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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:...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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.

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...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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 / ...

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.

[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...

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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Pond, South Park, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Pond, South Park, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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., ...

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

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 ...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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,...

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

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

Chattanooga and the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

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[Kerr Thread Mill. All over 16. Having fun with camera man. Good conditions in this mill. Caps to protect hair from dust and to keep hair from getting tangled in machinery. These girls worked in an operating room - not the cloth room.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

[Kerr Thread Mill. All over 16. Having fun with camera man. Good condi...

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

Weaver in American Linen Co. See 4159.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Weaver in American Linen Co. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachu...

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.

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 2n...

In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4295. Hine no. 4296. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. Lewis W. Hine

King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills,...

In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4260. Hine no. 4261. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More

[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...

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.

[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...

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

[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron Works Mill. Was taking loose band off a spooler. Two weeks learning. Is in picture of girls play at King Philip Settlement. (4324.) Ready to go back to work June 22nd.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron...

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

Woman's Union. Happy Girls Club. Working girls in foreground. School girls behind.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Woman's Union. Happy Girls Club. Working girls in foreground. School g...

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

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

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

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

[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.] ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871. Most of the windows closed even in mid-June. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4285. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fred Fowner - 74 Londsdale. Doffer in Union Mill - 15 years old. Doffer two years. $7.74 a week.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Fred Fowner - 74 Londsdale. Doffer in Union Mill - 15 years old. Doffe...

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

Bales of cotton going to the mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Bales of cotton going to the mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusett...

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

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,...

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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

Bona fide crap game - Sunday. Mill boys. Near King Philip Mill. Near Tuttle St. 14-16 year old mill boys. See 4190.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Bona fide crap game - Sunday. Mill boys. Near King Philip Mill. Near T...

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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

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....

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

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. Locat...

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

Two girls - 15 years - going home from Union Mill 11 A.M.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Two girls - 15 years - going home from Union Mill 11 A.M. Location: F...

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Christie Stubbs. 11 year old scavenger - Pine Street Dumps - Lives 141 Plain St.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Christie Stubbs. 11 year old scavenger - Pine Street Dumps - Lives 141...

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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

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

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

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

Fall-River, Massachusetts. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Fall-River, Massachusetts. - Print, Library of Congress collection

B887 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Newell, J.P.

City of Fall River - Public domain vintage map

City of Fall River - Public domain vintage map

LC copy imperfect: Torn along fold line and stained throughout. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Barnard and Wampanoag Mills, Inequedan River, Fall River, Massachusetts.]

[Barnard and Wampanoag Mills, Inequedan River, Fall River, Massachuset...

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Group of workers at Sagamore Mills #1. Some of these were boys we saw on Friday P.M., four on two floor, three on next floor, dodging about behind spinning frames as though trying to avoid being seen.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Group of workers at Sagamore Mills #1. Some of these were boys we saw ...

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.

[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.] Locatio...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Warp tenders assistant. "Tyer in." Had just been promoted from spooler tender. 4158.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Warp tenders assistant. "Tyer in." Had just been promoted from spoole...

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

King Philip Weave Room. Drop wire boy. Gilberto Chicca, 165 King St. 16 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

King Philip Weave Room. Drop wire boy. Gilberto Chicca, 165 King St. 1...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4304. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

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