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[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...

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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

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...

Image source: U.S. Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about t... More

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4573. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4574. Names of children are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

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...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4780. Hine no. 4781. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

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

Loading carload of peanuts 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

Machine for grading peanuts at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Machine for grading peanuts at 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.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Apr 1891. 2 Sheet(s). Texas 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. T... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Mar 1885. 1 Sheet(s). Texas 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. T... More

Scott School #41; Miss Smith, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months term. 19 present to-day--should be 60. 20 are enrolled and 16 was the average attendance last month. Teacher expects 60 enrolled by January 1st. School does not settle down until January, and then the year is half gone. Absences due to cotton picking. Raise some grains here and a few of the older ones will be absent for work. Families are continually changing. Many tenants. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Scott School #41; Miss Smith, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4584. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Scott School #41; Miss Smith, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months term. 19 present to-day--should be 60. 20 are enrolled and 16 was the average attendance last month. Teacher expects 60 enrolled by January 1st. School does not settle down until January, and then the year is half gone. Absences due to cotton picking. Raise some grains here and a few of the older ones will be absent for work. Families are continually changing. Many tenants. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Scott School #41; Miss Smith, Teacher. Opened September 4th--8 months ...

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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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4559. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

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...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4810. Hine no. 4811. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

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

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. 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

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

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...

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Comanche, Comanche County, Texas

Apr 1891. 2 Sheet(s). Texas 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. T... 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.

Map of Comanche County : state of Texas showing the extent of all public surveys, land grants and all other official information, compiled from the records of the General Land office at Austin, showing also the geology, agriculture and other important details carefully selected from authentic sources /

Map of Comanche County : state of Texas showing the extent of all publ...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. "The Texas Land and Immigration Co. of New York." LC Land ownership maps, 933 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas

Sep 1886. 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 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...

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 ins...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Image source: U.S. Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about t... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4780. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... 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...

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

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4780. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

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

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

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cot...

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Comanche Co. Historic map, Library of Congress

Comanche Co. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership. "Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas." "Lithographed by August Gast & Co.s New Process St. Louis." Two copies. Copy 1 mounted on paper.... More

Machine for grading peanuts at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas

Machine for grading peanuts 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

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

Loading truck with peanut shell feed. 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

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...

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 - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Old mansion. Comanche, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

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, 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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas ... More

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4573. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... 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

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cot...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, 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 Prai...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4569. Hine no. 4571. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4582. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Hillside School #58; Miss Blanche Calyer, Teacher. Opened September 11th--8 months term. Enrollment 20, Average attendance 18 (last year: enrollment 43, average attendance 36). 15 others are out for cotton picking and may be out a month more. Teacher says families are mostly tenants, but she thinks they need help of children during cotton picking season. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma Lewis W. Hine

Hillside School #58; Miss Blanche Calyer, Teacher. Opened September 11...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4568. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

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

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. 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

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

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

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.

[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.

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, 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 Prai...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4569. Hine no. 4570. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... 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...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4574. Hine no. 4575. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4580. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4563. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

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

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

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

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...

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

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 County...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4566. Specific location within Comanche County based on caption for #4564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

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