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[Ruth and Alice] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Ruth and Alice] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Arnold Genthe - The children's hour, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - The children's hour, Chinatown, San Francisco

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

Women and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Women and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquak... More

Our New Year's dinner at Monte Carlo

Our New Year's dinner at Monte Carlo

Group of people around table on porch, Monte Carlo. 64301-BB U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: sold only by Underwood & Underwood.

Arnold Genthe - Women and children crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Women and children crossing a street, Chinatown, San F...

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Caritas] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Caritas] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The employees in Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. One of the Bibb Mfg. Co. mills. Overseer told me this mill made 70% profit last year and expected to make 100% this year. All these children were working and helping regularly. Location: Macon, Georgia.

The employees in Payne Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. One of the Bibb Mfg. Co...

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

[Walter Johnson, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding little girl on large glove]

[Walter Johnson, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding l...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M., alone, Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work. Standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters; they appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old (See report.) Where they disappeared, I never found out. They were the size of the smallest boy on right of photo 190., i.e., 1907?. Location: Athens, Tennessee

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1906. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2423. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

One of the youngsters working in the Danville Knitting Works, Danville, Virginia See also photo and label 2193. Location: Danville, Virginia

One of the youngsters working in the Danville Knitting Works, Danville...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2034-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

4 P.M. Katie and Josie, 137 Thompson St. Cassana and father working on artificial flowers. They work sometimes until 8 P.M., usually after school. Mother refused to be in the picture (see Miss Watson's schedule for data.) Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Katie and Josie, 137 Thompson St. Cassana and father working on...

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

Mrs. Guadina, living in a rear house at 231 Mulberry St. N.Y., a dirty poverty-stricken home, and making a pittance by finishing pants. On the trunk is the work of four days. She was struggling along, (actually weak for want of food) trying to finish this batch of work so she could get the pay. There seemed to be no food in the house and she said the children had had no milk all day. The father is out of work (sells fish) on account of rheumatism. Three small children and another expected soon. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Guadina, living in a rear house at 231 Mulberry St. N.Y., a dirty...

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

The plaza and church, Caguas, Porto Rico

The plaza and church, Caguas, Porto Rico

Men bearing burdens on their heads and children in plaza. 7670 U.S. Copyright Office.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2031. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, shaking the hand of a barefoot Norwegian boy who has removed his hat to say farewell. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, af... More

Eight-year-old Max, the youngest shrimp-picker in the photo. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Eight-year-old Max, the youngest shrimp-picker in the photo. Dunbar, L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The whole force, Tifton Cotton Mill, Tifton, Ga. All these were working and helping regularly in the mill. Location: Tifton, Georgia.

The whole force, Tifton Cotton Mill, Tifton, Ga. All these were workin...

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

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A gateway in the wall of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A gateway in the wall of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A man and five children stand at gateway. D10773 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manche...

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

[Going to the fair] / Helen Hyde.

[Going to the fair] / Helen Hyde.

Adults, carrying children in litters, approaching bridge, going toward tents at fair, Japan. K13407 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed in pencil. Monogram "HH" and four-leaf clover device in block. Copyright by Hele... More

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows two Russian men, one holding a telescope, and a child looking at the scenery along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Russian ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engravi... More

The New school-mistress / drawn by Miss Jennie Brownscombe.

The New school-mistress / drawn by Miss Jennie Brownscombe.

Woman with children outside schoolhouse.

[Woman in coiffed hair with comb, and boy, possibly her son]

[Woman in coiffed hair with comb, and boy, possibly her son]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group on a cotton plantation - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Group on a cotton plantation - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7445" on negative. "Dahomey" on sacks, possibly in Dahomey, probably in Mississippi. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8145. Gift; State H... More

Bunschoten--Over de onderdeur / Foto.

Bunschoten--Over de onderdeur / Foto.

Woman standing at Dutch door with baby and boy. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - Women and children crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Women and children crossing a street, Chinatown, San F...

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

Man and two boys walking along a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Man and two boys walking along a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - A corner on the hillside, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - A corner on the hillside, Chinatown, San Francisco

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

Eagle Feather and baby / Heyn & Matzen, Chicago.

Eagle Feather and baby / Heyn & Matzen, Chicago.

Sioux Indian and baby, half-length portrait. No. 622. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in the Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. Location: Dover, New Hampshire.

Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in th...

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

[J.N. Swartzell and daughter Margaret seated with parts of electric train, on porch of home, Washington, D.C.]

[J.N. Swartzell and daughter Margaret seated with parts of electric tr...

Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

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

La Grossa family, 2 children and mother. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown,. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

La Grossa family, 2 children and mother. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, n...

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

Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. I saw her working steady all day, at top speed. Could not speak a word of English. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Du...

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

Spinning room Overseer and his flock. He said, "Every one of 'em works or helps." I saw them all working in the morning and when the whistle blew at noon they all went in to work. See photos 1490 to 1495. Also 2091 to 2100 (and labels). Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Spinning room Overseer and his flock. He said, "Every one of 'em works...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2095. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

2 P.M. Mrs. Katie --- (refused to give their name), 134 13 Thompson St., one flight up, front. Making artificial flowers in a crowded and dirty room used as kitchen, bed room, living room, and work room. Mother and family work including 8 and 9 yr. old girls in the photo (who were at home 2 P.M. on a school day) and the little 3 and 4 yr. olds who were helping by separating the petals. See report on schedule. Name is Darelli or Tarelli? 3 days after photo was taken the home was sealed up and disinfected by Board of Health for tuberculosis; 14 yr. old boy. Immediately the flower making resumed again. Location: New York, New York (State)

2 P.M. Mrs. Katie --- (refused to give their name), 134 13 Thompson St...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2778-A. Caption card consists of typed information, with handwritten notation on verso beginning with... More

Cutting out embroidery on the dirty kitchen floor. Battista family, 259 E. 151 St. N.Y. On the right is the married daughter, who lives down stairs and usually works there. On her right next to the boy is Flora, said to be 9 years old and very much stunted in size. "Been sick." Next to her is the mother and next is Linda, 11 years old. The baby, dirty and covered with sores, was being handed about. Probably has impetego. Location: New York, New York (State)

Cutting out embroidery on the dirty kitchen floor. Battista family, 25...

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

Some, but only a small part, of the workers who pick shrimp in the Biloxi Canning Factory. Ages range from five years upward. Little Bernice, on the end of line about five years old, and Olga, five years old (see photo taken inside the factory) help their mothers pick shrimp. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

Some, but only a small part, of the workers who pick shrimp in the Bil...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2023. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny workers. Babies are held on laps of workers, or stowed away in empty boxes. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny wo...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Framo Family Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown,. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

The Framo Family Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept...

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

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, shaking the hand of a barefoot Norwegian boy who has removed his hat to say farewell. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, af... More

6 P.M., Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W. Lord. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

6 P.M., Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W. Lord. Location...

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

6 P.M., Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W. Lord. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

6 P.M., Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Witness E. W. Lord. Location...

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

All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Youngest in photo are five and eight years of age. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

All these are shrimp-pickers in Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Younges...

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

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

A gateway in the wall of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A gateway in the wall of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A man and five children stand at gateway. D10773 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, "See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them." "She is so little because she's been sick so much.["] She works after school. Father is out of a job. "They pay too cheap for lace." Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)

309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, e...

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El niño afortunado; El grillito valeroso

El niño afortunado; El grillito valeroso

Two un-cut sheets for two chapbooks, each containing a children's story eight pages long. The eight pages for each of these two stories are divided between the two uncut printed sheets. The two sheets contain i... More

The Lone Tree group of mothers and babies at a picnic held at Lone Tree on Clear Creek, Custer County near Rose Valley.

The Lone Tree group of mothers and babies at a picnic held at Lone Tre...

summary: Note: "Mr. Butcher had advertised to take all the babies pictures free, under two years old. Fifteen were secured with their mothers." original size: 6x8

Arnold Genthe - The children's hour, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - The children's hour, Chinatown, San Francisco

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

Woman carrying a child crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Woman carrying a child crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquak... More

[Children and women in front of house, possibly school children and teachers]

[Children and women in front of house, possibly school children and te...

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

[Mohave woman carrying water on her head and holding child]

[Mohave woman carrying water on her head and holding child]

H34037 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 140. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 Suppl., v. 2, plate 58.

A wicky-up / Miles Bros., Native American woman portrait

A wicky-up / Miles Bros., Native American woman portrait

An Ahtena Indian family in a wickiup, Valdez, Alaska or vicinity. H27407 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 909.

The Professor and his pupils, Manhansett [i.e. Manhasset], Shelter Island, N.Y.

The Professor and his pupils, Manhansett [i.e. Manhasset], Shelter Isl...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The day's end - An old black and white photo of a man and a horse

The day's end - An old black and white photo of a man and a horse

Farmer and children walking along path next to fence. H61541 U.S. Copyright Office.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band boy, Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very doubtful. Been working one year. Couldn't write his name. Next to him is Charlie Davis, a sweeper, seemed to be eleven, but mother told me twelve. Has been working a long time. Father and two brothers in the mill. They own their home. Other boys working there: Arthur Littleton, Harvey Green, Lee Kelley. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. Smallest boy, a band bo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McCom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2085. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. L...

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

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2083. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor

U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York H...

J179798 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJECT FILE - Emigration & Immigration Ellis Island, N.Y. 1907 No. 11164.

[Alexander Mitchell Palmer, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, reading to girl seated on his lap]

[Alexander Mitchell Palmer, half-length portrait, seated, facing right...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...

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Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, N...

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

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

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

6 P.M., May 24, 1909. Coming out of Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

6 P.M., May 24, 1909. Coming out of Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H...

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

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Wh...

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

Arnold Genthe - An afternoon airing, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - An afternoon airing, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Women and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman and a child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Woman and a child walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Silhouette portrait of man with hat, five children, pets, and two women, possibly a family]

[Silhouette portrait of man with hat, five children, pets, and two wom...

Public domain scan of silhouette drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Professor and his pupils, Manhansett i.e. Manhanset, Shelter Island, N.Y

The Professor and his pupils, Manhansett i.e. Manhanset, Shelter Islan...

"G 1286" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017120. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small boys did not get into photo. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 534. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the very smallest. She hangs around the fields. Begin work about 4 A.M. and sometimes works until sunset. (See #838.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

May Hosiery Mills. The boy is Harvey Curtis, 12 years old, turns stockings. Made $1.41 this week, out of which he paid sixty cents carfare. Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

May Hosiery Mills. The boy is Harvey Curtis, 12 years old, turns stock...

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

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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

The Marnielli family. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown,. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

The Marnielli family. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J....

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

Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown,. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Pete, the Padrone, and family and neighbors. Girl tending baby in sun....

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

One of the youngsters working in the Danville, Knitting Works, Danville, Virginia See also photo and label 2193. Location: Danville, Virginia.

One of the youngsters working in the Danville, Knitting Works, Danvill...

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

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1494. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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Italian family living 428 E. 116th St., 2 floor back. They were so illiterate I couldn't get their names. Have been in U.S. only one month. Mother is learning to make lace for factory near by. Location: New York, New York (State)

Italian family living 428 E. 116th St., 2 floor back. They were so ill...

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Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

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Mother and son carrying home-work. Near Astor Place, New York. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mother and son carrying home-work. Near Astor Place, New York. Locati...

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Algeria - Fort Flatters. Old Arab and his fourteen year old wife

Algeria - Fort Flatters. Old Arab and his fourteen year old wife

Photograph by Capt. Merl LaVoy, Seattle, for the American Red Cross. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

On one of the hottest days recorded in the National Capital both women and children rush to the water for relief. Snapped in Rock Creek Park

On one of the hottest days recorded in the National Capital both women...

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Grinding sugar cane by hand, San Juan, Porto Rico

Grinding sugar cane by hand, San Juan, Porto Rico

Group of children and adults gathered to observe sugar cane grinding in open-air facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico. H68698 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6988. Copyright by Keystone View Company.

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.

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M. Mar. 6th, a school day, and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week on account of the work. "I like to work, and I like to go to school too." Our investigator reports her as 13 yrs. old, and a truant. The 8 yr. old sister can speak no English and has never been to school. The work was strewn all over the dirty floor. Location: New York, New York (State)

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2884. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirty attic home with a dog and a cat adding to the other filth that accumulates, these three make artificial leaves. The little five-year-old helps some. She was sighing, "Tired." Her sister (about 10 years old) works until 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted. At home she keeps her glasses on the shelf, 'because because Mother says I look funny with them. Now I got to go out and shop." Second card: Making artificial leaves in tenement attic. New York City, 1912. The 5-year-old helps. Her sister, aged 10, works till 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirt...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2810. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...

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A "crack" with the blacksmith / Allen.

A "crack" with the blacksmith / Allen.

Photograph shows two children talking(?) to a blacksmith standing in the doorway of his forge. Signed on mount: Allen. On verso of mount: Illustration; F.S. & M.E. Allen, Deerfield, Mass. FBJ label no. 3. For ... More

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter been picking two years. 711 Patchionk Ave., Philadelphia. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here for two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter b...

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Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter been picking two years. 711 Patchionk Ave., Philadelphia. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here for two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter b...

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