became sick. The mother became disgusted and quit the mill for life on her father's farm where they are now located. There was no need for the children working. Since they moved to the farm the superintendent and 2 other persons visited the family and tried to intimidate them and get them to make mis-statements about the children's ages and work. See Hine report for additional details, all given to Mr. Hine in the presence of a prominent Lumberton attorney.  Location: Lumberton, North Carolina.

Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily as...

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Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan. 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family. Location: Opelika, Alabama

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3820. Hine no. 3820-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

[Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said: "He said he wasn't going to school so I took him." See 4830.]  Location: [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys pa...

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The riding boss. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

The riding boss. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

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

Boss of Senate. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. A new informal picture of Vice President Garner, who celebrated his 69th birthday yesterday, 11/23/37

Boss of Senate. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. A new informal picture of V...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A "boss" molly moocher found on Hazy Creek by Dave Bailey

A "boss" molly moocher found on Hazy Creek by Dave Bailey

David Bailey found this huge molly moocher across from the Wolf Pen Hollow. Charles Bradford wrote the following account of and incident that happened near Wolf Pen Hollow, as he heard it from his mother, Sylvi... More

Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old (see 4830) and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said: "He said he wasn't going to school so I took him."  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys pac...

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Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Father said "The little one is a cracker jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it. Not as quick.["] (Note the tense, serious looks on the younger. Older one more like a real girl.)  Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills.  Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...

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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills.  Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1:00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'klyn, N.Y. every night. 3 smaller boys were kept out of the photo by Boss.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

1:00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'k...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bowling place, sports, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The boss of the ring prime quality smoking tobacco

The boss of the ring prime quality smoking tobacco

Caricature bust of William Marcy "Boss" Tweed. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Manufactured by Ch. Reinhardt. Caption card tracings: Tweed, W. M.;... More

Our boss, three quarter length portrait

Our boss, three quarter length portrait

Tobacco label showing Boss Tweed(?) seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left. Photograph pasted on lithographed label. Copyright by E. Hadra.

Drift Mouth, San Lick Mine, near Grafton, West Virginia. Bank Boss in centre: driver on his right: trapper boy outside. Alfred, about 14. He trapped several years during vacation: said he is going to school this year: asked if it were because school is more fun he said. "This yere hain't no fun!".  Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Drift Mouth, San Lick Mine, near Grafton, West Virginia. Bank Boss in ...

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Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away when I tried to get his name. A companion said, "He ain't got no time to sell postals. He got to go to night school." Another said, "His name is Jo Traain and [he] lives on West St." Three others of the smallest in front are: Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St. (very young), a "spare boy" has worked 9 months there. At 1 P.M., Mr. Hine saw his going away from the mill and followed him up town. He said, "Boss laid me off for a day. He does that sometimes. Then I bum around town." Joseph Mile, 80 Tremont St., In spinning room 1 and 2. Joseph Maslak, 34 Front St. of 3 Depto St. Works in Cloth Room. Last night he gave me his name as John Mak. To-day he corrected it.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away wh...

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[Doffers - Boss said 14 and 15 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton Mill]  Location: [Indian Orchard, Massachusetts] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Doffers - Boss said 14 and 15 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton Mill] ...

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Pilot. "A" boss is shown here instructing a transient worker in ditch digging at "Tugwelltown," the government-owned project started in Maryland near the District of Columbia. 10/15/35

Pilot. "A" boss is shown here instructing a transient worker in ditch ...

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New boss at Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon, Virginia, May 25. Charles Cecil Wall [sic] has been named Superintendent of George Washington's home by the Mt. Vernon Ladies Association. He succeeds the late Col. Harrison H. Dodge, who held the post for 52 years. Wall is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in business management and engineering. He is married and has two children, 5/25/37

New boss at Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon, Virginia, May 25. Charles Cecil Wa...

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Butte, Montana. John Herlihy, a shift boss at the Mountain Con mine, reading a newspaper at home

Butte, Montana. John Herlihy, a shift boss at the Mountain Con mine, r...

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Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning ...

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A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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Missouri's Governor at White House. Washington, D.C., April 13. Missouri's Governor Lloyd C. Stark leaving the White House today after conferring for twenty minutes with President Roosevelt. While he did not say so, Governor Stark is believed to have thanked the President for Aid in his fight against boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City, 4-13-39

Missouri's Governor at White House. Washington, D.C., April 13. Missou...

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Bank boss, (with lamp between knees) Motorman, Brake-boy and Driver. Gary Mine, Gary, West Virginia. Boss said he would use more boys if he could get them but they went to school. Note live wire on level with heads.  Location: Gary, West Virginia.

Bank boss, (with lamp between knees) Motorman, Brake-boy and Driver. G...

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Keep your foot off my chair. Howard C. Hopson, reputed Association Gas & Electric Co. Boss, is the subject of intense questioning when brought before the House Lobby Investigation Committee after many days of search. 8/13/35

Keep your foot off my chair. Howard C. Hopson, reputed Association Gas...

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A certain sign of adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 21. Every four years the dome of the Capitol is painted with a special, heavy coat of paint, and this is the year for men to clamber up the steep walls of the dome armed with buckets and brushes. But, the time when the painting is done is determined by the adjournment of Congress, and here is a certain sign that 'it wont be long' Arthur E. Cook, supervising Engineer in the Architects' office, John Leary who will boss the painting, and Capitol Architect David Lynn are here discussing problems in the painting which will begin after Congress quits, 7/21/38

A certain sign of adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 21. Every four y...

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Check on "Big Boss". Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead check their timepieces as they await the arrival of President Roosevelt for the Jackson Day dinner tonight at the Mayflower. The president's late arrival kept the hungry diners waiting, 1/8/38

Check on "Big Boss". Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Vice President Garner a...

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New director of air commerce. Washington, D.C., April 16. Denis Mulligan, Chief of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, greeted by his boss Daniel Roper, Sec. of Commerce, just after being sworn in as Director of Air Commerce, 4/16/38

New director of air commerce. Washington, D.C., April 16. Denis Mullig...

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Outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers. "He's good (the boss) he lets us live here without paying rent"

Outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California. S...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Doorway and interior of fire boss' room where the records of inspection are kept

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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Buffalo, New York. The metallurgical laboratory of Republic Steel entirely manned by women. Twenty-one year old Florence Bergtold is "boss" of one shift. Here steel samples are tested for tensil strength, hardenability, and density. Billet samples such as one being pounded, weighing from sixty to eighty pounds; are moved about on rolling belts

Buffalo, New York. The metallurgical laboratory of Republic Steel enti...

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[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The boss of the bosses / C.J. Taylor.

The boss of the bosses / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a fireworks display that forms a chariot or wagon labeled "McKinleyism" driven by "boss" Mark A. "Hanna" with Thomas C. "Platt", Matthew S. "Quay", and Joseph H. "Manley" as chained, submissive, pri... More

Kansas City district attorney sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., April 18. Maurice Milligan, U.S. District Attorney in Kansas City, who is engaged in the income tax inquiry involving boss Tom Pendergast, photographed as he left the White House today. He said that he called only on a social visit

Kansas City district attorney sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D....

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A few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With the recollection of Greece's ancient glory one may spend pleasant hours in the Acropolis The prime minister, Colonel Gonatas of the Revolutionary Government tells Mr. Carpenter what fun it is to boss generals about when only a colonel.

A few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With t...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter with the Prime Minister of Greece, Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, Athens, Greece.

The boss - Drawing. Public domain image.

The boss - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "What's the Matter with America" by William Allen White, Collier's magazine (Nov. 10, 1906), p. 16.

Boy who carries barrels. Robert Saunders, 10 years old. Lives Waquoit - is the sone [i.e., son] of the boss. Mother picks too.  Location: South Carver [vicinity], Massachusetts.

Boy who carries barrels. Robert Saunders, 10 years old. Lives Waquoit ...

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"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave at any time." The boss said 18 of his Syrian workers were housed in this small shack - others in similar and smaller ones. He said, "these people work in the factories the rest of the year and give up their jobs for a time to come down here and get a holiday. I go every year and get them."  Location: East Wareham [vicinity] - Maple Park Bog, Massachusetts.

"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave ...

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Straw boss of pea packers in the field near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Straw boss of pea packers in the field near Calipatria, Imperial Valle...

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Negro tenant riding boss horse home on Marcella Plantation. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Negro tenant riding boss horse home on Marcella Plantation. Mileston, ...

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Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Younkers talking with his boss, Fred Bowers, poultry farmer. Mr. Younkers, his wife and three sons have come up from Kentucky

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Younkers talking with his boss, F...

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Puck magazine cover - Let boss Platt beware / Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Let boss Platt beware / Keppler.

Print shows an angry Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, performing a feat of strength by breaking chains that bound his arms and chest; the broken chain spells "Raines Law" and "Hayseed Leg... More

Puck magazine cover - Let boss Platt beware / Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Let boss Platt beware / Keppler.

Print shows an angry Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, performing a feat of strength by breaking chains that bound his arms and chest; the broken chain spells "Raines Law" and "Hayseed Leg... More

[Man (boss) waiving his fist at female employee in a sweatshop (clothing factory)]

[Man (boss) waiving his fist at female employee in a sweatshop (clothi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1888 Nov. 3), p. 188. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sweating system 1888; Women Employment 1888; Labor; Shelf.

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