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"Plague take it! Why doesn't it stay down when I hit it?" / K.

"Plague take it! Why doesn't it stay down when I hit it?" / K.

Illustration shows President Taft standing behind a chair on which a diminutive George W. Wickersham is standing and using a stick labeled "Sherman Law" to beat a toy labeled "Monopoly" that is on a table and s... More

From left to right. Joe, 12 years, Jacob, 8 years. Bonny, 10 yrs. Levi, 10 yrs. Teacher says Joe doesn't know anything, not even enough to be bad. He is always drowsy in class. "Jacob is "awful" in school work and conduct. He gets sleepy in class. Benny is good in school work and conduct. These three boys are brothers. 4:15 P.M. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

From left to right. Joe, 12 years, Jacob, 8 years. Bonny, 10 yrs. Levi...

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

Mexican miner's wife. She doesn't speak English. Scotts Run, Bertha Hill, West Virginia

Mexican miner's wife. She doesn't speak English. Scotts Run, Bertha Hi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Circleville, Ohio's "Hooverville" (see general caption). Begins to talk: "No man in the United States had the trouble I had since 1931. No man. Don't talk to me. I'm deaf. I lost my farm in 1931. I went to work in an acid factory. I got acid spilt on me; burnt my nose and made me blind. Then I get those awful headaches. I've been to lots of doctors, but that doesn't help me. They come on at sundown. No man in the United States had the trouble I had since 1931." (This last repeated many times through his talking.) "No man. It must be getting on to 6 o'clock now. My head's beginning to pain."

Circleville, Ohio's "Hooverville" (see general caption). Begins to tal...

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Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me." Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been wor...

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

[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much chance to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest ma...

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Employer: I regret having to let you go, Miss Keys, but my wife doesn't seem to like you, and-er-you see, I-er-can't discharge my wife

Employer: I regret having to let you go, Miss Keys, but my wife doesn'...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 39:205 (March 13, 1902).

Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook works in spinning room #2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at 35 cents a day, now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birthday June 25, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The other boys are questionable. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. The you...

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Ten year old child of George Cowley Family (rural rehabilitation client). Her bones break exceptionally easy (diet deficiency said to be one of causes) and one leg has been broken five times and doesn't mend properly. Pike County, Alabama

Ten year old child of George Cowley Family (rural rehabilitation clien...

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

Owner's daughter topping tobacco. She has a patch of her own of about 1000 hills from which she will be given the proceeds. Her father buys her clothes and she can have the "patch" money for whatever she wants. She is in the eighth grade; says she doesn't learn as fast as she ought. Granville County, North Carolina

Owner's daughter topping tobacco. She has a patch of her own of about ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me."]. Location: [Scotland Neck, North Carolina]

[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been wo...

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

All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at breaker later). Philip Kurato (on left end of photo) 177 So. Main St., Pittston, Pennsylvania Working in breaker for 6 months, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Told the school Principal the other day he was 13 years old. Jo Tabone (middle) 141 Thompkin St., benn [i.e., been] working three years in Ewen Breaker. Said 14 years old but doesn't appear to be. Charlie Bootha (right-end) said he was 12 years old. Works at Ewen Breaker. Lives in Sebastopol. Couldn't spell his own name and didn't know name of street he lives on. Seems to be under 12 years old. All were suspicious of my sending them to school. Philip Kurato's step-mother told me (through an interpreter) that he has a birth certificate showing him to be 13 years old; that he has been working in the breaker for two years - and that Squire Barrett gave him his working papers. The step-mother owns a home near by, said to be worth $1,500. Location: Port Griffith, Pennsylvania.

All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at b...

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Woman columnist advocates repeal of Neutrality Act to allow U.S. freedom of policy. Washington, D.C., April 26. Staging her second appearance before Senate Committees within a week, Dorothy Thompson, columnist, sat down before Foreign Affairs Chairman Key Pittman and told him and members that neutrality laws should be repealed to allow the country to be free in forming policies in foreign affairs. 'I don't think that the existing neutrality legislation is neutral,' she said, and added that she doesn't believe that existing legislation would have kept us out of the last war, a war which she termed as still being fought

Woman columnist advocates repeal of Neutrality Act to allow U.S. freed...

A woman sitting at a table in front of a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive, just a pile of rock. Well, that's what it is, a pile of limesone, but since limestone is the main ingredient for the refining of high quality steels, heaps of rock such as these mighty important factors in the maintenance of defense production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive...

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Lillie Robertson, a young spinner in Century Cotton Mills, South Boston, Virginia Runs four sides. Sister Mamie (with cup) helps her and is ten years old. Baby doesn't work yet. Father works in wagon factory. Cotton Mills work is slack. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

Lillie Robertson, a young spinner in Century Cotton Mills, South Bosto...

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

Thank you, the woman whispered, adding with a blind person's intuition: it is the big sailor who doesn't speak, isn't it

Thank you, the woman whispered, adding with a blind person's intuition...

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Jalopies for defense. It doesn't look like much, but actually it's 300 pounds of scrap metal. Only a few minutes before it was thrown into the powerful hydraulic baling press it was the body of a discarded automobile. It is now ready for shipment to a steel mill. More than 28,000,000 tons of scrap metal is needed this year for defense production

Jalopies for defense. It doesn't look like much, but actually it's 300...

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This alligator is a gator out of water at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, and he (or she) doesn't look all that happy about it

This alligator is a gator out of water at the Texas State Aquarium in ...

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

[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much chance to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest ma...

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

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract composition with symbols and objects: Star of David, cross, dove, music, heart, palm tree, soldier, football, rose, and text "Notre Dame" and "God doesn't make junk"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract compos...

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in a Pawtucket, R.I., cotton mill showing accumulation of lint on floor. The air is full of it too, but photo doesn't show it. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in a Pawtucket, R.I., cotton...

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

Doesn't like lynchings. Rep. Carolina O'Day, D. of N.Y., giving a woman's viewpoint to the hearings on the Anti-Lynching Bill before the Senate Judiciary sub-committee said "Women do not need nor want to be protected by such a barbarous practices." 2/14

Doesn't like lynchings. Rep. Carolina O'Day, D. of N.Y., giving a woma...

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

Iowa Senator plays swan song. Washington, D.C., April 14. Perhaps not so accomplished musically as in matters of state is Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa, but he might here be described as symbolically playing Swan Song for he said that he doesn't intend to run for election again when the time comes. Rep. Fred Gilchrist, also from Iowa, bends a critical ear to the Senator's rendition, 4-14-39

Iowa Senator plays swan song. Washington, D.C., April 14. Perhaps not ...

Two men in suits sitting on a couch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turlock, California. Housewife shops for groceries. The fact that she no longer uses her automobile on shopping tours doesn't prevent her from comparing values in various stores

Turlock, California. Housewife shops for groceries. The fact that she ...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turlock, California. Housewife shop for groceries. The fact that she no longer uses her automobile on shopping tours doesn't prevent her from comparing values in various stores

Turlock, California. Housewife shop for groceries. The fact that she n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a captain's bars, but he's an essential soldier of the home front, just as vital to the winning of this war as the men in uniform on America's myriad battlefields. A steelworker, whose job includes shoveling limestone into an electric furnace, is helping to produce the weapons to smash the Axis

A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a capt...

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I'll carry mine. Junior should wipe that worried frown off his face, for he's doing his Uncle Sam a favor by sharing the carriage with his mother's purchases. With "I'll carry mine," the American shoppers wartime slogan to save tires and gasoline, it'll soon be an unwise child who doesn't share his carriage with a dozen

I'll carry mine. Junior should wipe that worried frown off his face, f...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A part of the Hopkins family. All of these (and "except the least one") in the mill. Belton Mfg. Co. The two girls together run 10 sides $1.10 a day. The little girl apparently not 12 years old couldn't write her name. The next to the smallest boy doesn't appear to be 12 years makes 50 cents a day sweeping. 3 others not in the photo, work. The mother showed me the family record of the older half of the family. "The other list got destroyed." (Queer.) Location: Belton, South Carolina.

A part of the Hopkins family. All of these (and "except the least one"...

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

He doesn't come to bite you, this little dog of mine, but simply to invite you to be my valentine

He doesn't come to bite you, this little dog of mine, but simply to in...

Card shows a little boy in a military uniform holding a leash with a dog that has a valentine in its mouth "Will you be mine?" The A. M. Davis Co., Boston.

Mexican miner's child, doesn't go to school much. He's too shy and school's too far away, especially when it is cold. Bertha Hill, West Virginia

Mexican miner's child, doesn't go to school much. He's too shy and sch...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Iowa Senator plays swan song. Washington, D.C., April 14. Perhaps not so accomplished musically as in matters of state is Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa, but he might here be described as symbolically playing Swan Song for he said that he doesn't intend to run for election again when the time comes. Rep. Fred Gilchrist, also from Iowa, bends a critical ear to the Senator's rendition, 4-14-39

Iowa Senator plays swan song. Washington, D.C., April 14. Perhaps not ...

A man in a suit and tie playing a piano. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a captain's bars, but he's an essential soldier of the home front, just as vital to the winning of this war as the men in uniform on America's myriad battlefields. A steelworker, whose job includes shoveling limestone into an electric furnace, is helping to produce the weapons to smash the Axis

A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a capt...

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.

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in the thick of the fight, Joe Dope would be "ace" overnight, so he shoots a whole drum - doesn't cool off th' gun, heat's melted the barrel jes' right! / / Cpt. Will Eisner, Ordnance.

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in th...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a machine gun. Instructions on how to display the poster on verso (partially obscured by textile backing).

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract composition with symbols and objects: Star of David, cross, dove, music, heart, palm tree, soldier, football, rose, and text "Notre Dame" and "God doesn't make junk"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract compos...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mr. Bear doesn't approve of these celebrations

Mr. Bear doesn't approve of these celebrations

"Wall Street" on ship sail. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Sept. 28, 1909, p. 7.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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

"This chicken house we're standing against is the only house here that doesn't leak. It's so low my pop can fix the roof." Great Western Sugar Company's beet sugar workers' colony at Hudson, Colorado

"This chicken house we're standing against is the only house here that...

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NO DISPUTE THIS TIME. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 7. THERE ARE REPORTED TO BE TIMES WHEN THE VICE PRESIDENT DOESN'T LIKE THINGS THE PRESIDENT DOES. AT THE JACKSON DAY DINNER, BOTH AGREED WITH EVERYTHING THE OTHER DID

NO DISPUTE THIS TIME. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 7. THERE ARE REPORTED T...

A man in a tuxedo sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton to the Lassiter gin in Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. This gin which is operated by Mr. Faison has ginned only two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this season and doesn't expect much more. The boll weevil got most of the cotton in that section. Because of the tobacco market holiday all the picking and ginning of cotton was finished very early this year

C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military shooting, machine gun, artillery, armed conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. An old man who has lived all of his life near Broadway, New York City, and who was taken off relief and sent to the Elba FSA camp to work in the harvest. He said, "There is so much suffering in the world today that mine doesn't seem so much and I'm doing my best to help bring in Uncle Sam's crops"

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record...

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

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin Veatch, who was showing me around. No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 1223 New York Ave., N.W.; he lives 1643 Cramer St., N.E. He said he commenced the messenger service at 11 yrs. old. Has worked all night a couple of years, and now works until 10 P.M. Is known to Truant Officers. Family has had trouble with him. Says he is 17 but doesn't look it. Quite profane, but (apparently) not very wise about this district although he says he goes to these houses occasionally. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin...

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Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Archie Love (See Photo 328). Said (after hesitating) "I am 14 years old." Doesn't look it. Been in mill 3 years. Worked 5 months nights at the start. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Archie Love (See Photo 328). Said (af...

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

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Started at 5 P.M. Starts 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge. Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?]

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Started 5 P.M. Works all day. 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge. Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?]

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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

A black and white photo of a man in overalls and a cowboy hat. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man in overalls and a cowboy hat. Ohio du...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton outside of Lassiter gin in Wendell, Wake County North Carolina. This gin which is operated by Mr. Faison has ginned only two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this whole season and doesn't expect much more. The boll weevil got most of the cotton in that season. Because of the tobacco market holiday, all the picking and ginning of cotton was finished very early this year

Cotton outside of Lassiter gin in Wendell, Wake County North Carolina....

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oscar Revinsky(?) - Born Jan. 11, 1900, 15 years old - 99 Oak Grove Ave. A scavenger on Pine St. Dump. Case known to S.P.C.C. (record No. 4322) since 1910. In 1913 parents refused to let child be committed to Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1916 father came to office asking that boy be committed as he spent all his time on the dumps. Deficient mentality. Neck covered with scars and boils. "No work - no school" since 1912. Never cleans up. Doesn't go home to meals. Eats from dump and steals from dinner pails. Hard for him to tell where he lives. Thought 92 Oak Grove Ave. Was in baby grade at Ruggles School and was expelled. "Is father alive?" "No, he's a milkman." Fall River, Massachusetts. 6/22/16. Location: Fall River, Massachusettsachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Oscar Revinsky(?) - Born Jan. 11, 1900, 15 years old - 99 Oak Grove Av...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract composition with symbols and objects: Star of David, cross, dove, music, heart, palm tree, soldier, football, rose, and text "Notre Dame" and "God doesn't make junk"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window, contemporary abstract compos...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

(Branch of St. Louis firm.) Peter's Shoe Co. Boy on left end is Harry Chrystal, (Add. Box #9, De Soto) an inveterate smoker. He is a "brusher," gets $3 a week; has worked one summer; is on now "for the winter." Said, after hesitation, when I asked age, "I'm fourteen." Doesn't appear to be. Boy in middle and right end boy seem to be under 14. They are Walter Johnson and Eugene Rieser, and claim to be regular workers. Walter said he had just been "fired" and Eugene had "got mad and quit." Location: De Soto, Missouri.

(Branch of St. Louis firm.) Peter's Shoe Co. Boy on left end is Harry ...

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6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Starts at 5 A.M. and sells all day. 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge. Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?].

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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

[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd grade - deficient mentality. Doesn't know name of place where he is going to work. Made it out for Small's mill, they weren't sure. Had been a sweeper but work was too hard for him. Didn't know how much he was to get. (Miss Smith to see what kind of card he got.) Worked at Union Mill, $3.27, as a sweeper.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd...

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

Kern County, California. Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Oil field beyond. Came to California in 1920 from Missouri. Father had job for eight years. Was gang foreman on Los Angeles Aqueduct; laid off two months ago. Now on way north looking for work. Doesn't want to go on Work Projects Administration (WPA)

Kern County, California. Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 9...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three portable buildings on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabiliation borrower, Yakima County, Washington. Buildings are portable because Indian landlord doesn't supply buildings

Three portable buildings on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them any more. Conversion of a large Eastern mill from production of women's stockings to mosquito netting for the Army and Navy, gives this worker a vital defense job. She's drawing yarn from warp machine into warp beams prior to its use on looms. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them ...

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Schenectady, New York. Following the war news on wall maps as it is broadcast. The only complaint the youngsters had was that war doesn't move across the map fast enough

Schenectady, New York. Following the war news on wall maps as it is br...

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Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingsworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much time to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Talles...

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

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bob Cook and Emmett Capps. Bob works in spinn[in]g room #2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at 35 cents a day, now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birthday June 25, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The boys are questionable. Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].

Bob Cook and Emmett Capps. Bob works in spinn[in]g room #2. Said he ha...

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

Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authority of the Senate, doesn't like the verdict of the courts on the Guffey Coal Act. He told newsmen that the decision in Louisville placed a new meaning, as far as he was concerned, on the constitution. 11/15/35

Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authorit...

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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Boy on extreme right end of photo is Jo Topent, 52 Pine St. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said he was 14 years old but does not appear to be. He was very suspicious of me and refused to be in first photo. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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It doesn't look much like it / C.J. Taylor.

It doesn't look much like it / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam using a pitchfork to pile up money labeled "$160,000,000.00 Yearly" as food for an elephant labeled "U.S. White Elephant" wearing a military hat labeled "Pensions". Caption: "Has the moth... More

George Cowley's family (rural rehabilitation) with home supervisor, discussing possibilities of further medical care and treatment for child on crutches. Her bones break exceptionally easy (diet deficiency one of causes) and one leg has been broken five times and doesn't mend properly. She is ten years old. Pike County, Alabama

George Cowley's family (rural rehabilitation) with home supervisor, di...

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C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton to the Lassiter gin in Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. This gin which is operated by Mr. Faison has ginned only two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this season and doesn't expect much more. The boll weevil got most of the cotton in that section. Because of the tobacco market holiday all the picking and ginning of cotton was finished very early this year

C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton ...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive, just a pile of rock. Well, that's what it is, a pile of limestone, but since limestone is the main ingredient for the refining of high quality steels, heaps of rock such as these are mighty important factors in the maintenace of defense production. Here workers are loading the pigs into charging boxes, which will carry them into the open hearth furnace for melting

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive...

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A nonfunctioning rocket (so far as we can tell) outside a little store in a place (Rattlesnake Knob) that doesn't exist (so far as we can tell) in Gaines County, Texas, in the peanut-and-cotton-growing country between Hobbs, New Mexico, and Seminole, Texas

A nonfunctioning rocket (so far as we can tell) outside a little store...

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

"It's funny, Mr. Peck, that the servant problem doesn't worry me"

"It's funny, Mr. Peck, that the servant problem doesn't worry me"

Woman talking to man, who is cleaning floor. H101042 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted 1907 by E.W. Kelley. No. 10; 8675. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Women Rights; Humor.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Boy on extreme right end of photo is Jo Topent, 52 Pine St. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said he was 14 years old but does not appear to be. He was very suspicious of me and refused to be in first photo. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook, works in spinning room #2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at 35 cents a day now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birth day June 25th, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The other boys are questionable. Location: Spartanburg, [South Carolina]

Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg [sic], ...

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He doesn't realize what is coming to him / L.M. Glackens.

He doesn't realize what is coming to him / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Taft swimming in a sea of "Presidential Surf"; below the waves, unseen by Taft, are many crabs listed by state of the union, and one large crab with the face of Theodore Roosevelt, ... More

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Ohio during Great Depr...

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Schoots Court with Senate building in background. Four very small dark rooms rent for fifteen and eighteen dollars per month with water and privy in yard. It used to rent for six and eight dollars. Frank Coles and his friend are sitting on the bench He was a cement plasterer but has been on relief during the past year. He has frequent heart attacks and his feet and ankles are all swollen. Doctor advises a chicken and lamb diet, no pork or beef, but he doesn't even have money to buy fuel. He can't get waited on in a clinic or get to one. He waited from before eleven until four p.m. but still could not see a doctor. He has been in Washington since 1906

Schoots Court with Senate building in background. Four very small dark...

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Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T look out the windows. Johnnie doesn't mean to be a fifth columnist, but in looking out and attempting to see the planes he's flashing a swell signal just the same; in addition this is a dangerous place for him to be because of flying glass splinters which might well result from the concussion caused by a bomb falling nearby. Looking out the window is fruitless also because there is nothing one can see during a blackout

Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T look out ...

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A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a captain's bars, but he's an essential soldier of the home front, just as vital to the winning of this war as the men in uniform on America's myriad battlefields. A steelworker, whose job includes shoveling limestone into an electric furnace, is helping to produce the weapons to smash the Axis

A poster comes to life. He doesn't wear a sergeant's stripes or a capt...

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[Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move]

[Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move]

Four sketches, titles inscribed below images: The Relief, Going to Camp, Difficulties of Teaming, King Mud in camp. Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title devised from Harpers caption. Published in: Harper's W... More

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin Veatch, who was showing me around. No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 1223 New York Ave., N.W.; he lives 1643 Cramer St., N.E. He said he commenced the messenger service at 11 yrs. old. Has worked all night a couple of years, and now works until 10 P.M. Is known to Truant Officers. Family has had trouble with him. Says he is 17 but doesn't look it. Quite profane, but (apparently) not very wise about this district although he says he goes to these houses occasionally. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin...

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Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingsworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much time to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Talles...

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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14 years old, but does not appear to be? Sam Topent (next to Bellom), 52 Pine Street. Been working at Ewen Breaker two years. Said, "I'm fourteen years, an' if you don' believe me, I kin show you de proofs." (They were all suspicious.) This boy had told the School Principal the other day that he was 13 years old, which may be too high. James Ritz (in middle), 28 Pine Street. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker. Said, "14 years old," but this is unbelievable. Mikey Captan (small boy on James' left) 45 Pine St. Been working one year at Ewen Breaker, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Tony Captan (right end of photo), 45 Pine St. Been working in Ewen Breaker one year. I found these boys and many others, working at Ewen Breaker, and photographed them (see photos). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...

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A man standing on top of a truck filled with bags. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A man standing on top of a truck filled with bags. Great Depression FF...

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Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Etta Squires,--12 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Runs 5 sides. Mother was very proud of this. She own two houses and doesn't work in the mill herself. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Etta Squires,--12 years old. Been in mill 3 y...

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Why doesn't he speak? - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Why doesn't he speak? - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Why doesn't the widow Petitfleur land her catch?

Why doesn't the widow Petitfleur land her catch?

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Papa Popineau" by John A. Moroso, Delineator, 89:8 (Aug. 1916).

Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T look out the windows. Johnnie doesn't mean to be a fifth columnist, but in looking out and attempting to see the planes he's flashing a swell signal just the same; in addition this is a dangerous place for him to be because of flying glass splinters which might well result from the concussion caused by a bomb falling nearby. Looking out the window is fruitless also because there is nothing one can see during a blackout

Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T look out ...

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Mamma's darling babies [and] She doesn't know chicken from turkey

Mamma's darling babies [and] She doesn't know chicken from turkey

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Circleville, Ohio's "Hooverville" (see general caption). Begins to talk: "No man in the United States had the trouble I had since 1931. No man. Don't talk to me. I'm deaf. I lost my farm in 1931. I went to work in an acid factory. I got acid spilt on me; burnt my nose and made me blind. Then I get those awful headaches. I've been to lots of doctors, but that doesn't help me. They come on at sundown. No man in the United States had the trouble I had since 1931." (This last repeated many times through his talking.) "No man. It must be getting on to 6 o'clock now. My head's beginning to pain."

Circleville, Ohio's "Hooverville" (see general caption). Begins to tal...

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De Land pool. Bits and parts. Casey's machine shop in De Land, Florida doesn't have fluorescent lighting or air conditioning, but it does have the close tolerance machinery needed to make war weapons. Casey and his one-man crew are shown here as they turn out repair racks for airplanes

De Land pool. Bits and parts. Casey's machine shop in De Land, Florida...

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Mamma's darling babies [and] She doesn't know chicken from turkey

Mamma's darling babies [and] She doesn't know chicken from turkey

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Why doesn't Daddy come home - Public domain World War One sheet music

Why doesn't Daddy come home - Public domain World War One sheet music

Olga von Hartz Owens. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in the thick of the fight, Joe Dope would be "ace" overnight, so he shoots a whole drum - doesn't cool off th' gun, heat's melted the barrel jes' right! / / Cpt. Will Eisner, Ordnance.

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in th...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a machine gun. Instructions on how to display the poster on verso (partially obscured by textile backing).

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A group of people standing in front of a building.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A group of people standing i...

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Why doesn't he speak? - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Why doesn't he speak? - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Salvation is free, but it doesn't appeal to him / Kep.

Salvation is free, but it doesn't appeal to him / Kep.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt, looking somewhat devilish, as a minister standing in a pool labeled "Teddyism", attempting to pull the Republican elephant in for an immersion baptism; there is a small "T... More

Schoots Court with Senate building in background. Four very small dark rooms rent for fifteen and eighteen dollars per month with water and privy in yard. It used to rent for six and eight dollars. Frank Coles and his friend are sitting on the bench He was a cement plasterer but has been on relief during the past year. He has frequent heart attacks and his feet and ankles are all swollen. Doctor advises a chicken and lamb diet, no pork or beef, but he doesn't even have money to buy fuel. He can't get waited on in a clinic or get to one. He waited from before eleven until four p.m. but still could not see a doctor. He has been in Washington since 1906

Schoots Court with Senate building in background. Four very small dark...

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Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me." Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been wor...

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[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months. Makes about $3 a week. Has been through the 5th grade in school. She is bright, but unsophisticated. Told investigator, "There are other little girls in the mill too. One of them, says she's 13, but she doesn't look any older than me."]. Location: [Scotland Neck, North Carolina]

[Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been wo...

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Oscar Revinsky(?) - Born Jan. 11, 1900, 15 years old - 99 Oak Grove Ave. A scavenger on Pine St. Dump. Case known to S.P.C.C. (record No. 4322) since 1910. In 1913 parents refused to let child be committed to Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1916 father came to office asking that boy be committed as he spent all his time on the dumps. Deficient mentality. Neck covered with scars and boils. "No work - no school" since 1912. Never cleans up. Doesn't go home to meals. Eats from dump and steals from dinner pails. Hard for him to tell where he lives. Thought 92 Oak Grove Ave. Was in baby grade at Ruggles School and was expelled. "Is father alive?" "No, he's a milkman." Fall River, Massachusetts. 6/22/16. Location: Fall River, Massachusettsachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Oscar Revinsky(?) - Born Jan. 11, 1900, 15 years old - 99 Oak Grove Av...

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Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

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Amelia Louise Sousa, 12 years old. Picks 22 measures. Balmeda 4 years old. Children said she doesn't pick, but she was picking just the same. Location: Falmouth -Baker Bog, Massachusetts.

Amelia Louise Sousa, 12 years old. Picks 22 measures. Balmeda 4 years ...

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[Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family.] Location: Opelika, Alabama.

[Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family recor...

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