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Day labor is used almost exclusively on Hopson plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are hired in nearby towns for seventy-five cents to one dollar a day and trucked to the plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day labor is used almost exclusively on Hopson plantation, displacing ...

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

Finnish Lagation deluged with donations to aid fight with Soviet. Washington, D.C., March 7. Mail from all parts of the nation and from all classes is deluging the Finnish Legation to the extent that its staff has jumped from 3 to 30, and a new building has been rented to handle contributions to aid Finland's fight with Soviet Russia. Money, comes in in letters addressed to Minister Procope, The Finnish Government, The Finnish Government in care of Uncle Sam, etc., and contain contributions ranging from five cents to thousands of dollars. Here, Eero Lappalainen, attache at the legation, is shown packing a box with contributions of goods to be sent to Helsinki, 3-7-40

Finnish Lagation deluged with donations to aid fight with Soviet. Wash...

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Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture. A limited number are on sale at twenty-five cents for a set of ten at the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Burea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fishing boat coming into the Columbia River Packing Association docks, Astoria, Oregon. This plant paid from five to eight cents per pound for salmon this year

Fishing boat coming into the Columbia River Packing Association docks,...

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A black and white photo of a small town. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a small town. Office of War Information Pho...

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 black and white photo of a small town. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a small town. Office of War Information Pho...

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

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer employed in cutting sugar cane at one dollar and fifty-one cents per day

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer employed in cutting suga...

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Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer employed in cutting sugar cane at one dollar and fifty-one cents per day

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer employed in cutting suga...

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Gusmerotti, twenty-nine, and Miss Mary Mignogna, employed as car repairmen's helpers at the steel car shop in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. Miss Gusmerotti and Miss Mignogna are burning holes in the hopper car sides

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Gusmerotti, twenty-nine, and Miss M...

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

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian, employed as a blacksmith's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is operating a half-ton steam hammer. Mrs. Sablejack is a widow and mother of two children

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian,...

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

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Left to right; Mrs. J. Payater Holt and Mrs. Hampden Lawsen of Louisville preparing string beans for canning. The beans were raised by Mrs. Holt in her victory garden

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi.

Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Bilox...

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

Nick Pilisotta, ten years old, 899 Fayard St. Works some in the Biloxi Canning Co. "I want to quit school and work steady. Make 50 cents a day. Made $1.30 one day last year when shrimp was big." Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Nick Pilisotta, ten years old, 899 Fayard St. Works some in the Biloxi...

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

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingsworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much time to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Talles...

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

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...

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

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek nea...

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Artificial flower making at 8 cents a gross. Youngest child working is 5 years old. Location: New York, New York (State)

Artificial flower making at 8 cents a gross. Youngest child working is...

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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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This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 sides and earns 52 cents a day. Overseer has hand on boy' s shoulder. He said this mill made 70% profit last year and excepts to make 100% this year. This is owned by Bibb Mfg. Co. Location: Macon, Georgia.

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 ...

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Rush Merrill, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. Been in mill 3 years Doffer. Gets 75 cents a day. Said sometimes gets 3 to 5 hours a day resting between times. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Rush Merrill, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. Been in mill 3 ...

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

The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky promise to pay ... or bearer, twelve & a half cents, on demand at their ... branch bank. Frankfort, ... 1822.

The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Crowd in line at Sub-Treasury Bldg, for "Lincoln Cents", New York

Crowd in line at Sub-Treasury Bldg, for "Lincoln Cents", New York

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

Where 100 bananas are sold for 8 cents, Cordoba, hot lands of Mexico

Where 100 bananas are sold for 8 cents, Cordoba, hot lands of Mexico

H8088 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Mother said she is very good hand at spinning. Been at it 3 years. Runs 4 and 5 sides, about 50 cents a day. Little sister Lettie helps. Mother said "she is learnin'." Looked 7 years old. Dec. 2/08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Clinton, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C...

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Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 yrs in mill. Two boys on left hand end are country boys just beginning to work, get 50 cents a day Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto ...

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

Leo Franklin, 419 E. 3d St. 12 years of age. Selling papers 2 years. Average earnings 50 cents a day. Selling papers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Don't smoke. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Leo Franklin, 419 E. 3d St. 12 years of age. Selling papers 2 years. A...

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

William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 607 ["606" crossed out] E. 6th Street. Newsboys. William has been selling papers 4 years, average earnings 25 cents per week. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours a day. Cornelius selling 3 years, average earnings 35 cents a week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours a day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...

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

Around the block for 2 cents [car]

Around the block for 2 cents [car]

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Elwood Palmer Cooper, 838 French St. (colored). Helper on miller's wagon. 7 years of age. Helper for one year. Carries bags of flour, weighing 25 pounds, from wagon to stores. Receives 25 cents per week. Money not needed at home. Wants money to spend. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine, May 1910.

Elwood Palmer Cooper, 838 French St. (colored). Helper on miller's wag...

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

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.

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.

General view of part of the force picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hill. There were about 25 children--most of them 8 to 15 years old. "When school opens next month you bet we have to quit workin'" they said. Usually earn 50 cents to $1.50 a day. Location: Cabool, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

General view of part of the force picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hil...

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

Schools serve good hot lunch for three cents

Schools serve good hot lunch for three cents

Children eating in a New York City school. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Iraq. Calah. (Nimrud) 20 miles S. of Mosul, capital of Assyria in 9th and 8th cents. B.C.

Iraq. Calah. (Nimrud) 20 miles S. of Mosul, capital of Assyria in 9th ...

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

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighb...

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

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour. These young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and to accelerate growth. Imperial Valley, California

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Pennsylvania photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Pennsylvania photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain pass, summit, rocks, mountains, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potato workers earn three cents per bushel gathering and sacking potatoes, near East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Potato workers earn three cents per bushel gathering and sacking potat...

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

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways. Working in the field from seven in the morning till twelve noon we earn an average of thirty-five cents"

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Co...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old photo of a man standing in a door way, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a man standing in a door way, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot digging tractor in background. "They'll sleep in the row (to hold a place in the field) to earn sixty cents a day." Near Meloland, Imperial County, California

8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Loading truck in sugar beet field. Average wage of field worker: two dollars and fifty cents per day and dinner and supper during topping. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Loading truck in sugar beet field. Average wage of field worker: two d...

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

Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Strikers received seventy-five cents per 100 pounds; demanded one dollar. In 1910 cotton growers in Imperial County advertised for pickers in the Southwest to come to Imperial Valley to pick for one dollar per 100 pounds

Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near ...

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Partially completed homes for agricultural workers to enable them to settle permanently. These houses rent for eight dollars and twenty cents per month, which includes water and electricity. This tract adjoins the migratory labor camp, Farmersville, California. (compare 19550 and 19546)

Partially completed homes for agricultural workers to enable them to s...

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25 cents, costs of producing gallon of whisky, Monopoly Committee told. Washington, D.C., March 16. The Monopoly Committee was told today by James E Friel, Vice President and Treasurer of Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc., that the cost of producing [a] gallon of Kentucky Bourbon Whisky was between 25 and 30 cents. In Illinois, Friel added, the cost would be five cents less because of the difference in state levies. He asserted that while prices of liquor have dropped since the early days of Repeal, the lower prices have not materially affected consumption, 3-16-39

25 cents, costs of producing gallon of whisky, Monopoly Committee told...

A man sitting at a table in front of a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man on a horse, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man on a horse, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

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Loading truck in sugar beet field. Average wage of field worker: two dollars and fifty cents per day and dinner and supper during topping. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Loading truck in sugar beet field. Average wage of field worker: two d...

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

Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are hired in nearby towns for seventy-five cents to one dollar a day and trucked to the plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displac...

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

Sign on highway from Fort Beauregard to Alexandria,in Pineville, Louisiana. Beds, fifty cents, plate lunches and barbecue

Sign on highway from Fort Beauregard to Alexandria,in Pineville, Louis...

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Boy dancing for arrivals at hotel, price five cents, Cairo, Illinois

Boy dancing for arrivals at hotel, price five cents, Cairo, Illinois

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

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture. A limited number are on sale at twenty-five cents for a set of ten at the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Burea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Butler had moved from the Camp Stewart area to Hazlehurst Farms only a few weeks ago. Her husband and son were clearing land at twenty-five cents per hour

Mrs. Butler had moved from the Camp Stewart area to Hazlehurst Farms o...

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

An old black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack. Of...

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

Williston, North Dakota. Inspecting used tire for sale (eight dollars and fifty cents) in grocery store

Williston, North Dakota. Inspecting used tire for sale (eight dollars ...

Public domain photograph of American working class people in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albion, New York (vicinity). Charles R. Nesbitt who hired the Friend family to work on his farm at forty cents an hour, with a five cents an hour bonus if they stay thirty days

Albion, New York (vicinity). Charles R. Nesbitt who hired the Friend f...

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

New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell and Miss Ida Hicks, employed at the American Railway Express Company, earn thirty-three dollars and twenty-six cents per week, sorting, weighing, and stamping packages

New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell and Miss Ida Hicks, employ...

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Schenectady, New York. Lunch costing thirty cents in the school cafeteria at the Oneida School

Schenectady, New York. Lunch costing thirty cents in the school cafete...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lillie Smith, working as a car washer in a garage, earns fifty-five cents per hour. She formerly did housework but likes this much better; she has one brother in the U.S. Army

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lillie Smith, working as a car washer in a g...

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students don't have much money so they bring produce from farms for which they receive tickets. Lunches cost about fifteen cents. Typical lunch for fifteen cents: candied yams, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, deviled eggs, dessert and milk. Milk is free and children have as much as they want

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students d...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station. Shine ten cents/hats cleaned

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station. Shine ten cents/hats cle...

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students don't have much money so they bring produce from farms for which they receive tickets. Lunches cost about fifteen cents. Typical lunch for fifteen cents: candied yams, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, deviled eggs, dessert and milk. Milk is free and children have as much as they want

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students d...

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

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Women preparing cans to be heated and cooked

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, start...

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Leo, 48 inches high, 8 years old. Picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day in Elk Cotton Mills. He said, "No, I don't help me sister or mother, just myself." Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Leo, 48 inches high, 8 years old. Picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day i...

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

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy said he was 11 years old and makes 50 cents a day. Been doffing there for some months. The Band Boy who seems much younger would not be photographed. Also several other young workers. Location: Lexington, North Carolina.

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

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

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 sides and earns 52 cents a day. Overseer has hand on boy' s shoulder. He said this mill made 70% profit last year and excepts to make 100% this year. This is owned by Bibb Mfg. Co. Location: Macon, Georgia.

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rush Merrill, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. Been in mill 3 years Doffer. Gets 75 cents a day. Said sometimes gets 3 to 5 hours a day resting between times. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Rush Merrill, Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. Been in mill 3 ...

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

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

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Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o'clock. Fare 10 cents. Kendell Holmes, Master. Plymouth, Aug. 2, 1859.

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o...

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 64, Folder 38.

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...

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

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girls attend school. Making garters for Liberty Garter works, 413 Broadway. Mother , a widow, earns 75 cents a day by working all day until 12 at night. Bessie works until 10 P.M. Sophie until 9 P.M. They expected to work until 10 P.M. to finish the job, although they did not know when more work would come in. Witness Mrs. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...

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

Robert Reynolds, newsboy, 228 Parrish St. 14 years of age. Selling papers 4 weeks. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Don't smoke. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Robert Reynolds, newsboy, 228 Parrish St. 14 years of age. Selling pap...

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Nardie[?] Diffondall, 328 E. 8th St. 7 years of age. Selling papers 1 year. Average earnings 25 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Don't smoke. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Works "last paper" scheme. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Nardie[?] Diffondall, 328 E. 8th St. 7 years of age. Selling papers 1 ...

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General view of the "hulling" station of the H. A. Johnson Company at Seaford, Del. There are about 400 workers at this station of which it is estimated 220 are children ranging from 2 years of age up. Whole families are congregated here and smallest child is engaged in the work of hulling berries for which 2 cents a quart is paid. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

General view of the "hulling" station of the H. A. Johnson Company at ...

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Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old, last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents and hour for all time including overtime, Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last ...

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James Morgan, 119 French St. Newsboy. 9 years of age. Selling newspaper 4 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling papers own choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 6 hours per day. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

James Morgan, 119 French St. Newsboy. 9 years of age. Selling newspape...

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John Velcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co. This is his third year at the work. Earns 55 cents a day. His hands were all sore and swelled up from the acid in the shrimp. Brother Tony, eight years old, picks some too, but is sick now. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

John Velcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co. This ...

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Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cent...

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9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre. Eli Marks, 505 4 1/2 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...

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Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. In the front row are Jesse Farmer, makes 60 cents a day, been working here six months. Haskel Holt, 70 cents a day six months working. A 13 year old sister been spinning his own name. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S....

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Frank Hopkins been sweeping at Belton Mfg. Co. 3 months 50 cents a day. Location: Belton, South Carolina.

Frank Hopkins been sweeping at Belton Mfg. Co. 3 months 50 cents a day...

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Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on Garcia Avenue. All commence selling 6 A.M. and sell until late at night. Two eldest make 50 cents each, and two youngest make 25 cents each a day. Sam been selling for 2 years. Know little English. Illiterate. Do not go to school. Tony youngest newsy in Florida. Buy candy and go to movies. Location: Tampa, Florida.

Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on G...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every day--been selling five years. Makes 50 cents Sundays and 30 cents other days. Location: Burlington, Vermont / Lewis W. Hine.

Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every da...

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Civarro family, 2106 Second Avenue, second floor back, working on patriotic flag pins. They get 3 cents a gross for inserting pin and putting onto card. Mrs. Civarro with her three-months-old baby in her arms is working with four children aged 10, 9, 7 and 5, and a younger child that does not work (2 years). They work irregularly (as Mrs. Civarro does the janitor work for the building which is in fair condition, and receives in return only the rent free of three small rooms), and their net income for this work is $2 a week. 8 members of the family sleep in one small inner room. The tenement is not licensed for homework. Baby was a premature child and very small and frail. "It is so skinny." Husband is a laborer. Location: New York, New York (State) / Lewis W. Hine.

Civarro family, 2106 Second Avenue, second floor back, working on patr...

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At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee are C.M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant director of the U.S. Mint, as congress propares to consider the plea of several states that they be allowed to issue coins in fractional cents for sales tax purposes. Miss O'Rielly has been with the Mint for 32 years. 8/8/35

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee a...

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Man salvaging coal; they receive ten cents per hundred pound sack or two dollars a ton, one man can make from ten to twenty sacks a day, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Man salvaging coal; they receive ten cents per hundred pound sack or t...

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Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man picking corn.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man pick...

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Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family of mother, father and eleven children, originally from near Mangrum, Oklahoma, where he had been tenant farmer. Came to California in 1936 after the drought. Since then has been traveling from crop to crop in California, following the harvest. Six of the eleven children attend school wherever the family stops long enough. Five older children work along with the father and mother. February 23, two of the family have been lucky and "got a place" (a day's work) in the peas on the Sinclair ranch. Father had earned about one dollar and seventy-three cents for ten-hour day. Oldest daughter had earned one dollar and twenty-five cents. Form these earnings had to provide their transportation to the fields twenty miles away. Mother wants to return to Oklahoma, father unwilling.She says, "I want to go back to where we can live happym live decent, and grow what we eat." He says, "We can't go the way I am now. We've got nothing in the world to farm with. I made my mistake when I came out here."

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrat...

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On the Bois d'Arc cooperative, Jerry Vardiman has a garden that will yield a large part of his family's food supply. Milk, which he obtains from the coop dairy, costs four cents a quart. Osage Farms, Missouri

On the Bois d'Arc cooperative, Jerry Vardiman has a garden that will y...

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A woman in a white coat is preparing food, Texas, during Great Depression

A woman in a white coat is preparing food, Texas, during Great Depress...

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Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. Costs five dollars and fifty cents per cord, and must be hauled thirty-five miles. (Shows homeowner on porch.) Portland, Oregon

Woodpiles along the street are a characteristic of Portland, Oregon. C...

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency migratory labor camp. Daughter of ex-tenant farmers on thirds and fourths in cotton. Had fifty dollars when set out. Went to Phoenix, picked cotton, pulled bolls made eighty cents a day with two people pulling bolls. Stayed until school closed. Went to Idaho, picked peas until August. Left McCall with forty dollars "in hand." Went to Cedar City and Parowan, Utah, a distance of 700 miles. Picked peas through September. Went to Hollister, California. Picked peas through October. Left Hollister for Calipatria for early peas which froze. Now receiving Farm Security Administration food grant and waiting for work to begin. "Back in Oklahoma, we are sinking. You work your head off for a crop and then see it burn up. You live in debts that you can never get out of. This isn't a good life, but I say that it's a better life than it was."

Calipatria, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) eme...

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Mr. Ellis and Miss Christian making farm and home plans with Mr. & Mrs. E.H. Wise, RR (Rural Rehabilitation) family. There are six members in this family; their monthly food check is eight dollars. Total farm and home operating expenses for year is four hundred thirty-five dollars and ninety-five cents (435.95). They have about forty-two hens and take care of part of family expenses by selling eggs, chickens and other farm produce. Coffee County, Alabama

Mr. Ellis and Miss Christian making farm and home plans with Mr. & Mrs...

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Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches. Many can make barely one dollar a day. Heavy oversupply of labor and competition for jobs is keen

Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, M...

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Interior of one-room cabin occupied by family of six, rented from fruit packing plant for one dollar and seventy-five cents a week. Berrien County, Michigan

Interior of one-room cabin occupied by family of six, rented from frui...

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Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are hired in nearby towns for seventy-five cents to one dollar a day and trucked to the plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displac...

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The "pick-table" of the grader at Belcross, North Carolina. Grader men get twenty cents an hour here

The "pick-table" of the grader at Belcross, North Carolina. Grader men...

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Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture. A limited number are on sale at twenty-five cents for a set of ten at the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Burea...

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