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[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, seated, facing front, next to his bottomless bag of goods on which a small child is sitting and who appears to be cleaning Hotei's left ear]

[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, seated, ...

Formerly attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of Mamie D. Lee] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Portrait of Mamie D. Lee] - Public domain portrait photograph

Case: Urn surrounded by scrolls. Stamped on brass mat: Germon 702 Chest. St. Phila. Purchase; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:080). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant, a water carrier, a high priest and his attendant,  and a woman with a child]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant, a water carrier, a high prie...

Captions on front of item: "Native merchant" (upper left); "Water carrier" (upper right); "A Japanese high priest and his attendant" (lower left); and "Japanese woman and child" (lower right). Captions on bac... More

Papa's darlings - Print, Library of Congress collection

Papa's darlings - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5090

Louise Jackson, seated on rock in a studio, full-length portrait

Louise Jackson, seated on rock in a studio, full-length portrait

Title devised by cataloger; Caption on negative: Louise Jackson. Daughter of William Henry Jackson. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Baby in christening gown - Public domain portrait photograph

Baby in christening gown - Public domain portrait photograph

Title devised by cataloger. Possibly member of William Henry Jackson family. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Dressing up the cat] - Public domain book illustration

[Dressing up the cat] - Public domain book illustration

Title from typewritten caption on mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's first reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 24.

[Eskimo child], Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[Eskimo child], Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Martinelli - Public domain portrait photograph

Martinelli - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Eskimo child, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo child, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library f Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Child and dogs, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Child and dogs, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Chinese American children in embroidered dress]

[Chinese American children in embroidered dress]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait photograph of Hoyt, H.M, C.M.Bell Studio

Portrait photograph of Hoyt, H.M, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Brendt, Mrs, C.M.Bell Studio

Portrait photograph of Brendt, Mrs, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: s st. 8. Gift; American... More

LINDHOLM, EINAR. BABY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

LINDHOLM, EINAR. BABY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother and child--Sunlight - Public domain  print

Mother and child--Sunlight - Public domain print

Print shows small child raising hand to woman seated on grass. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 14, April 1906, plate IX. Copyright by Alfred Stieglitz. Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art... More

Edward S. Curtis - Chemehuevi mother and child

Edward S. Curtis - Chemehuevi mother and child

H99547 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2397-07.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store.  Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child consumptives seated in a circle aboard "Susquehanna", ferryboat used a a tuberculosis camp

Child consumptives seated in a circle aboard "Susquehanna", ferryboat ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East Side Babies - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

East Side Babies - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hypnos - Print, Library of Congress collection

Hypnos - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. A. G., designer. Kalman, Kinyves, copyright claima... More

Farm for children, N.Y.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Farm for children, N.Y.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows children in the farm garden which opened on May 20, 1911 and was designed as a place of respite for child laborers in Thomas Jefferson Park, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Carrie Dietrick, ten years old. Raymond, seven years old. Pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Carrie Dietrick, ten years old. Raymond, seven years old. Pick shrimp ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work in Riverside Mill, Olneyville, Providence.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work i...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) One of the Midwives' homes, Spruce St.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) One of the Midwives' homes, Spruc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children thrashing corn during school hours on a farm near Dublin. Many such light occupations fall to the lot of the Georgia child.  Location: Dublin [vicinity], Georgia.

Children thrashing corn during school hours on a farm near Dublin. Man...

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

Three Saunders children, nine, eleven, and thirteen years old, mowing away the grain. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.

Three Saunders children, nine, eleven, and thirteen years old, mowing ...

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

[3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M. Lena Krueger, 7 years old (in the middle) had shucked 6 pots that day; Annie Kadeska, 9 years old on the right, has shucked 10 pots; and Rosie Zinsoska on the left (did not know her age) had shucked 6 pots.]  Location: [Pass Christian, Mississippi] / [L.W. Hine]

[3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christia...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chester children - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Chester children - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At the well A young ragged member of the colony of Greeks who have reached Salonica from the Caucasus for the purpose of settling again in their native land. The water supply at the camp was installed by the British army during the war.

At the well A young ragged member of the colony of Greeks who have rea...

Photograph shows a child filling a jug with water. Filed in: Greece Children General. No. RC-8720. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Alice Sampaio - Public domain portrait photograph

Alice Sampaio - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sgt. McQuade, White House Policeman, holding a lost child]

[Sgt. McQuade, White House Policeman, holding a lost child]

Caption: One of the "tragedies" of the Easter egg rolling at the White House. At one time Sergt. McQuade of the White House Police had eight youngsters who had strayed from their parents. All were safely return... More

[Woman and child with easter basket seated on grass]

[Woman and child with easter basket seated on grass]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secty. Davis & children, 4/23/22

Secty. Davis & children, 4/23/22

Public domain photograph, portrait photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Washington youngsters surprise Mrs. Coolidge with May Day basket of flowers. [...] the First Lady of the land opened the door of [...] morning she found a May Basket of flowers ha[...] nob. The basket, filled with daisies, was pu[...] little Washington children to tell Mrs Coolidge [...] is Child Health Day." The daisies represen[...] "Better Health for Children" movement. The [...]ph are Nan Norton, Elizabeth Ann Taylor and [...] Cooley

Washington youngsters surprise Mrs. Coolidge with May Day basket of fl...

A black and white photo of three little girls. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Children on swings II

Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Child...

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

HALLER, ROBERT. CHILDREN. PORTRAIT

HALLER, ROBERT. CHILDREN. PORTRAIT

A little boy sitting on top of a bed holding a baby. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

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

[Woman with child, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

[Woman with child, Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, July 1935]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "unkno... More

Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Melvin C. Hazen, President of the Board of District of Columbia City Commissioners visited Georgetown Children's House today. Little Hazel Reigle, 5 years old, me the Commissioner at the door and handed him her bank full of pennies to aid the fight to stamp out the disease which struck her--infantile paralysis, 1/19/39

Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19....

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

Children in nursery. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Children in nursery. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a boy holding a teddy bear. Children of Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a boy holding a teddy bear. Children of Gre...

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

A black and white photo of a group of children. Children of Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of children. Children of Great Depr...

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

A black and white photo of a group of children. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a group of children. Great Depression FSA p...

This image in a jacket marked "Killed." To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this imag... More

A black and white photo of two young boys. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two young boys. Office of War Information P...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles (Calif.) Evacuation - With identification tags attached to their person, a brother and sister start on their journey

Los Angeles (Calif.) Evacuation - With identification tags attached to...

Signal Corps Photo No. 9CA-42-1791-PSF. S 602. Photo from U.S. Army, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. In album: v. 1, p. 99.

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. Child of farm worker from Richwood, West Virginia

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of kids sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of kids sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photogr...

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

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. Children painting and coloring

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 19...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Child at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Two children fighting over a dog]

[Two children fighting over a dog]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fenderich. From 50 Bilder aus der Jugendwelt.

Little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection

Little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4019

Hollyhocks - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Hollyhocks - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese woman and child looking at hollyhocks. F63566 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright stamp visible through paper.

Children playing with Campbell Kid dolls. See photos showing where they are made. Location: New York, New York (State)

Children playing with Campbell Kid dolls. See photos showing where the...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2888. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a farm near Houston, Millie picks eight pounds a day and Nellie thirty pounds. This is nearly every day. Home conditions bare and bad. Location: Houston vicinity, Texas

Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3598. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... 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

A black and white photo of two little girls. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two little girls. Office of War Information...

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

Woonsocket "social" area, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Woonsocket "social" area, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, "Social" neighborhood kids Public domain photograph - American children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Village neighborhood along 26th St. between Kedzie and Pulaski, Chicago, Illinois; Estudiantina de San Pio, 1909 S. Ashland, Chicago, Illinois

Little Village neighborhood along 26th St. between Kedzie and Pulaski,...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-16, Diane Sandoval and friends, in the predominantly Mexican Americ... More

Korean and other Asian shops and organizations in the Lakewood neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois

Korean and other Asian shops and organizations in the Lakewood neighbo...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-20, scenes of Korean and other Asian shops and organizations on N. Clark St. on or near the 3300-3400 block; 3-4, exterior of Sam Mee Korean Restaurant, 3370 N. Clark St.

Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it.

Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I ...

Advertising trade card shows a small child with baseball bat about to attempt hitting a thrown baseball. "General Office: 323 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO." Forms part of: Samuel Rosenberg collection (Library o... More

Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it.

Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I ...

Advertising trade card shows a small child with baseball bat about to attempt hitting a thrown baseball. "General Office: 323 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO." Forms part of: Samuel Rosenberg collection (Library o... More

[Young boy holding a smaller child]

[Young boy holding a smaller child]

Title devised by staff. On verso: "?Käsebier." Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Publ... More

Du porte-feuille de Mr. Néra / Boucher del. ; Demarteau sculp.

Du porte-feuille de Mr. Néra / Boucher del. ; Demarteau sculp.

Mother with child in play chair. After a drawing by François Boucher. No. 495. Béraldi, p. 720. Wittert, 495.

The bath (the tub) - Drawing. Public domain image.

The bath (the tub) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman holding a naked child while checking the temperature of water in a small bathing tub. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on b... More

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law; next [to] him is father who works on the river; next is Manuel (appears to be 12 years old) wearing sweater and has arms folded, he has been a cleaner in the Holmes Cotton Mill for two years. John, Manuel's brother (next to him in photo) works in City Cotton Mill. Next is sister. At left of end is cousin. Small fry sprinkled around. All are very illiterate. John and Manuel are the only ones who can speak English and they only a little.  Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law...

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

Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Most of the teaching is in Spanish, the language spoken in the children's homes, and as a result they rarely speak English fluently

Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Span...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadelphia. The father and four children are picking. A "carrier" may be seen at one side. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and the people expect to remain here two weeks more.  Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadel...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.]  Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

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

Edward S. Curtis - Archie & Quentin Roosevelt

Edward S. Curtis - Archie & Quentin Roosevelt

Photograph showing boys blowing bubbles on lawn at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

[Young boy, crying] - Public domain scan / photograph

[Young boy, crying] - Public domain scan / photograph

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "65-6596." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in th... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley]

Alice Barber Stephens - [Group of children in my garden at Rose Valley...

Title and date from mat. Not published. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Brother Vincent said 11. Vincent picked last year. Inez, sister said 6 years old, "and picked last year wid me mudder." Smallest one not quite large enough to work. Father works in Parker Mills.  Location: Parker Mills [vicinity], Massachusetts.

Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Br...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

Mr. Smith, overseer in Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. He will not let his children work in the mill. Says it is no place for them. Plenty of children below 12 in his mill. He said that it is a common practice all through the South for employers in cotton mills to evade the child labor law by allowing young children to help their older sisters or brothers. The name of the small child is not on the books. "That is the way we manage it." Nov. 28/08.  Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Mr. Smith, overseer in Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. He will not let his c...

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

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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

Donald Mallick, (see #1513.) And Myrtle Mallick. Myrtle is 8 years. Selling papers 1 1/2 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...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Parmigianino - The Virgin in an oval

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with a child in her lap. Anonymous artist after Francesco Mazzuoli who was called Il Parmigianino. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photogra... More

Jūgo ōshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Jūgo ōshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Wang Xiang as a child outdoors with two fish on a frozen river in a snow covered landscape.

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Sakana sukui

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Sakana sukui

Print shows two women working a net and two children gathering clams as a third child looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

[Two unidentified girls, full-length portraits, seated on chairs next to table with tablecloth]

[Two unidentified girls, full-length portraits, seated on chairs next ...

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8775. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: variant of Rinhart 112. Accompanying note: Myron Shew, dealer in daguerreotype materials, No. 116 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Tran... More

Portrait photograph of Kennedy child, C.M.Bell Studio

Portrait photograph of Kennedy child, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Man and a young child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Man and a young child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - Small child sitting on a doorstep, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Small child sitting on a doorstep, Chinatown, San Fran...

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Friendship - Print, Library of Congress collection

Friendship - Print, Library of Congress collection

D7870 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Armstrong & Co. Copyright registration number recorded on shelflist card as: 7870.D6.

The sisters - Public domain portrait painting

The sisters - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eskimo child, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo child, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of neck]

[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of...

Photoprint by Fitz W. Guerin. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pets; Birds; Cats; Children; Death.

W. Sulzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

W. Sulzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[De la enfanta Dona Margarita de Austria]

[De la enfanta Dona Margarita de Austria]

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

Don't be mad with me - Public domain scan / print

Don't be mad with me - Public domain scan / print

Photograph shows two small children, an African American boy and a Caucasian girl, holding a doll, sitting together on a crate.

Chinese child, Emperor PU-YI - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Chinese child, Emperor PU-YI - Public domain photograph, glass negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Edward S. Curtis - The Sioux child

Edward S. Curtis - The Sioux child

H66994 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1495-05.

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