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[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform and young African American boy]

[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform and young African Ame...

Case: Berg, no. 3-57. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02 pp/liljwoch pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified boy, probably brothers]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified boy, probably ...

Case: Leather; floral design. Information from the seller indicates that the soldier was from Kentucky. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War ... More

[Union drummer boy John Clem at Point Lookout, Tennessee]

[Union drummer boy John Clem at Point Lookout, Tennessee]

Print shows boy holding bayoneted rifle in battle, with Point Lookout in the distance. Proof before lettering; includes print-registration marks in margins. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson co... More

Baseball's boy wonders Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Baseball's wonder boys met for the first time as friendly enemies when Bucky Jacobs, left, Washington's rookie from Richmond, Virginia And Bob Feller, from Cleveland, pitched against each other for the first time

Baseball's boy wonders Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Baseball's wonder boys...

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[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years.] Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

[Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 year...

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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in the morning. One boy said, "Lots are working under fourteen. I went in under twelve." Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia)...

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

BOY SCOUTS. VISIT OF SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL TO D.C. REVEIWING PARADE: BADEN-POWELL; MAJ. BUTT, REAR; PRESIDENT TAFT; BRYCE; LIVINGSTONE

BOY SCOUTS. VISIT OF SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL TO D.C. REVEIWING PARADE:...

A group of men standing next to each other holding flags. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) works in Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virginia Gets forty cents a day. Husband has a job in a North Caroline cotton mill not far away, and spends Sunday with the family here. They moved here a while ago, expecting steady work which was promised by the mill. Disappointed, as mill work very slack. Two girls (said to be 15 and 17) work in the shirt factory here, where I afterwards found some young children at work. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) w...

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Small and Wizened. Been sweeping for a short time in Wamsutta Mill in #3 spinning room. Lives at 3 Mt. Pleasant St. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

John Doyle (smallest boy in street), apparently 12 or 13 years old. Sm...

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

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went into work when the whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work during the morning when I went through. Mr. W.H. Swift talked with a boy recently who said he was ten years old and works in the Clayton Cotton Mill--also that others the same age worked. Here they are. I couldn't get the youngest girls in the photos. Clayton is but a short ride from the state Capitol. (The Superintendent watched the photographing without comment.) Location: Clayton, North Carolina.

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went into ...

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

How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Peter Pepe, 24 Wonders Court, 10 yr. old newsie, selling on the Capitol steps. Been selling for 2 yrs. Makes 20 cents a day. His father is lounging at the left of the photo at the side of pillar. The boy begins selling at 5 A.M., Sundays. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Pet...

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

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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

Arrival at Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Massachusetts., Troopship Agamemnon with 26th ("Yankee") Division boy's [sic], April 7th, 1919, formerly German "Liner Kaiser Wilhelm II"

Arrival at Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Massachusetts., Troopship Agamem...

J234489 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. H. Russell; May 26, 1919. Printed on image: "[Copyright] Commercial Photo Shop, Geo. H. Russell, Mgr., Lowell, Mass., 4-17-'19"

Gillette receving annual support of Boy Scouts, 4/1/20

Gillette receving annual support of Boy Scouts, 4/1/20

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man with Laddie Boy? White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man with Laddie Boy? White House, Washington, D.C.]

A man in a trench coat standing next to a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bashka Paeff, sculptor with clay model of Hardings' pet dog "Laddie Boy," White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Bashka Paeff, sculptor with clay model of Hardings' pet dog "Laddie B...

A black and white photo of a woman holding a statue. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James J. Davis with boy at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[James J. Davis with boy at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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

Miscellaneous. Boy in bed--awake.

Miscellaneous. Boy in bed--awake.

[Boy Scouts] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Boy Scouts] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children. Boy with fishing net, Washington DC

Children. Boy with fishing net, Washington DC

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sleeping boy at nursery school. Reedsville, West Virginia

Sleeping boy at nursery school. Reedsville, West Virginia

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Half-wit Corbin Hollow boy, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Half-wit Corbin Hollow boy, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

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

Boy Scout bugler, also Gordon Pool, troop #49

Boy Scout bugler, also Gordon Pool, troop #49

A man in uniform standing next to an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young Negro boy in the corn. Near Leland, Mississippi

Young Negro boy in the corn. Near Leland, Mississippi

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington's tent city. Washington, D.C. May 26. The tents for the 25,000 Scouts who are attending the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D.C. are speedily being erected. This group in the shadow of Washington's Monument has just been completed. 5/26/37

Washington's tent city. Washington, D.C. May 26. The tents for the 25,...

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Negro boy selling pecans near Alma, Georgia

Negro boy selling pecans near Alma, Georgia

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A black and white photo of a man in a hat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a hat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young boy in Baltimore slum area. Maryland

Young boy in Baltimore slum area. Maryland

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

Boy with cranberry scoop, Burlington County, New Jersey

Boy with cranberry scoop, Burlington County, New Jersey

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

A black and white photo of a man reading a book, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man reading a book, Texas, during Great D...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox F...

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

The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday. The youngest boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday. The younge...

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

Leon Levy, residence at Schoolhouse Ln. and Henry Ave., Germantown, Pennsylvania. Boy's room I

Leon Levy, residence at Schoolhouse Ln. and Henry Ave., Germantown, Pe...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young boy holding a large piece of wood. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A young boy holding a large piece of wood. Great Depression Era, New M...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American boy, Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American boy, Chamisal, New Mexico

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

A group of people walking down a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of people walking down a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a clock tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a clock tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Ph...

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A black and white photo of a young boy. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a young boy. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A young boy holding an american flag on top of a pole. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A young boy holding an american flag on top of a pole. Great Depressio...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young boy wearing a hat and white shorts. Office of War Information Photograph

A young boy wearing a hat and white shorts. Office of War Information ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A little boy walking a small dog on a leash, Southington, Connecticut. A small boy

A little boy walking a small dog on a leash, Southington, Connecticut....

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wants to land. He's learning to make the kind of landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese Boy Scout

New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese Boy Scout

Public domain photograph of boy scouts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Boy opening milk cans at the cooperative creamery

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Boy opening milk cans at the coopera...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to collect goods for the Victory Campaign, Boy Scouts of Troop 121 of the United Church of Van Nest, Bronx, New York are shown pushing in one of their collection items, an old Ford jalopy, into the Westchester Auto Wrecking Company yard at 1400 Blondell Avenue in the Bronx. Shown in the photo pushing the car are Scouts of Troop #121 while Edward G. Bellmaire, Scoutmaster, David Lanoff of the wrecking company, and Frank O. March, Vice Chairman of the Bronx Salvage Campaign Committee look on

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to colle...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swimming at a Boy Scout camp - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Swimming at a Boy Scout camp - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Raymond Runk, accountant at the Animal Trap Company and fire captain, giving a lecture on German bombs to Boy Scouts who are learning to be messengers. In emergencies, their duty would be to report fire bombs to the proper people

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Raymond Runk, accountant at the Animal Trap Comp...

Public domain photograph of boy scouts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Sixteen-year-old boy who is in the naval reserve on Mulberry Street

New York, New York. Sixteen-year-old boy who is in the naval reserve o...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. A boy in the King's Court section

Washington, D.C. A boy in the King's Court section

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. The older Mutz boy on his way to a coyote trap

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. The older Mutz boy on his wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

G. Freeman, residence on Shore Park Rd., Great Neck, Long Island. Boy's room II

G. Freeman, residence on Shore Park Rd., Great Neck, Long Island. Boy'...

Public domain photograph of hotel, living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cy Cayne, residence on Sound View Ln., King's Point, Long Island. Boy's room II

Cy Cayne, residence on Sound View Ln., King's Point, Long Island. Boy'...

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.A. Burpee, residence in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Stepping stones, with boy

W.A. Burpee, residence in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Stepping stones, w...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ludwig Baumann Spears, Home Furnishings Show. Boy's room

Ludwig Baumann Spears, Home Furnishings Show. Boy's room

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ludwig Baumann Spears, Home Furnishings Show. Boy's room II

Ludwig Baumann Spears, Home Furnishings Show. Boy's room II

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rogers, Peet & Co., business at 600 5th Ave., New York. Basement, boy's furnishings

Rogers, Peet & Co., business at 600 5th Ave., New York. Basement, boy'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roy E. Larsen, residence at 5060 Congress St., Fairfield, Connecticut. Boy's living room, to fireplace

Roy E. Larsen, residence at 5060 Congress St., Fairfield, Connecticut....

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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bedell, residence at 200 Rugby Rd., Brooklyn, New York. Boy's room

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bedell, residence at 200 Rugby Rd., Brooklyn, New...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis McDowell gives neighborhood boy a haircut as his mother looks on.

Louis McDowell gives neighborhood boy a haircut as his mother looks on...

Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of the Palia family, 260 Terrace Street. The boy, Amorica, in center, goes to the canning factory with his mother in summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Home of the Palia family, 260 Terrace Street. The boy, Amorica, in cen...

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

A view of the Pennsylvania Breaker. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrates the utmost recess of the boy's lungs. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A view of the Pennsylvania Breaker. The dust was so dense at times as ...

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Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show me through the Red Light District, said the manager did not permit them to go on such errands. A Western Union boy (tallest boy in photo 2182) eagerly took me around and revealed an appalling intimate acquaintance with the district and the inmates. (See Hine report on Virginia messengers.) Location: Danville, Virginia.

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show...

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

Jack, A Bright Indianapolis Boy of 13: Was a Messenger at the age of 11. Indiana has no age limit for mes'grs. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jack, A Bright Indianapolis Boy of 13: Was a Messenger at the age of 1...

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

Shepherd boy, playing arundo reed pipe, with flock of sheep, Olympia, Greece

Shepherd boy, playing arundo reed pipe, with flock of sheep, Olympia, ...

Negro delivery boy, Caruthersville, Missouri

Negro delivery boy, Caruthersville, Missouri

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Drum]mer boy, Culpeper - Public domain portrait print

[Drum]mer boy, Culpeper - Public domain portrait print

Drummer boy, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, holding drum over left shoulder. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.71) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

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

The carrier boy's address to its patrons. New Year 1834.

The carrier boy's address to its patrons. New Year 1834.

On verso: 534149. Ja 3, 38. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 6a.

U.S. Boy Scout & gas mask - Public domain portrait photograph

U.S. Boy Scout & gas mask - Public domain portrait photograph

An old black and white photo of a man holding a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eskimo boy and his faithful dog, in an igloo (representing a snow-house)--World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Eskimo boy and his faithful dog, in an igloo (representing a snow-hous...

H50217 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. is done by machinery. Live wire above is sometimes not higher than a man's head. Location: Gary, West Virginia.

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. ...

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

These boys work off and on in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Smallest boy is George Cartwright, 401 N. Laurel St. He says been working off and on since 11 years old. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

These boys work off and on in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 958. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Johnnie Burns and his Basement Branch (See photo 1461). Also photo of his boy whom he says is "ungovernable." Burns says the 4 year old twins will be selling soon. 3518 Evans Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Johnnie Burns and his Basement Branch (See photo 1461). Also photo of ...

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

Group of workers in Avondale Mills. Smallest boy is John Tidwell, been doffing 3 months. Boy next to him is Ragin Bryant been doffing here for five years. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Group of workers in Avondale Mills. Smallest boy is John Tidwell, been...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1799. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Fred Millette, 592 First St., is boy in center of picture with cap on side of head and arms folded. Works in finishing room. Birth certificate make him 14. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Fred Millette, 592 First St., is boy in center of picture with cap on ...

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

BOY SCOUTS. VISIT OF SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL TO D.C. REVIEWING PARADE FROM WHITE HOUSE PORTICO

BOY SCOUTS. VISIT OF SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL TO D.C. REVIEWING PARADE ...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked: I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge think[s] he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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

[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and will lose 10 weeks of schooling. His father said that he needed the boy's help. He plows, plants, chops cotton, picks cotton. The father said: "He ain't very fast." Said he was 10 years old. The sister said he was 12 years old.] Location: Valdosta, Georgia.

[Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and wi...

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

Real Arts Pictures Corp. (Boy Scouts)

Real Arts Pictures Corp. (Boy Scouts)

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Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Boy with cows in field; Man and boy with two horses

Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Boy with cows in field...

In album: Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377, p. [5]. Item titles devised. Prints from negatives 2143 and 2144.

Miscellaneous. Boy climbing into bed.

Miscellaneous. Boy climbing into bed.

Public domain photograph of a person in bed, bedroom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Boy in front of stove

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Boy in front of stove

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photographs. Episcopal minister, altar boy and choir standing at entrance to church

Portrait photographs. Episcopal minister, altar boy and choir standing...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a baby sleeping on a blanket, possibly related to: Squeakie asleep (Othel Lee Burroughs). Son of a Hale County, Alabama cotton sharecropper

A black and white photo of a baby sleeping on a blanket, possibly rela...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Boy fishing. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Boy fishing. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Marvin McIntyre, accepting cape from Polish boy scouts for the president

Marvin McIntyre, accepting cape from Polish boy scouts for the preside...

A group of men and women standing around a horse. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian boy in blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minnesota

Indian boy in blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a boy in overalls, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a boy in overalls, Georgia. Farm Security A...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store, Georgia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican miner carrying water the way he learned as a boy, from about two miles downhill. Bertha Hill, West Virginia

Mexican miner carrying water the way he learned as a boy, from about t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT LUNCHEON TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CRIPPLED BOY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 12. MRS. ROOSEVELT AND 200 OTHER DISTINGUISHED WOMEN PAID $1.50 A PLATE FOR AN $.85 LUNCHEON TODAYSO THAT A CRIPPLED BOY, FRANCIS LANSDALE, MAY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.THE LUNCHEON WAS GIVEN BY THE 75TH CONGRESS CLUB, COMPOSED OF WIVES OF SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN WHO WERE 'FRESHMEN' IN THE 75TH CONGRESS. LAST YEAR THE CLUB PROVIDED A CHAIR FOR THE SAME BOY SO THAT HE COULD MOVE AROUND IN SCHOOL. L TO R: MRS. LESTER HILL,WIFE OF THE SENATOR FROM ALABAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB; MRS. ROOSEVELT; AND MRS. WILLIAM T. BYRNE, WIFE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK AND PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT LUNCHEON TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CRIPPLED BOY. ...

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

Negro boy drinking "milk" made of flour and water. He was sick and his mother, the wife of a sharecropper, had given him this as a delicacy. Near Marshall, Texas

Negro boy drinking "milk" made of flour and water. He was sick and his...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a suitcase, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a suitcase, Great Depressi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican boy in front of community water hydrant and sink, San Antonio, Texas

Mexican boy in front of community water hydrant and sink, San Antonio,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oregon. Josephine County, near Grants pass. Migrant boy, family, live in grower's camp for hop season. See general caption number 45

Oregon. Josephine County, near Grants pass. Migrant boy, family, live ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American boy on top of house. He is building a new roof. Amalia, New Mexico

Spanish-American boy on top of house. He is building a new roof. Amali...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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