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Phelps School #56; Miss Gray, Teacher. Miss Gray has been there just this year. School opened September 4th--7 months term. 16 present; 22 out on account of cotton. Entrollment 28, average attendance 14; last year: enrollment 44, average attendance 19. 12 out of those enrolled, out for cotton; 10 more not enrolled also out for cotton. No other causes for absence. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Phelps School #56; Miss Gray, Teacher. Miss Gray has been there just t...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4578. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Fort Sill, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Fort Sill, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Survey number: HABS OK-43 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000629

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1943. 155 mm. howitzer. The 155 mm. howitzer, firing on the Fort Sill, Oklahoma artillery range, provides a mass of heavy, high-angle firepower

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1943. 155 mm. howitzer. The 155 mm. howitzer, fir...

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Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." See photos 4555 to 4557. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (avera...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4558. Copy neg includes #4557. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-18104. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

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

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

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

Negro weighing up feed made of peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. Comanche, Texas

Negro weighing up feed made of peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. ...

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Peanuts in chute at shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanuts in chute at shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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Pipe which conveys peanut shells into mixing room. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas. The peanut shells are gound up and then mixed with blackstrap molasses and are used as livestock feed

Pipe which conveys peanut shells into mixing room. Peanut-shelling pla...

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Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560. Lewis W. Hine, photo.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said:...

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

Family of L.H. Kirkpatrick, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Children go to Mineral Wells School #39. Father, mother and five children (5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 years old) pick cotton. "We pick a bale in four days." Dovey, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." Ertle, 6 years, picks 20 pounds a day (average) Vonnnie, 10 years, picks 50 pounds a day (average) Edward, 11 years, picks 75 pounds a day (average) Otis, 12 years, picks 75 pounds a day (average) Expect to be out of school for two weeks more picking. Father is a renter. Works part of farm on shares (gives 1/4 of cotton for rent) and part of farm he pays cash rent.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Family of L.H. Kirkpatrick, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Children go to Mine...

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

Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton a day. See 4580.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton a day. See...

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Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in half a day, according to testimony of father and brother. Father owns farm. Hazel goes to Prairie Lee School.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in h...

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

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche, Texas

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche,...

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Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." See photos 4555 to 4557.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (avera...

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

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." See 4564.  Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of co...

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

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

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

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

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

[Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Crutcher. She was out of school (#49 Comanche County) only 2 weeks this year and that was to herd 100 head of cattle for her father, a prosperous farmer. She said: "I didn't like it either." She is doing well in school. Is in Grade 8.]  Location: [Lawton, Oklahoma] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Cr...

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

Loading carload of peanuts at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Loading carload of peanuts at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early morning sun gives little warmth to these men of Battery C, 26th Battalion, in the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center. A mule-pack outfit, they carry on, rain or shine, hot or cold, complete with their canine mascots

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early morning sun gives little warmth to these me...

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Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

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

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

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

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Filling bags with feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Filling bags with feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses...

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Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche, Texas

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche,...

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

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

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

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma. Lewis W. Hine

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4576. Hine no. 4577. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." See photos 4555 to 4557.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (avera...

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

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

6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County...

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

Loading truck with peanut shell feed. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Loading truck with peanut shell feed. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche,...

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Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche, Texas

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut shelling-plant. Comanche,...

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Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560. Lewis W. Hine, photo. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said:...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4561. Not clear whether "photo" after Hine's name was original to the card or added later by a staff member... More

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

[6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574.]  Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma]. / Lewis W. Hine.

[6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "...

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

Phelps School #56; Miss Gray, Teacher. Miss Gray has been there just this year. School opened September 4th--7 months term. 16 present; 22 out on account of cotton. Entrollment 28, average attendance 14; last year: enrollment 44, average attendance 19. 12 out of those enrolled, out for cotton; 10 more not enrolled also out for cotton. No other causes for absence.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Phelps School #56; Miss Gray, Teacher. Miss Gray has been there just t...

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

Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in half a day, according to testimony of father and brother. Father owns farm. Hazel goes to Prairie Lee School. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in h...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4572. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580. Location: Com...

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Worker at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Worker at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses in storage at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses in storage at pea...

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Weighing out feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Weighing out feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. Pea...

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Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

School #45, Ash Grove; Miss Hazel McKay, Teacher. One-room school in fair condition. Opened September 4th--8 months term. Enrollment 22, average attendance 15; last year: enrollment 27, average attendance 15. The balance are picking cotton and also 5 more that have not enrolled at all. Pickers may be out 2 weeks more. Teacher expects 30 enrolled after picking is over.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

School #45, Ash Grove; Miss Hazel McKay, Teacher. One-room school in f...

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Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580. Location: Coma...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4581. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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Peanut seperater which seperates the shells from the meats at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanut seperater which seperates the shells from the meats at peanut-s...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." See photos 4555 to 4557.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Dovey Kirkpatrick, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds of cotton a day (avera...

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

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School #49, Comanche County.  Location: Lawton [vicinity], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the insp...

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Pecan School #60; Miss Aurell, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months term. 22 present to-day; should be 50. Cotton picking chief cause of absence. Enrollment 30, average attendance 25; last year: enrollment 60, average attendance 37. 18 not enrolled are still out for picking.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Pecan School #60; Miss Aurell, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months...

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

Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Crutcher. She was out of school (#49 Comanche County) only 2 weeks this year and that was to herd 100 head of cattle for her father, a prosperous farmer. She said: "I didn't like it either." She is doing well in school. Is in Grade 8.  Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Cru...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fort Sill, Old Post Headquarters, Quanah Road, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Fort Sill, Old Post Headquarters, Quanah Road, Medicine Park, Comanche...

Significance: Served as Post Headquarters, Fort Sill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma Territory), from 1870 to 1911. Survey number: HABS OK-35 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction Building/structur... More

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4576. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." See 4564.  Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of co...

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

Cleaning screens used in grading at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Cleaning screens used in grading at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, T...

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Peanuts in chute at shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanuts in chute at shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Mansion. Comanche, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mansion. Comanche, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Pipe which conveys peanut shells into mixing room. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas. The peanut shells are gound up and then mixed with blackstrap molasses and are used as livestock feed

Pipe which conveys peanut shells into mixing room. Peanut-shelling pla...

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

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Muleteers and cannoneers rolled in one, the men of Battery C, 26th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, consider the most impossible terrain part of the day's work. With their guns and auxiliary equipment slung on the backs of army mules, they break through thick forests, ford streams, and scale mountain ranges. Their job is to go where mechanized and horse-drawn artillery can't go

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Muleteers and cannoneers rolled in one, the men o...

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Benton Hill, a renter, Tinney, Okla. Two other families were helping Mr. Hill and his children pick his cotton. Four adults and 10 children of following ages: 1 boy of 3 years, 2 boys and 1 girl of 5 years, 1 boy and 1 girl of 7 years, 1 boy of 8, 1 boy of 9 years, 1 girl of 11 years and 1 boy of 15 years. Everyone had a sack and was picking industriously. The parents said that Fred, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds a day and Vera, 5 years old, picks 25 pounds a day. See photos of Fred and Vera.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Benton Hill, a renter, Tinney, Okla. Two other families were helping M...

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

[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked last year." Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. "We move about a good deal" mother said.]  Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old ...

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

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

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

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

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche,...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560. Lewis W. Hine, photo.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said:...

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

Family of J. M. Payne, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Mrs. Payne and four children picking cotton. Mart, 5 years, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day (average) Harley, 7 years, picks 40 pounds a day (average) Grandison, 10 years, pickes 75 pounds a day (average) Hubert, 15 years, picks 200 pounds and over. Go to Fairview School. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." Father is a renter. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Family of J. M. Payne, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Mrs. Payne and four chil...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4560. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Worker at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Worker at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche,...

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

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Ketch Ranch, Medicine Park, Comanche County, OK

Significance: Significant as the main house and only standing structure associated with the Ketch Ranch, a locally prominent ranch during the 1920s-1941 in Comanche County. It also is significant as an example ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Apr 1893. 1 Sheet(s). Kansas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100 pounds of cotton a day. Go to Beaver Bend School when through. Father, W.T. Rumage, Route 1, Lawton, Okla.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100 pounds of cot...

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

Family of L.H. Kirkpatrick, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Children go to Mineral Wells School #39. Father, mother and five children (5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 years old) pick cotton. "We pick a bale in four days." Dovey, 5 years old, picks 15 pounds a day (average) Mother said: "She jess works fer pleasure." Ertle, 6 years, picks 20 pounds a day (average) Vonnnie, 10 years, picks 50 pounds a day (average) Edward, 11 years, picks 75 pounds a day (average) Otis, 12 years, picks 75 pounds a day (average) Expect to be out of school for two weeks more picking. Father is a renter. Works part of farm on shares (gives 14 of cotton for rent) and part of farm he pays cash rent. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Family of L.H. Kirkpatrick, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Children go to Mine...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4556. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Adjusting peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Adjusting peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Adjusting peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Adjusting peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

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

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." See 4564. Location: Comanche County--Geronimo, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of co...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4565. Specific location within Comanche County based on caption for #4564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Map of portions of Eastland, Brown and Comanche Counties : showing the lands of the Texas and Pacific R'y Co. in yellow color /

Map of portions of Eastland, Brown and Comanche Counties : showing the...

Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 960 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4569. Names of children are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

Filling bags with feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Filling bags with feed made from peanut shells and blackstrap molasses...

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

Mansion. Comanche, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mansion. Comanche, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4576. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County--Geronimo, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County-...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4567. Specific location within Comanche County based on caption for #4564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4561. Hine no. 4562. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

[Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Crutcher. She was out of school (#49 Comanche County) only 2 weeks this year and that was to herd 100 head of cattle for her father, a prosperous farmer. She said: "I didn't like it either." She is doing well in school. Is in Grade 8.]  Location: [Lawton, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Cr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Sep 1899. 1 Sheet(s). Kansas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked last year." Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. "We move about a good deal" mother said.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old W...

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

[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560.]  Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother sai...

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

Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, co S.O. Crutcher. She was out of school (#49 Comanche County) only 2 weeks this year and that was to herd 100 head of cattle for her father, a prosperous farmer. She said: "I didn't like it either." She is doing well in school. Is in Grade 8. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, co S.O. Crut...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4810. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

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