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Dillon Mills, Dillon S.C. (Boy) Ransom English--doffs, been in mill 6 years. (Next) Florence Burr--runs 5 sides. In mill 4 years. (Next) Bessie English - 3 sides, 3 years in mill. (Next) Alphie Burr - 2 sides, 1 year in mill. (Next) Lela English, 1 year in mill. 48 inches high. Saturday, Dec. 5, 1908.  Location: Dillon, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Dillon Mills, Dillon S.C. (Boy) Ransom English--doffs, been in mill 6 ...

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Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home to dinner.  Location: Muncie, Indiana.

Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home ...

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Hot Weather Delights, Newsboys' Protective Association, Cincinnati.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hot Weather Delights, Newsboys' Protective Association, Cincinnati. L...

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Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. View of spinning room.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. View of spinning room. Location:...

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Amusing themselves while waiting for morning papers.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Amusing themselves while waiting for morning papers. Location: New Yo...

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Waiting For The Signal. Newsboys, starting out with base-ball extra. 5 P.M., Times Star Office.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Waiting For The Signal. Newsboys, starting out with base-ball extra. 5...

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Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building.  Witness, Fred McMurrry.  Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building. Witness, F...

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Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1) Bessie Moore - runs 4 sides. Has worked two years nights. (2) Frank (smallest). Doffs. Has worked 2 yrs. nights. (3) George (largest). Looked 12 years old. Doffs--3 years of night work, was proud of the fact that he could write his name. Mother said they rather work nights because they had to put in fewer hours then. Sunday, Dec. 6, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1...

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"Fire- Fire - I Want to Make the Fire." An Italian Boy on Salem Street Saturday Morning, offering to make fires for Jewish People. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

"Fire- Fire - I Want to Make the Fire." An Italian Boy on Salem Street...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 863. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

William Tobias 80 Grattan St., Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on "trains until 6 A.M. "Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day and sell again at night." "All de barkeepers is me customers." Asked him how he could sell at night. "I just keep out'n de way of de cops." Weighs 60 pounds. Tall for age. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

William Tobias 80 Grattan St., Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting ...

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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. Dec. 20, 1909.  Location: Trenton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo tak...

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Early Education. Boy is 12 years old. Been selling for 3 years. Sells until 7 P.M. Hartford, Conn.  Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Early Education. Boy is 12 years old. Been selling for 3 years. Sells ...

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Labor Day Parade, children in Child Labor demonstration, New York

Labor Day Parade, children in Child Labor demonstration, New York

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Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M.  New Haven, Connecticut / Photo by [Lewis W. Hine]

Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M. New Haven, Connecticut / Phot...

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Some of the smaller newsboys, 9, 16 and 11 years old.  Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

Some of the smaller newsboys, 9, 16 and 11 years old. Location: New H...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers.  Location: Clayton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loc...

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Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Band St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 10 and Marie 11 years old. They worked, with mother, last winter, shucking oysters for Varn & Beard Packing Co., Young Island, S.C. (near Charleston). Mrs. Kawalski did not have things represented to her correctly and she found that all the children that had fare paid were compelled to work for the company. Other smaller children worked some and went to school some. Maire and Albert have worked several summers in the berry, beans and tomato fields packing houses near Baltimore. (see my report, July 10, for further [particulars]).  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Band St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 1...

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9:00 P.M. Group of young newsboys and venders selling late at night. Some of them were selling in saloons at that time. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

9:00 P.M. Group of young newsboys and venders selling late at night. S...

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Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a decoy. Philip sells until 10 & 11 P.M. sometimes. Photo taken at 11 A.M. Philip said he player [sic?] hookey a week and they fired him. A good many young truants on the street those days.  Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a deco...

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Antonio Martina, 53 Carolina Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 11 years old last summer. Attends School #1. He, and a 13-year-old sister worked in sheds of Ellis-Canning Factory, Brant, N.Y., snipping beans at 1 cents a pound. Left for the country in May, returned late in September, losing about 7 weeks of school. He sells papers reluctantly.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Antonio Martina, 53 Carolina Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 11 years old last s...

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Sunday morning.  Location: Albany, New York (State)

Sunday morning. Location: Albany, New York (State)

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Broadway & Washington Sts. Saturday P.M. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Broadway & Washington Sts. Saturday P.M. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. C...

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Handicapped. A legitimate occupation.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Handicapped. A legitimate occupation. Location: New York, New York (S...

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(Branch of St. Louis firm.) Peter's Shoe Co. Boy on left end is Harry Chrystal, (Add. Box #9, De Soto) an inveterate smoker. He is a "brusher," gets $3 a week; has worked one summer; is on now "for the winter." Said, after hesitation, when I asked age, "I'm fourteen." Doesn't appear to be. Boy in middle and right end boy seem to be under 14. They are Walter Johnson and Eugene Rieser, and claim to be regular workers. Walter said he had just been "fired" and Eugene had "got mad and quit."  Location: De Soto, Missouri.

(Branch of St. Louis firm.) Peter's Shoe Co. Boy on left end is Harry ...

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Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr. Genesee St. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr...

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Boy working in Inland Type Foundry, May 12th, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Boy working in Inland Type Foundry, May 12th, 1910. Location: St. Lou...

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Day messenger.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Day messenger. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Heavy Loads. Park Row.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Heavy Loads. Park Row. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Brooklyn Bridge "Newsie".  Location: New York, New York (State)

Brooklyn Bridge "Newsie". Location: New York, New York (State)

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Newsie starting in to sell after school, 3:30 P.M. Emil Ruscipto, 11 years, 205 Front St.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Newsie starting in to sell after school, 3:30 P.M. Emil Ruscipto, 11 y...

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School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater.  Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

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Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all night. Two of his brothers are in the Reform School.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at...

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Small "Newsies" scrambling to get extras for Johnson-Jeffries Fight, Herald Square, 7 P.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Small "Newsies" scrambling to get extras for Johnson-Jeffries Fight, H...

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Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 hours a day.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 ho...

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9 year old boy who was smoking and playing pool in Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester) while waiting for papers. 4 P.M. May 5, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

9 year old boy who was smoking and playing pool in Pool Room Branch (C...

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

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

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Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910.  St. Louis, Missouri.

Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri.

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Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic

Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic

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Waiting for Fight Extras, Times Square. 6 P.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Waiting for Fight Extras, Times Square. 6 P.M. Location: New York, Ne...

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Newsboys.  Location: Utica, New York (State)

Newsboys. Location: Utica, New York (State)

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Cocoanut Shaver - Kibbe's Factory. Jacob Futterman, 16 years, 108 Sharon St. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts

Cocoanut Shaver - Kibbe's Factory. Jacob Futterman, 16 years, 108 Shar...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1185. Hine no. 1186. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1220. Hine no. 1222. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

When the whistle blows. Closing hour at Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

When the whistle blows. Closing hour at Danville (Virginia) Cigarette ...

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Mrs. Mary Caperale (a widow), 141 Hudson St., picking nuts, while her two daughters help her. The dirty children are handling the nuts and playing with them. The open bag of nuts stands around all day. Room littered with waste and kindling wood. Make $3.00 to $3.50 a week. An 18 year old girl works in a paper box factory by day and helps pick nuts at night.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Mary Caperale (a widow), 141 Hudson St., picking nuts, while her ...

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[...]m #2. Joseph Delforno, 46 Bishop St., has worked there 6 months; has job "filling heels" in Long's Shoe Factroy [i.e., Factory] said, "I'm supposed to go [...]ress [i.e., Cypress?] St. to night school."  Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

[...]m #2. Joseph Delforno, 46 Bishop St., has worked there 6 months; ...

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Current education.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Current education. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

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Smallest boy is Isidor Kline, 8 yrs. Old. Sells until 7 P.M. sometimes. On his right is Bennie Friedman, 7 yrs. old. Sells until 9 P.M., sometimes. Taken at 5:30 P.M.  Location: Paterson, New Jersey.

Smallest boy is Isidor Kline, 8 yrs. Old. Sells until 7 P.M. sometimes...

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5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-pound load of garter buttons for home-work. Trying not to be late for school. (See also Report.)  Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-po...

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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...

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The Newsboy Club. Gathered to go to a stunt at Moving Picture Show where they were to sit on the stage. Taken at 7:30 P.M.  Location: Paterson, New Jersey.

The Newsboy Club. Gathered to go to a stunt at Moving Picture Show whe...

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A Load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

A Load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y...

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[Hand bill advertising vaudeville acts by the Shrier children. See photo and label 2937 and report of L.H. Hine. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

[Hand bill advertising vaudeville acts by the Shrier children. See pho...

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Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusetts

Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2953-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Jacksonville, Florida, messenger boy. (See Report of E.F. Brown and Lewis W. Hine.)  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville, Florida, messenger boy. (See Report of E.F. Brown and Le...

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Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children.

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children.

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Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mother worked hard before marriage, and was ailing while Isidor was coming. Further data in their files; #1695 Nurse Investigator Records, Department of Public Charities.  New York], New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., September 16, 1913, in co-operation with the Clearing House for Mental Defectives, 303 East 20 Street, New York.

Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mothe...

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6 year old George Greentree, 313 Dover Street sells for 12 year old brother. Both make $1. a day. George found selling in front of College Inn. Works the pathos game. Stays out often until midnight. Father dead. Mother janitor in church.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

6 year old George Greentree, 313 Dover Street sells for 12 year old br...

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Group of workers in Perkins Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Not many very young children here. Dozens of them in the adjoining mill.  Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Group of workers in Perkins Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. Not many very ...

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Two of the very youngest newsboys I could find in New Orleans. Seven and nine years old. Such little fellows are rare.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Two of the very youngest newsboys I could find in New Orleans. Seven a...

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6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Starts at 5 A.M. and sells all day. 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge.  Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?].

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Photo taken at noon, April 12, 1913, while they were being paid off. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Life 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 more. (See Hine Report.) Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Apr. 12, 1913.  Location: Lindale, Georgia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Photo taken ...

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Preston DeCosta [i.e., De Costa?], fifteen year old messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service. I ran across him and took photos while he was carrying notes back and forth between a prostitute in jail and a pimp in the Red Light. He had read all the notes and knew all about the correspondence. He was a fine grained adolescent boy. Has been delivering message and drugs in the Red Light for 6 months and knows the ropes thoroughly. "A lot of these girls are my regular customers. I carry 'em messages and get 'em drinks, drugs, etc. Also go to the bank with money for 'em. If a fellow treats 'em right, they'll call him by number and give him all their work. I got a box full of photos I took of these girls - some of 'em I took in their room." Works until 11:00 P.M.  Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Preston DeCosta [i.e., De Costa?], fifteen year old messenger #3 for B...

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Housing Conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Housing Conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt. Location: Bl...

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Harriet Cotton Mills. Investigator spent the noon hour and part of the day around the mill, and saw a few very young children. He was not able to get into the mills, but indications are that there is plenty of child labor here when work is brisk.  Location: Henderson, North Carolina.

Harriet Cotton Mills. Investigator spent the noon hour and part of the...

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[Sugar beet workers, Sugar City, Colorado. Mary, six years, Lucy, eight, Ethel, ten. Family has been here ten years. Children go to school in the winter. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.]  Location: [Sugar City, Colorado]

[Sugar beet workers, Sugar City, Colorado. Mary, six years, Lucy, eigh...

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Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine which cut off his hand. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine...

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Carl Brown, eleven years old. He and his father run a farm of 160 acres in Southern Vermont. He is overgrown, sluggish, but he said: "I'd ruther go to school." See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915 Location: Southern Vermont, Vermont.

Carl Brown, eleven years old. He and his father run a farm of 160 acre...

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Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July, 1915.  Location: Rocky Ford [vicinity], Colorado.

Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Co...

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[Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.  Location: [Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts]

[Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of ...

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Rural Accident. Eleven-year old Wason, driving horse to the field. See photos of his brother Clinton Stewart. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Eleven-year old Wason, driving horse to the field. See...

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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing [sic] and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the work.  Location: Iliff, Colorado / Photo by Hine., Oct. 22/15.

Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppin...

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Doffers in Granite Mill #1.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Doffers in Granite Mill #1. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lew...

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Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Bros. Dairy. Drives dairy wagon from 7 A.M. to noon. Works on farm in afternoon (10 hours a day) seven days a week--half day on Saturday. Thinks he will work steady this year and not go to school. See previous labels in June. Not in Div. 5 or 6. Lives in Bowling Green.  Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Br...

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Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle, 10 years, Zelina, 12 years, Florence, 13 years. Brother 14 and sister 16. Father John Richard. Rents farm.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle, 10 years, Zelina, 12 years, Florence, 1...

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William Berupe - 15 years. 36 Assonat [i.e., Assonet?] Settlement boy. Sweeper and cleaner. Sunday clothes. French.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

William Berupe - 15 years. 36 Assonat [i.e., Assonet?] Settlement boy....

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[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.] Loc...

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King Philip - Mule Spinning. Back boy - Herbert Heywood, 43 Miller St. - age 14 years.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

King Philip - Mule Spinning. Back boy - Herbert Heywood, 43 Miller St....

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Vocational Printing. Math. class. See 4168.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Vocational Printing. Math. class. See 4168. Location: Fall River, Mas...

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Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weather, windows broken out and furniture knocked about. Opens September 6th.  Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weat...

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[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd grade - deficient mentality. Doesn't know name of place where he is going to work. Made it out for Small's mill, they weren't sure. Had been a sweeper but work was too hard for him. Didn't know how much he was to get. (Miss Smith to see what kind of card he got.) Worked at Union Mill, $3.27, as a sweeper.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd...

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Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Locati...

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Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school this year although living within 1 1/2 miles of school 5-7. See Kentucky report and special card.  Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school ...

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[Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village.] ...

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"Driving boy" taking pigs to market. Says he is 14 years old and has been working with pigs for 9 years. Goes to school in Paris, Ky. Horace Harpe, 320 West 8 Street.  Location: Winchester [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Driving boy" taking pigs to market. Says he is 14 years old and has b...

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Postal clerk.  Location: Springfield, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

Postal clerk. Location: Springfield, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

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Hayward and Harry Bentley suckering the tobacco.  Location: Hebbardsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hayward and Harry Bentley suckering the tobacco. Location: Hebbardsvi...

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Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School but it has not opened on account of repairs. Lewis W. Hine. See 4398-9 and 4400.  Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky.

Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School...

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H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be i...

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5-year old Jack and 13-year old Bitsey are regular workers on their father's farm. Worming and suckering now. Bitsey goes to Wallonia School in Div. 1, Trigg Co. "He worms and he suckers. Quite a worker but he aint old enough to go to school yet." The mother said this about Jack. Father, B.F. Mitchell, Route 1, owns farm.  Location: Trigg County--Gracey, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

5-year old Jack and 13-year old Bitsey are regular workers on their fa...

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Fall River Technical High, Millwrighting course Mechanics.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Fall River Technical High, Millwrighting course Mechanics. Location: ...

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Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres.  Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivatin...

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Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in district. This low average is due to there being over 100 Catholic children in district and they will go to Parochial School. The Stithton Public School is a very pretty, well-built school--best I have seen of its kind in the county.  Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in ...

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15-year old boy says he works some for the railroad.  Mountain Grove, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

15-year old boy says he works some for the railroad. Mountain Grove, ...

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[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in King Philip Settlement. Most of them are weavers. All girls.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in K...

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Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years old and Ora, 10 years old will go to Schoolsville School, Clark Co., Ky., but it has not opened yet.  Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years ...

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"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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Toting wood - Scavenger.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Toting wood - Scavenger. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis ...

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Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842.  Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: ...

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