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Doctor's examination - stopping an emigrant suspected of defective eyesight. He will be detained for further examination, to ascertain if this defect would prevent him from earning a living

Doctor's examination - stopping an emigrant suspected of defective eye...

Immigration officer examining emigrant at Ellis Island.

[Fannie Bowman, 15 years old. Postural deformity. Correct position in work most essential. Can undertake either sitting or standing position if takes care to keep good posture. Picture shows extremely bad working position for this physical defect. A hunched, stooped-over position. Book-keeper. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4664 and 4670.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Fannie Bowman, 15 years old. Postural deformity. Correct position in ...

Fannie Bowman, 15 years old. Postural deformity. Correct position in work most essential. Can undertake either sitting or standing position if takes care to keep good posture. Picture shows extremely bad working position for this physical defect. A hunched, stooped-over position. Book-keeper. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4664 and 4670. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Fannie Bowman, 15 years old. Postural deformity. Correct position in w...

Elizabeth Rudensky. Right dorsal curve. Scoliosis - real spinal case - bad. Showing wrong kind of occupation for this physical defect. No support for the feet. Defect would be greatly increased by this kind of occupation. See 4668 & 4669. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Elizabeth Rudensky. Right dorsal curve. Scoliosis - real spinal case -...

[Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot properly supported. Care should be taken to have chair properly adjusted to height of desk or bench. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4659, 4660 + 4662.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot pro...

Same girl as no. 4665. Showing the slight deformity of the hip. Work which required constant standing would be bad, so persons with curvature tire quickly. Their feet also are usually weak and they would be inclined to rest on one foot. This would throw entire body out of tune. Sitting down work which requires constant stooping over and use of either foot would be decidedly bad for this defect. Lewis W. Hine. See 4669. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Same girl as no. 4665. Showing the slight deformity of the hip. Work w...

Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot properly supported. Care should be taken to have chair properly adjusted to height of desk or bench. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4659, 4660 + 4662. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot prop...

Elizabeth Rudensky. Right dorsal curve. Scoliosis - real spinal case - bad. Showing wrong kind of occupation for this physical defect. No support for the feet. Defect would be greatly increased by this kind of occupation. See 4668 & 4669. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Elizabeth Rudensky. Right dorsal curve. Scoliosis - real spinal case -...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4665. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Production. Making boilers. Great care is taken in producing steam boilers for the Army in a big Midwest plant. A defect detected by X-ray examination of the steel is chipped out by an air hammer

Production. Making boilers. Great care is taken in producing steam boi...

Women in industry. Tool production. Trained to catch the tiniest defect in the smallest drill, this attractive, young inspector in a large Midwest drill and tool plant is doing valuable work for the war effort. These drills, used in the manufacture of every kind of war machinery, must be perfect so that America's planes and ships and tanks can be built to exact specifications. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Trained to catch the tiniest defe...

Kiowa, Kansas. At Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail detector car. These cars are actually travelling scientific instruments, which not only detect faulty rails but also record the place and extent of the defect

Kiowa, Kansas. At Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail detector car. The...

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye defect. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye defect. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legislatures of the several states : When the interests of a people are endangered, either through the defect of the government they have established, or the want of timely and vigorous, exertions to give efficacy to its operations, it becomes the duty ...

An address from the United States in Congress assembled to the legisla...

The text of the address as reported in Congress Oct. 6, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 747-751. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Formerly ... More