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Ide no tamagawa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ide no tamagawa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman standing with a young boy; view of the Tama River in upper left corner.

Boys of the 71st N.Y. at Montauk Point after return from Cuba

Boys of the 71st N.Y. at Montauk Point after return from Cuba

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Three men and three young boys in front of the Printing Office, Taylor, Nebraska.

Three men and three young boys in front of the Printing Office, Taylor...

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Diving for coins, Nassau, Bahama Isl'ds

Diving for coins, Nassau, Bahama Isl'ds

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Diving for coins. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13493) lists title as: Diving for coins, Nassau, Bahama Isl'ds. Detroit Publishing Co. no.... More

Boys' High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boys' High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Comrades - images Black History Month

Comrades - images Black History Month

Photograph shows two African American boys standing out of doors. Copyright by V. G. Schreck.

Drivers and Trappers Going Home: Barnesville Mine. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Drivers and Trappers Going Home: Barnesville Mine. Location: Fairmont,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 190. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Doffers in Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Others as small and some smaller. Little girls too. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Doffers in Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Others as small and some smal...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 288. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Closing hour Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. November 7, 1908. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Closing hour Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. November 7, 1908. Location: Ga...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 257. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

A Basket Factory. Boys making grate bottoms. In summer, many more young boys and girls. Location: Evansville, Indiana

A Basket Factory. Boys making grate bottoms. In summer, many more youn...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 221. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery, In Indianapolis, Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery, In Indianapolis, Aug. 1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 86. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

A Basket Factory. Boys making grate bottoms. In summer, many more young boys and girls. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

A Basket Factory. Boys making grate bottoms. In summer, many more youn...

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Street vendor showing Christmas toys to boys 23rd., St. New York

Street vendor showing Christmas toys to boys 23rd., St. New York

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Midnight 4, 11,08. Messenger Boys in heart of Tenderloin. Youngest - Badge No. 524. Herman Unslowitz, Said 15 yrs. old. Oldest Badge 605. From Western Union Telegraph Office, 172 Fifth Avenue. Location: New York, New York (State)

Midnight 4, 11,08. Messenger Boys in heart of Tenderloin. Youngest - B...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 39-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Group of sweatshop workers in shop of M. Silverman. 30 Suffolk St., N.Y. Feb. 21, 1908. Location: New York, New York (State)

Group of sweatshop workers in shop of M. Silverman. 30 Suffolk St., N....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 27-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jersey

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jers...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1035. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A few of the youngsters in the Manchester Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. I was not allowed to go inside. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia

A few of the youngsters in the Manchester Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. I w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 518. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Location: Sanford, Maine

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the younges...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 704. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

United Workers Boy's Club, New Haven, Conn. In the gymnasium. Location: New Haven, Connecticut

United Workers Boy's Club, New Haven, Conn. In the gymnasium. Location...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 615. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Boy marketing, Boston. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Boy marketing, Boston. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Postal Telegraph Messengers. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Postal Telegraph Messengers. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Burley's Branch Office, 23rd St. near Olive. Wednesday May 4th, 1910. 3:30 P.M. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Burley's Branch Office, 23rd St. near Olive. Wednesday May 4th, 1910. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1366. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

At the paper office, Bank Alley, 4 P.M. Location: Syracuse, New York (State)

At the paper office, Bank Alley, 4 P.M. Location: Syracuse, New York ...

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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Jacob Futterman, 16 years, 108 Sharon St. William Cohan, 16 years, 102 Washburn St. Cocoanut Shavers at Kibbe's. The Futterman boys had been at work one year. Isaac earned $3.50; Jacob - $4.00. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts

Kibbe's Candy Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Jacob...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1195. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Group of boys working in Woodstock Cotton Mills. Smallest boy is Will Earwood, said he had been working there six years. Another small boy said he had been working there nearly ten years. Some small girls working there also. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

Group of boys working in Woodstock Cotton Mills. Smallest boy is Will ...

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Knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills. (See photos and report.) Location: Loudon, Tennessee.

Knitters in London [i.e., Loudon?] (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills. (See pho...

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Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward F. Brown Wilmington, Delaware. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edwa...

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Some of the youngest newsies hanging around the paper office after school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Some of the youngest newsies hanging around the paper office after sch...

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Young newsboy 6th and Pine Sts. May 10th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Young newsboy 6th and Pine Sts. May 10th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, ...

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

F. Holland Day - [Two boys in sailor suits, playing checkers]

F. Holland Day - [Two boys in sailor suits, playing checkers]

Image content features: COSTUME sailor suits; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louis... More

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 Fulton St. and John Neary, 211 Lakeview Ave., front row. Left hand, Robert Magee (see #2617). Right hand, Michael Keefe (see #2602). Middle, John Risheck. 391 Adams St., back row. Cornelius Hurley (see #2602). Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 F...

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

A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, "These boys are a bad lot." All were alive to the need for being 14 years old when questioned. Location: Fries, Virginia.

A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, F...

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The only school near the Cotton Mills, Winona, Miss. A private school taught by Miss. McIntosh, who for several years off and on has conducted it, charging each pupil only one dollar a month. With only ten pupils now the job is not very lucrative. She said it was discouraging, but that many seemed to appreciate it. "What we need is compulsory education and a free school out here, which we may get before long." Children range from six to ten years. One of the ten year old boys said, "Only two more years and I'll be in the mill." Little girls added, "Four years more and I'll be there." They all seemed to feel they would get into the mill as soon as possible. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

The only school near the Cotton Mills, Winona, Miss. A private school ...

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Eldridge Bernard, 11 yrs. old. Buster Smith, 6 yrs. Old. Route boys of Newark. Colored. Taken at 4 P.M. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Eldridge Bernard, 11 yrs. old. Buster Smith, 6 yrs. Old. Route boys of...

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Thomas Messina - 116 Adams Street. 8 years old. Location: Hoboken, New Jersey.

Thomas Messina - 116 Adams Street. 8 years old. Location: Hoboken, Ne...

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

Group of workers at the Dallas Cotton Mill. The small boy helps his sister. Eternal vigilance will be needed to keep these little ones out of the mill. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Group of workers at the Dallas Cotton Mill. The small boy helps his si...

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The whole force of workers in the cotton mills of Stevenson, Ala. Several of them are apparently under twelve, but could not get the ages. Photo posed by the general manager. Location: Stevenson, Alabama.

The whole force of workers in the cotton mills of Stevenson, Ala. Seve...

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Table boy carrying out drinks from a Montgomery drug store. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Table boy carrying out drinks from a Montgomery drug store. Location:...

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

Two Cochiti Pueblo Boys learning the Deer Dance

Two Cochiti Pueblo Boys learning the Deer Dance

Photograph shows two Cochiti boys standing in front of a door wearing headdresses. J191564 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 068379. Accession number 44756.

Help the boys to keep them running

Help the boys to keep them running

Poster shows German soldiers fleeing amidst explosions. Public domain scan of German poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boys to the farm -- bring your chums and do your bit -- S.O.S. / E. Henderson.

Boys to the farm -- bring your chums and do your bit -- S.O.S. / E. H...

Poster shows man in Sons of the Soil uniform blowing a bugle to summon men to the Sons of the Soil corps. In the background, men in the S.O.S. uniform head for the fields. Text indicates that the bugler is wear... More

Eight-year old Jack driving load of hay. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

Eight-year old Jack driving load of hay. See Hine Report, Rural Child ...

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How can you cheer for the boys when they come home if you have neither fought nor paid. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund

How can you cheer for the boys when they come home if you have neither...

No. 4. Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newsie. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Newsie. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Le...

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B.W.I.R. The boys are doing splendidly in Egypt Mesopotamia France. Another Bahamas contingent will be sailing soon. Roll up men. Make it the best. God save the king

B.W.I.R. The boys are doing splendidly in Egypt Mesopotamia France. An...

Poster for the British West Indies Regiment, showing a small portrait of King George V.

This is recreation for Jack. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

This is recreation for Jack. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, Augus...

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

General View of Spooling Room. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

General View of Spooling Room. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusett...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

James Donovan - Irish Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works. Said he was 17 years. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

James Donovan - Irish Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works. Said he was 17...

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Hebbardsville School. Principal is new and said "Only a few absent." School opened September 5th. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hebbardsville School. Principal is new and said "Only a few absent." S...

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"Just hanging around." See 4197. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

"Just hanging around." See 4197. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts ...

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[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report.] Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones,...

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

15-year old boy sorting cycas leaves, Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

15-year old boy sorting cycas leaves, Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-35...

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.

14-year-old boy hauling water on farm near Lawton. Francis Heinz, Route B, Box 11. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

14-year-old boy hauling water on farm near Lawton. Francis Heinz, Rout...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4806. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square. Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm, South Windsor. They return about 7 P.M. Location: Hartford, Connecticut L.W. Hine

6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square. Truck load of tobacco workers bound f...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4893. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

[Boys playing baseball], 3/21/23

[Boys playing baseball], 3/21/23

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One of the pupils in the Caesar Mt. School. See Photo No. 23. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

One of the pupils in the Caesar Mt. School. See Photo No. 23. Locatio...

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Congressman R. Walton Moore of Virginia and a group of House of Representative Page boys whom he entertained at his Virginia estate on Sunday

Congressman R. Walton Moore of Virginia and a group of House of Repres...

Posed on and in front of porch. No. 19523. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Congress, U.S.; She... More

Young America meets while proud fathers look on approvingly

Young America meets while proud fathers look on approvingly

An Euro-American boy and a Native American boy, wearing headdress, shaking hands.

[The newsboy, "Jackie Coogan" of Hartford, Conn. One of the youngest. Aug. 26, 1924. ]. Location: [Hartford], Connecticut.

[The newsboy, "Jackie Coogan" of Hartford, Conn. One of the youngest. ...

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Miscellaneous. Boy with mechanical toy

Miscellaneous. Boy with mechanical toy

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Prince George's County, Maryland

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Prince George's County...

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Prince George's County, Maryland

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Prince George's County...

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Beltsville, Maryland

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work, Beltsville, Maryland

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Franklin Schroeder and the older boys in the yard. He is giving them the "last watermelon of the season." Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111

Franklin Schroeder and the older boys in the yard. He is giving them t...

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

Jerusalem Y.M.C.A. activities. Gymnasium, boys' drill

Jerusalem Y.M.C.A. activities. Gymnasium, boys' drill

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Learning how. The war production program means school to these boys. Class work is part of their training to be expert tool and die makers

Learning how. The war production program means school to these boys. C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production drive poster. "Give 'Em Both Barrels, Boys." One of the huge posters which employees of the Northern Pump Company, of Minneapolis, place on the sides of freight cars leaving the plant. The ideas originated with the men themselves. In this way the labor-management committee broadcasts to the countryside its resolve to help win the war. It is estimated that millions of Americans see these traveling posters as they move across the country to their destinations

War production drive poster. "Give 'Em Both Barrels, Boys." One of the...

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Peach pickers with sackful of peaches, Delta County, Colorado. These are local boys

Peach pickers with sackful of peaches, Delta County, Colorado. These a...

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys putting up a fence. Greene County, Georgia

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys putting up a fence. Greene Coun...

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Farm boys in beer parlor on Sunday afternoon. Finnish community of Bruce Crossing, Michigan

Farm boys in beer parlor on Sunday afternoon. Finnish community of Bru...

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Farm boys buy tickets for ride at the carnival on the Fourth of July. Vale, Oregon

Farm boys buy tickets for ride at the carnival on the Fourth of July. ...

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Florence (vicinity), Alabama. Boys at a Boy Scout camp

Florence (vicinity), Alabama. Boys at a Boy Scout camp

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. High school boys, aged sixteen and seventeen, nearing graduation and the Army, are emphasizing their mathematics, to prepare themselves for more interesting work in the war

Lititz, Pennsylvania. High school boys, aged sixteen and seventeen, ne...

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Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Boys

Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Boys

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City boys at Lyndhurst, May 26, 1905

City boys at Lyndhurst, May 26, 1905

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; New York L -1905; Shelf. 14(2).

"Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. (See photos.) Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry, sometimes, ren i.e., ten or more a day. They go around in the mill, often help tend to machines, which often run at noon, and so learn the work. A teacher told me the mothers expect the children to learn this way, long before they are of proper age. (See also Vaughn's Georgia Report, April, 1913.) Eagle and Phoenix Mill. Location: Columbus, Georgia

"Dinner-Toters" waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3457. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Carrying-in Boy at the Lehr, (15 years old) Glass Works, Grafton, West Virginia. Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day. Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Carrying-in Boy at the Lehr, (15 years old) Glass Works, Grafton, West...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 164. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some of their names see labels 1927 to 1930. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1942. Portions of text obliterated on caption card. Text based on previous card, which it appears to match. ... More

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2420. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Newsboy asleep on stairs with papers. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

Newsboy asleep on stairs with papers. Location: Jersey City, New Jerse...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3117. Caption pencilled by P&P staff member. Location and date based on caption for #3116. Credit line: N... More

Some of the younger boys working in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. One, Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record, another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve years old was under legal age according to one of the other boys there, Calvin Caughlin who did not appear to be fifteen years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it it i.e., is likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work. Location: West, Texas

Some of the younger boys working in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at W...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3653. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of child-labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of chi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1984. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1306. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P[ac]king Co. and a heavy load. J. W. Magruder, witness. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P[ac]king Co. and a heavy load....

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Indianapolis Newsboys Waiting for the Base-ball Edition In a Newspaper Office. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indianapolis Newsboys Waiting for the Base-ball Edition In a Newspaper...

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Harry Cherkos, 435 Catherine St, 7 years of age, sells papers, from 2:30 to 8 P.M. daily. 10 A.M. to midnight on Saturday. Income, 50 cents per day. This boy was caught gambling on Chestnut & 11th Streets. When asked if he gambles said no. Said all earnings go home. This boy has the appearance of being a bit feeble minded. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Harry Cherkos, 435 Catherine St, 7 years of age, sells papers, from 2:...

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Move a little bit of Broadway to Paris and make the boys feel right at home

Move a little bit of Broadway to Paris and make the boys feel right at...

by Sam Landers and Mary Donoghue. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Doffer - Mule room - 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adam...

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"We're sorry, but Roy Campanella is ill a[nd ...] not be able to appear [...] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Roger Higgins.

"We're sorry, but Roy Campanella is ill a[nd ...] not be able to appea...

Photograph shows a disappointed Stephen Cummings, age 5, wearing baseball uniform, sitting on the sidewalk next to his baseball glove, hands on his cheeks, elbows on knees, baseball bat across his lap, looking ... More

Two boys leaning on fence watching parade, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Two boys leaning on fence watching parade, state fair, Donaldsonville,...

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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...

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A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor. Location: Birmingham...

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A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Witness Sara R. Hine. Dec. 3, 1908. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Witness Sara ...

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Johns Lewis. Springstein Mill. A typical cotton mill boy. 12 years old --1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. Got 40 cents at start--60 cents now. Brother and Pa, in mills. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Johns Lewis. Springstein Mill. A typical cotton mill boy. 12 years old...

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Doffer in a Lincolnton, (N.C.) mill. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Doffer in a Lincolnton, (N.C.) mill. Location: Lincolnton, North Caro...

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Don't leave the farm boys - Public domain American sheet music, 1871

Don't leave the farm boys - Public domain American sheet music, 1871

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He delivers bundles, tends the door, etc. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He...

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Young worker in Merchants Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young worker in Merchants Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts /...

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Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafton, West Virginia. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture: another boy said he feared we might make him go to school. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafto...

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James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours per day. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May 1910.

James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. A...

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Boy making Melon Baskets, A Basket Factory, Evansville, Ind. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Boy making Melon Baskets, A Basket Factory, Evansville, Ind. Location...

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