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Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 63. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Frank Craneshaw. Has doffed for 3 years in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Gets 75 cents a day. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Frank Craneshaw. Has doffed for 3 years in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 356. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. 40 cts. to start, 60 cents a day now. Brother and mother in mill. Morris Small (boy with cap) "Reckon I been in mill 2 yrs. Don't remember." Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 loom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 331. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Boys assisting at the Broom Machines. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co. Location: Evansville, Indiana

Boys assisting at the Broom Machines. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co. Location: E...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 202. No text recorded on caption card after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee coll... More

A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati. Location: Ci...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 30. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville, Ind. Location: Evansville, Indiana

National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 200. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Boys in front work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire

Boys in front work in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manch...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 802. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

6:30 A.M. May 19, 1909. One of the small boys going into Mill No. 1, Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Saw 6 going into this mill under 14; some looked to be about 11. There are several other mills in this corporation, and they employ many more youngsters. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

6:30 A.M. May 19, 1909. One of the small boys going into Mill No. 1, G...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 809. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A midnight scene in More-Jonas i.e., Jones? Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Four small boys are to be seen in this photo. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

A midnight scene in More-Jonas i.e., Jones? Glass Works, Bridgeton, N....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 983. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Jossph Harris a 9 year old newsboy in Hartford, Conn. Been selling 1 12 years. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

Jossph Harris a 9 year old newsboy in Hartford, Conn. Been selling 1 1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 653. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Arthur H. Toody, 536 Market St. Newsboy, 8 years of age. Selling papers 1 years [sic] Average earnings 20 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours per day. Wants money for moving picture. May, 1910. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Arthur H. Toody, 536 Market St. Newsboy, 8 years of age. Selling paper...

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[Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling newspapers 5 years. Average earnings 35 cents a week. Sells from choice. Father, rivet driver, $20 weekly. "Happy" is well known character in town. When first interviewed gave story of sleeping in broken buildings and lots at night. Found out in streets at 11 P.M. at night pitching pennies and working "last paper" scheme. Flips cars and has sister who is 8 years of age who begs and sells papers. Boy very imaginative, and when last seen had a rusty 5 inch knife which he said he found and was playing with same in gutter. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Wilmington, Del. May, 1910.] Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling n...

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Day Messenger - Joseph Bleot. 3638 Washington St. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Day Messenger - Joseph Bleot. 3638 Washington St. Location: Boston, Ma...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1182. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... 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 (...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1256. Hine no. 1257. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Shine! Canal St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Shine! Canal St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1633. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

"Livers" a young newsie. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

"Livers" a young newsie. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1458. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Smallest boy is Louis Godbout, 132 Lincoln St. Bennington, Vermont

Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Smallest boy is L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1063. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More

Karl Witklwskr, 812 Walnut St., Market vender. 11 years of age. 1 year at work. Works of own choice. Earns percentage of money received from stand, amounting to an average of 50 cents a week. Money not needed at home. Works of own volition. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Louis W. Hine, May, 1910

Karl Witklwskr, 812 Walnut St., Market vender. 11 years of age. 1 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1506. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling newspapers 5 years. Average earnings 35 cents a week. Sells from choice. Father, rivet driver, $20 weekly. "Happy" is well known character in town. When first interviewed gave story of sleeping in broken buildings and lots at night. Found out in streets at 11 P.M. at night pitching pennies and working "last paper" scheme. Flips cars and has sister who is 8 years of age who begs and sells papers. Boy very imaginative, and when last seen had a rusty 5 inch knife which he said he found and was playing with same in gutter. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Wilmington, Del. May, 1910. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling ne...

In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1513. Hine no. 1515. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

Girl and boys selling papers. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Girl and boys selling papers. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location:...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1549. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

A young doffer working in Central Mills. Location: Sylacauga, Alabama

A young doffer working in Central Mills. Location: Sylacauga, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1824. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Children under sixteen years are dismissed half an hour before the rest at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. 5:30 P.M. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Children under sixteen years are dismissed half an hour before the res...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1349. Similarly captioned images (#1449, 1489, 1967, 2006, 2011, 2030, 2031), dated April 1911. Credit line: Nati... More

[John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenger # 9. 15 years of age. In service 1 year. Visits houses of prostitution. Sometimes smokes. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messeng...

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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, John Crawley. (See my report for addresses.) Most of these boys could not spell own names. All claimed to be over 14, but their disputes showed "These's a reason." They get from three to four dollars a week and some pay board. One said, "I get all over $2.60." Some were surely under twelve. All work. Lindsey Witt has been working there 2 years. Dewey Anderson, three years. Myron Cole, some time. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smal...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2026-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Virginia I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. Some of them, especially the girls, refused to be in the Photos. Location: Portsmouth, Virginia

Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2237. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Camillo DeMarco, 129 Common St., been in the Washington Mill spinning room No. 1, 3 months. Birth certificate makes him 14. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Camillo DeMarco, 129 Common St., been in the Washington Mill spinning ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2470. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Danville Messengers. The smallest boy, Western Union No. 5, is only ten years old, and is working as extra boy. He said he was going to be laid off as the manager told him he was too young, but an older messenger told me the reason was that the other messengers were having him put off because he cuts into their earnings. Location: Danville, Virginia

Danville Messengers. The smallest boy, Western Union No. 5, is only te...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2184. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Some of Batise's illiterate neighbors. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

Some of Batise's illiterate neighbors. Location: Winchendon, Massachus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2390. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia Location: Danville, Virginia

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia Location: Danville, Virginia

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2181. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Alfred Genalano - 12 Newark Street. 10 yrs. old - Carries to customers on River Street, in Segregated district - "Dunno how many." 3:30 P.M. Location: Hoboken, New Jersey

Alfred Genalano - 12 Newark Street. 10 yrs. old - Carries to customers...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3239. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre: Eli Marks, 505 4 12 St. S.W. (8 yrs. old, makes 25 cents a night;) Morris Marks (10 yrs. old, makes 50 cents a night;) Harvey Schneider (11 yrs. old, makes 50 cents a night;) 209 -- 10th St. S.W. "When they see us, they chase us home at 8:30, but when we see 'em coming we slid the boxes in our pockets, until the cop gets past. Then we stay 'til - or after sometimes." Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre: Eli Marks...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2903. No location recorded on caption card; probably Washington, D.C., based on content and captions for ... More

1:30 A.M. Peter, 15 years old (on left). Employed in camphor works. Air full of camphor. Sells papers Saturday nights until 3 A.M. One of a dozen boys who sleep in car barn these nights. Charles, 11 years old (on right). Gets supper in restaurant. Sells every day. Brother of #3117. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

1:30 A.M. Peter, 15 years old (on left). Employed in camphor works. Ai...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3116. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912), while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks that he is 12. His brother (photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer, North Carolina

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3070. Hine no. 3071. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit... More

Joseph Roposa, 376 Webster St. Young Greek, said been working in weave room of Cornell Mill a short time. Going to dinner. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Joseph Roposa, 376 Webster St. Young Greek, said been working in weave...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2790. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Insurance papers, and through conversations with the children and parents, and found these that I could prove to be working now, or during the past year, at 10 and 11 years of age, some of them having begun before they were ten. Further search would reveal dozens or more. (See Hine Report). Lindale, Georgia

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days followin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3365. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The morning attend[a]nce at the mill school. See labels 3734 and 3735. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

The morning attend[a]nce at the mill school. See labels 3734 and 3735....

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Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo Sunday morning. Location: Austin, Texas

Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3576. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Weeks work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually. Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3323. No date recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333 (same location). Credit lin... More

(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine., Oct. 22/15.

(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a g...

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[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work. "The boys can keep up with me all right, and all day long," the father said. Begin at 6 A.M. and work until 6 P.M. with hour off at noon. Several smaller children not work. See Hine Report for studies of amount of work done by these and other children. Oct. 30/15]. Location: [Ft. Collins vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine.

[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The ...

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

Newsies. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / L...

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Barn of Daniel Barrett and group shown in photos 4464-5-6. Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Barn of Daniel Barrett and group shown in photos 4464-5-6. Location: ...

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Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work. Loca...

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Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. T...

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[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving. Charles Cavanagh, 863 Slade St.15 years.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving. Charles Cavanagh...

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Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old Jewel and 5-year old Harold picks 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." The 3-year old is learning to pick. Father is a renter on shares: gives 1/4 of his cotton for rent, and 1/3 of his corn. Has 20 acres in cotton. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old...

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Union Hospital - Lewis Palmer - 14 years - 455 Peckham St. - Rope hauler in Estes Mill, making mop rope. Began April 25th. Hand cut by rope May 18th. Laid up one month. Wages $4.60 - compensation $4. Goes on Sunday hikes with his crowd. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital - Lewis Palmer - 14 years - 455 Peckham St. - Rope haul...

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Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will be closed. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will b...

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Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co. Cut leg June 20, 1916. (See Mr. Wagner's schedule.) Was pushing and pulling basket along floor; basket caught a loose board and threw him against loom cutting his leg. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co....

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Hugh Oliphant, 12 years old driving a "double-shovel." Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hugh Oliphant, 12 years old driving a "double-shovel." Location: Warr...

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Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., when work is over. School opened 2 weeks ago, and the boys expect to be out several weeks more. 10-year old boy, Edward Goldsberry carries and drops the sticks. 11-year old Aubrey Hazeland is piling the tobacco (in front). 13-year old Dolph Hazeland piling (behind Aubrey), and 14-years old Willie Goldsberry is spiking the tobacco. Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., S...

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[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag that holds 50 pounds and more before it is emptied. Norma is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds a day. Drags the sack which often holds 50 pounds or more before emptied. Randall is 9 years old; has picked over 100 pounds a day--usually less. He does not carry quite so large a sackful as his sisters.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma]. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Pra...

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Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will be closed. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will b...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4512. "Div. 3" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic location; probably refers to a school district. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Address Hiatt, Ky. Go to Hickory Grove School, but they have been absent most of the past 6 weeks for work, sickness, etc. Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Addres...

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Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., when work is over. School opened 2 weeks ago, and the boys expect to be out several weeks more. 10-year old boy, Edward Goldsberry carries and drops the sticks. 11-year old Aubrey Hazeland is piling the tobacco (in front). 13-year old Dolph Hazeland piling (behind Aubrey), and 14-year old Willie Goldsberry is spiking the tobacco. Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., S...

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Pilot View School. See Kentucky reports for 1916. Location: Clark Co., Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Pilot View School. See Kentucky reports for 1916. Location: Clark Co....

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Rock Creek School #32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened September 11th--8 months term. 34 present. J.W. Evans, Principal, P.O. Route 2, Shawnee, said there are only half as many as he expects after cotton picking is over. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report. Location: Potawotamie County, Oklahoma

Rock Creek School #32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened September 11th-...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4587. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Street gang - corner Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Street gang - corner Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M. Location: Sp...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4361. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or rather Sunday morning at 1:55, Frank must have fallen asleep and in some way he knocked against the controlling pedal, and the next thing he knew his hand was caught in the machine. He sued the Co. for damages and after 2 years' litigation he received an award of $10,000 - $5,000 for each of 2 fingers which were amputated. The lawyer's fee has not yet been decided upon by the court. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after work...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4075. Hine no. 4076. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

[Street scenes. Delivery boy.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Street scenes. Delivery boy.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts] / Le...

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Alfred Brook, 200 W. Pottawotamie St. 8-year-old newsie. Everett Glin on the right - see 4768. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Alfred Brook, 200 W. Pottawotamie St. 8-year-old newsie. Everett Glin ...

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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...

In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4743. Hine no. 4744. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

Street scenes. Delivery boy. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Street scenes. Delivery boy. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. ...

In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4719. Hine no. 4720. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

Herschel Bonham, Route A, Box 118, an 11-year-old boy cultivating peas. He belongs to a cotton club in school. Father says he can pick 200 pounds of cotton a day. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Herschel Bonham, Route A, Box 118, an 11-year-old boy cultivating peas...

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Frank Hastings, 107 Hampshire Street, Cambridge. Said he was 14 last month. Just begun work for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co. Taken in the morning. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Frank Hastings, 107 Hampshire Street, Cambridge. Said he was 14 last m...

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Young vender [sic] with badge. Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young vender [sic] with badge. Market. Location: Boston, Massachusett...

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Selling oranges at market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Selling oranges at market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W....

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Joseph Amico, photographed at 11 a.m. on Washington Street. Delivering shoes for National Shoe Repair Co., 21 School Street. Said 14 years old. Beginning at $5 a week. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Joseph Amico, photographed at 11 a.m. on Washington Street. Delivering...

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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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Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest child is 12. The nurse of the school which these children attend, reports that they are continually being sent home because of their dirty condition. A little fellow who looked about 6 was quite an expert. The children received 20 cents for stringing a thousand tage i.e. tags they tie a knot in a piece of string, and run the string thru sic the tag. They moisten the ends of their fingers in their mouths to tie the knots. They can string about a thousand tags in half an hour. One member of a second family which is stringing tags has impetigo, or skin disease, according to the school nurse. Location: Newark, New Jersey

Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest c...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 4916. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Homework pictures taken in connection with investigation (see report TE-NY-39). Location: New York, New York (State)

Homework pictures taken in connection with investigation (see report T...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 4921. Recorded on a single caption card spanning 4919-4931. Credit line: National Child Labor Committ... More

9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works, Aug. 1908. Location: Indiana

9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works, Aug. 1908. Location: Indiana

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 120. No city recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library ... More

Newsboy Club. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Newsboy Club. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 950. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

A group of newsies selling evenings in saloons and stores. Taken in alley back of City Jail at 10 P.M. Left to right: Dominick Mardilo, 28 12 Fulton Street; Roderick Towle, 44 Sheridan Ave.; William Towle, brother, 44 Sheridan Ave.; Louis Strasburg, 40 Mulberry Street; Max Erlich, 101 Dallius Street. Location: Albany, New York (State)

A group of newsies selling evenings in saloons and stores. Taken in al...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1289. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania

Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1914. Hard to tell whether handwritten date is 1910 or 1911; 1910 seems more likely based on surrounding car... More

Arthur Fernande or Fernando? Said 8 years old. Picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a scoop. Said they worked from 9 till 5. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts

Arthur Fernande or Fernando? Said 8 years old. Picking cranberries by ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2510. UMBC records name as "Fernande." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of C... More

The Twombley School, Brush, Colo., with 13 pupils present out of a possible 25, on Oct. 27, seven weeks after school opened, and a few of the beet workers families have already finished and returned to town. The school is very well equipped and well kept, with a capable man teacher, good playground apparatus, etc. Location: Brush, Colorado Photo by Hine

The Twombley School, Brush, Colo., with 13 pupils present out of a pos...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4054. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manchester, Connecticut

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manch...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4972. Single card covers 4966-5008. No state or city recorded on caption card; South Manchester, Connecticut, bas... More

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 75. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Tygart Valley Glass Co., Grafton, West Virginia. Plenty of boys. (see label on 162). Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Tygart Valley Glass Co., Grafton, West Virginia. Plenty of boys. (see ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 143. Additional copy in LOT 7478. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More

Fruit Vendors, Indianapolis Market, Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Fruit Vendors, Indianapolis Market, Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 84. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Citizens' Glass Co., Evansville, Ind. Over ten small boys on day shift in one department, were counted. Location: Evansville, Indiana

Citizens' Glass Co., Evansville, Ind. Over ten small boys on day shift...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 193. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Messenger Boys, Indianapolis Western Union. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Messenger Boys, Indianapolis Western Union. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopp...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 49. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year. Location: Apalachicola, Florida

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 574. The word "season" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Young negroes working in Cape May Glass Co., N.J. Been there some time. Location: Cape May, New Jersey

Young negroes working in Cape May Glass Co., N.J. Been there some time...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 990. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A group working on night shift at Hereford Glass Works, Cape May Court House, N.J. November 19, 1909. I saw the smallest boy carrying in shortly before midnight, November 18th. Location: Cape May Court House, New Jersey

A group working on night shift at Hereford Glass Works, Cape May Court...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 987. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Donald Mallick, (see #1513.) And Myrtle Mallick. Myrtle is 8 years. Selling papers 1 12 years, average earnings 35 cents per day. Sells from choice. Begs pennies and works "last paper" scheme. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. (See general report for further information.) Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Donald Mallick, (see #1513.) And Myrtle Mallick. Myrtle is 8 years. Se...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1541. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2720. Pencilled on card: "2721?". Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does away completely with the use of breaker boys. The percent of slate that goes in with the coal separated by this machine is 1% to 2%, where the percent with the old primitive method of using boys is from 15% to 60%. This picture was taken at the breaker of the Spencer Coal Co., at Scranton, Pennsylvania, on March, 18, 1913. Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3504. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

[Vincenzo Messina, 15 years old and brother Angelo, 11 years old, baking bread for father, 174 Salem Street. Vincenzo is working nights now, from 5 P.M. to 5 P.M. Usually works on day shift. Angelo helps a great deal, tends store and helps bake too.] Location: [Cambridge, Massachusetts] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Vincenzo Messina, 15 years old and brother Angelo, 11 years old, baki...

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Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for smut. 250 of these boys and girls in the Club work in this Co. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for s...

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14-year old Fred cutting dies for a new job. Embossing shop of Harry C. Taylor. 61 Court Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

14-year old Fred cutting dies for a new job. Embossing shop of Harry C...

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488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngsters here. Some boys were so small they had to climb up on the spinning frame to mend the broken threads and put back the empty bobbins. Location: Macon, Georgia.

488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngster...

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Night scene in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Night scene in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Brid...

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5-year old Harold Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

5-year old Harold Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche Count...

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Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis...

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Frank De Natale, a 12-year old barber. Lathers and shaves customers in father's shop, 416 Hanover Street, after school and Saturday. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Frank De Natale, a 12-year old barber. Lathers and shaves customers in...

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Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo is 3 years old. Boy is 6 years old, Girl is 9 years old. We found this family, children and all working on Hichens farm, Cannon, Del., May 28th 1910, before school closed. See photos #1582, #1586, and labels. This is the fourth week of school and the mother said they would be here for 15 or 20 days more. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo is 3...

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