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Pond, South Park, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Pond, South Park, Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Cornell Mill. Smallest girl in group is Jennie Sylvia, 522 Alden St., a doffer in card room of Cornell Mill. I saw a girl, apparently as young, running a loom in weave room there.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Cornell Mill. Smallest girl in group is Jennie Sylvia, 522 Alden St., ...

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Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work. Loca...

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[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving. Charles Cavanagh, 863 Slade St.15 years.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving. Charles Cavanagh...

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Union Hospital - Lewis Palmer - 14 years - 455 Peckham St. - Rope hauler in Estes Mill, making mop rope. Began April 25th. Hand cut by rope May 18th. Laid up one month. Wages $4.60 - compensation $4. Goes on Sunday hikes with his crowd.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital - Lewis Palmer - 14 years - 455 Peckham St. - Rope haul...

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Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co. Cut leg June 20, 1916. (See Mr. Wagner's schedule.) Was pushing and pulling basket along floor; basket caught a loose board and threw him against loom cutting his leg.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co....

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Harness maker. See 4158.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Harness maker. See 4158. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis ...

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Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. Lewis W. Hine

Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village. Loc...

In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4216 Hine no. 4220. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General infor... More

Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.[M] One of largest in city. These are deserted much of the time until July 10th when they are opened.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.[M] One of largest in city. T...

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At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born Sept. 2, 1900. George B. Stone. Left at 14 in the 5th grade to be a "braider tender" at the Fall River Webbing Co. (applying for this job). Has also been a clipper at the Standard Speciality Co. and weaver at Lincoln Mfg. Co.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born...

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French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years old January 2nd - left in 4th grade. Weaver in Flint Mill. Apply for certificate. Had been a weaver one month in one mill and two days in next but it was a stop motion loom which she didn't know how to operate. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years old January 2n...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4295. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Drawer-in. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Drawer-in. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4252. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol Coun...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Davol Mills were constructed beginning in 1867-1868 (No. 1 Mill). They ar... More

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall...

Significance: The Union Mill was the first Fall River textile company to be financed by stock subscriptions. No. 1 Mill was built in 1859 and No. 2 Mill in 1865. Hale Remington, a Fall River business leader, o... More

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall...

Significance: The Union Mill was the first Fall River textile company to be financed by stock subscriptions. No. 1 Mill was built in 1859 and No. 2 Mill in 1865. Hale Remington, a Fall River business leader, o... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis...

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Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plym...

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Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plym...

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Charlton Mill, Howe & Crawford Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Charlton Mill, Howe & Crawford Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

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Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manuel Perry, 111 Pitman St. John E. Mello, 229 Alden St. Manuel Louis. None of these could write their own names. The last couldn't spell the street he lives on. They spoke almost no English.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Young doffer and spinner boys in Seaconnet Mill. The youngest are Manu...

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Young doffer in Durfee Mill. Said 17 years old.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young doffer in Durfee Mill. Said 17 years old. Location: Fall River,...

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Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This building is the oldest existing mill in Fall River. It was built in 1847... More

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. 21, 1915 and finger grew stiff and had to have cord cut. Still an outpatient in June and not working yet.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old....

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Scavengers. Miss Eddy interested.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Scavengers. Miss Eddy interested. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts...

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King Philip spinning room. Sweeper and cleaner Adelaid Levesque, 1152 Slade St. Age 14 - Looks larger because camera low.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

King Philip spinning room. Sweeper and cleaner Adelaid Levesque, 1152 ...

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Fall River Bridge, Spanning Fall River on CCC Camp Road, Ashton, Fremont County, ID

Fall River Bridge, Spanning Fall River on CCC Camp Road, Ashton, Fremo...

Significance: The Fall River Bridge is extremely significant as the only known example of a timber Howe pony truss remaining in Idaho. It represents, in fact, one of the few survivals of this bridge type in th... More

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County...

Significance: The Academy Building was constructed by the Borden Family, textile entrepreneurs of Fall River. The prominent structure, with Ruskinian Gothic details, was designed by Hartwell and Swasey of Bost... More

Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

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Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

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Longitudinal section of public library, Fall River, Massachusetts. / Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, architects.

Longitudinal section of public library, Fall River, Massachusetts. / C...

Caption on drawing: Proposed public library, Fall River, Massachusetts. Print from The Architectural Review, vol. IV, no. 1, plate II. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Archite... More

Main St., Fall River, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Main St., Fall River, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate ...

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

Long line of boys and men at Vaudeville Show. Saturday P.M.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Long line of boys and men at Vaudeville Show. Saturday P.M. Location:...

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Portuguese. John Silvra, 64 Wooley St., 15 year old doffer. Borden Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Portuguese. John Silvra, 64 Wooley St., 15 year old doffer. Borden Mil...

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[French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years old January 2nd - left in 4th grade. Weaver in Flint Mill. Apply for certificate. Had been a weaver one months in one mill and two days in next but it was a stop motion loom which she didn't know how to operate.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years old January 2...

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[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.] Loc...

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Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.M One of largest in city. These are deserted much of the time until July 10th when they are opened. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.M One of largest in city. The...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4339. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Armory. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

Armory. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

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[Applying for certificate - Menuel Cabral - Portuguese. 15 years old Oct. 9, 67 Aetna St. Been spinning 1 month Laurel Lake and sweeper 1 month American Linen. Now to be a braider at Estes Mill.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Applying for certificate - Menuel Cabral - Portuguese. 15 years old O...

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Scavengers. Pine Street Dump. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Scavengers. Pine Street Dump. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewi...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4317. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Teepees on the Columbia, Fall River, Massachusetts

Teepees on the Columbia, Fall River, Massachusetts

Three Native American men, probably Umatilla, stand on shore of river next to tipis. J257440 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ralph Irving Gifford. No. X140. WSUNA

Evening recreation of the "Young Holy Ghosters" - Ages 15 - 25, average is 18 - all mill workers - all Portuguese. Whole House on George Street. Great need of leadership. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Evening recreation of the "Young Holy Ghosters" - Ages 15 - 25, averag...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4341. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Sweeper in Pocasset Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Sweeper in Pocasset Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4237. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Young spinners in Cornell Mill. Posed by boss. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

Young spinners in Cornell Mill. Posed by boss. Location: Fall River, M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2777. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The grand new steamboat Pilgrim: the largest in the world: flagship of the Fall River line - running between New York and Boston via New port and Fall River - commander: Capt. Benj. M. Simmons / C.R. Parsons.

The grand new steamboat Pilgrim: the largest in the world: flagship of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2737

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at it about 3 months. Requires great deal of mental application and accuracy and good oversight. Takes over a year to learn. Seemed very young in certificate office. Miss Smith thought she was a little school girl coming for some other purpose.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at i...

A woman sitting in a chair holding a piece of yarn. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spare hands in Granite Mill #1.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Spare hands in Granite Mill #1. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts /...

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Oscar Reynolds, 47 Benjamin St. 15 years - Sweeper. 2 years in Osborne - was in 4185 crap game. Note posture. [Working hours?]: 6.45 - 12; 1 - 5.50; 8 - 12; 1.30 - 5. Works overtime nearly every week. Had rather go to school. Does not like the mill. Has been sweeper two years and one shoulder droops.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Oscar Reynolds, 47 Benjamin St. 15 years - Sweeper. 2 years in Osborne...

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Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers. Location: ...

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Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol Coun...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Davol Mills were constructed beginning in 1867-1868 (No. 1 Mill). They ar... More

Alphonse Londry. Said 7 years old. Lives 337 Flint Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. Working on T.B. Smart Bog.  Location: South Carver [vicinity], Massachusettsachusetts.

Alphonse Londry. Said 7 years old. Lives 337 Flint Street, Fall River,...

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

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall...

Significance: The Union Mill was the first Fall River textile company to be financed by stock subscriptions. No. 1 Mill was built in 1859 and No. 2 Mill in 1865. Hale Remington, a Fall River business leader, o... More

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall...

Significance: The Union Mill was the first Fall River textile company to be financed by stock subscriptions. No. 1 Mill was built in 1859 and No. 2 Mill in 1865. Hale Remington, a Fall River business leader, o... More

Portuguese. Spinner. See 4159.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Portuguese. Spinner. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / ...

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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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Scavengers. Miss Eddy interested.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Scavengers. Miss Eddy interested. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts...

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Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

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Drop wire boy, Granite Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Drop wire boy, Granite Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Le...

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Fall River Bridge, Spanning Fall River on CCC Camp Road, Ashton, Fremont County, ID

Fall River Bridge, Spanning Fall River on CCC Camp Road, Ashton, Fremo...

Significance: The Fall River Bridge is extremely significant as the only known example of a timber Howe pony truss remaining in Idaho. It represents, in fact, one of the few survivals of this bridge type in th... More

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County...

Significance: The Academy Building was constructed by the Borden Family, textile entrepreneurs of Fall River. The prominent structure, with Ruskinian Gothic details, was designed by Hartwell and Swasey of Bost... More

Barnard Mills, Quequechan River, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Barnard Mills, Quequechan River, Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' since I was 5 years old." Lives 44 Bowler St., Fall River. Sister Jeanette said 6 years old beginning to pick now. Also their cousin Anita (on right hand) 7 years old regular picker. Began last year.  Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' ...

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Joseph Lepage, 84 Boutwell St., (apparent[ly] 12 years old). Said he is a sweeper on first floor cotton mill, but I am not sure w[h]ether it is the Flint Mill or not. Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts]

Joseph Lepage, 84 Boutwell St., (apparent[ly] 12 years old). Said he i...

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Doffers in Granite Mill #1.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Doffers in Granite Mill #1. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lew...

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William Berupe - 15 years. 36 Assonat [i.e., Assonet?] Settlement boy. Sweeper and cleaner. Sunday clothes. French.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

William Berupe - 15 years. 36 Assonat [i.e., Assonet?] Settlement boy....

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.]  Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Cleaner and Sweeper - Spinning Department of American Linen Co.] Loc...

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King Philip - Mule Spinning. Back boy - Herbert Heywood, 43 Miller St. - age 14 years.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

King Philip - Mule Spinning. Back boy - Herbert Heywood, 43 Miller St....

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

Vocational Printing. Math. class. See 4168.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Vocational Printing. Math. class. See 4168. Location: Fall River, Mas...

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

Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in King Philip Settlement. Most of them are weavers. All girls. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in Ki...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4325. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

[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...

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Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Locati...

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[Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village.] ...

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Fall River Technical High, Millwrighting course Mechanics.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Fall River Technical High, Millwrighting course Mechanics. Location: ...

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[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in King Philip Settlement. Most of them are weavers. All girls.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in K...

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Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 years old - to be a ring spinner in Borden City Mill. 6th Grade, Wiley School. Learned to spin in school vacations. Rather go to work. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Applying for work paper first time Gertrude Pereira, 99 Stowe St., 14 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4297. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Toting wood - Scavenger.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Toting wood - Scavenger. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis ...

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American Linen Co. Spooler tender. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

American Linen Co. Spooler tender. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4158. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

The new and the old - Pilgrim Mill in the foreground - Chase Mill in background. Also dumps near Pleasant St. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

The new and the old - Pilgrim Mill in the foreground - Chase Mill in b...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4283. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

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Battleship Cove, showing the USS Massachusetts and the USS John F. Kennedy. Fall River, Massachusetts

Battleship Cove, showing the USS Massachusetts and the USS John F. Ken...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - HMS Bounty, Fall River, Massachusetts

Carol M. Highsmith - HMS Bounty, Fall River, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4275. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here bu...

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Back of the Durfee Mills.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Back of the Durfee Mills. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Manuel Miranda, 229 Alden St. Very young boy, has been doffer in card room of Cornell Mill for 6 months. Said, "I'm goin' on 16" (but didn't say when he would reach it). Cornell Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Manuel Miranda, 229 Alden St. Very young boy, has been doffer in card ...

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Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Davol Mills, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol Coun...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Davol Mills were constructed beginning in 1867-1868 (No. 1 Mill). They ar... More

American Linen Co. Cleaner - Spinning room.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

American Linen Co. Cleaner - Spinning room. Location: Fall River, Mas...

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Charlton Mill, Howe & Crawford Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Charlton Mill, Howe & Crawford Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

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Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This building is the oldest existing mill in Fall River. It was built in 1847... More

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This building is the oldest existing mill in Fall River. It was built in 1847... More

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

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King Philip spinning room. Sweeper and cleaner Adelaid Levesque, 1152 Slade St. Age 14 - Looks larger because camera low.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

King Philip spinning room. Sweeper and cleaner Adelaid Levesque, 1152 ...

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Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall Rive...

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Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Company, Fall River. Manuel Corieiia [i.e., Correira] , 144 Cove St., works in Spinning room on top floor. Said, "I only help mother." He was apparently 13 or 14. Manuel Oliver, George Street, works in card room. Seems surely only 12 years old. Manuel Benevirdes, 30 Otto Street, works on top floor. Manuel Rage, 51 George Street, works in spinning room on fourth floor. John Oliver, 93 Slater Street, works in spinning room on third floor. Joseph Ariuda, 23 Shorr Street, works in spinning room on third floor.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Group containing the following boys who work in the Sagamore Mfg. Comp...

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Jose de Sousa Magano, 35 Aetna St., Fall River, Massachusetts. Born in Fall River, June 2, 1901. Left for the Azores at 8 years of age because family moved back. Cannot read or write in his own language or in English. Never been to school. Returned to Fall River in May 1916. Applied for employment certificate June 17, 1916. Refused on account of not being able to read or write. Will have to attend school until he is 16 years of age. Presented baptism certificate from Santo Christo Church, Fall River, as evidence of his age. Sister had to talk for him. Could not understand or speak English. See 4192.  Location: Fall River, Massachusettsachusetts / L.W. Hine.

Jose de Sousa Magano, 35 Aetna St., Fall River, Massachusetts. Born in...

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Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

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