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Testimonial to Father Mathew - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Testimonial to Father Mathew - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

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Reverend Father Pierre Jean De Smet (1801-1873) Catholic missionary to Indian Territory

Reverend Father Pierre Jean De Smet (1801-1873) Catholic missionary to...

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An incident of Gettysburg - the last thought of a dying father

An incident of Gettysburg - the last thought of a dying father

Vultures over dead soldiers and horses. Dead volunteer from New York (Amos Humiston?) holding picture of his children. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1864 Jan. 2), p. 236. This record contain... More

[Father Time with cloud and letter O]

[Father Time with cloud and letter O]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, and their mother in a state of beastly intoxication / Estabrook, Washington, D.C.

Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in a...

19222V U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Estabrook, Washington, D.C. Public domain photograph - portrait, children of 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Ames and her father walking together

Miss Ames and her father walking together

A man and a woman walking down a street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nellie Melba, her father, David Mitchell, and a young girl (Nellie's niece, Nellie Paterson), in Melbourne, Australia

Nellie Melba, her father, David Mitchell, and a young girl (Nellie's n...

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SAYRE, FRANCIS, JR., BABY. WITH FATHER

SAYRE, FRANCIS, JR., BABY. WITH FATHER

A black and white photo of a man holding a baby. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Father Hennepin discovering St. Anthony Falls

Father Hennepin discovering St. Anthony Falls

Father Hennepin, with Native Americans, at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota. H59207 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of painting by Douglas Volk. Copyright by Douglas Volk.

Last home of Lincoln's parents near [...], Cole County, Ill. Built in 1831, father died 1851, mother in 1869. Lincoln visited his mother in this cabin [...]

Last home of Lincoln's parents near [...], Cole County, Ill. Built in ...

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3:30 P.M. Group in tenement hallway. Ages, 14 months, 2, 5, and 7 years. Mother in shop sewing. Father out of work, bartender. Family, Novi, 189 Chrystie Street. Location: New York, New York (State)

3:30 P.M. Group in tenement hallway. Ages, 14 months, 2, 5, and 7 year...

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Mike Donovan & father - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Mike Donovan & father - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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T.J. Fields and family. The father cards, two girls spin, boy on right end picks up bobbins, Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia Been working a year or two. Mother and smallest children not in photo. Location: Fries, Virginia.

T.J. Fields and family. The father cards, two girls spin, boy on right...

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Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

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Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie, 7 yrs. old. I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. "We got stuck". Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, "Wid de tips." The younger ones were very voluble about tips."I allus axes em fer nickels," Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, "got stuck bad." For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., ...

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Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a day. Also Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early and late, in the hot sun. Picks about thirty-five pounds a day. Father, mother, and several brothers and sisters pick. They get only five or six months of schooling. "It's not 'nuff," the father said. The children said "We'd ruther go to school." Address Box 18, R.F.D. Location: Denison, Texas.

Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a d...

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The prairie-wagon home of a family of itinerant beet workers, now camped near Ft. Collins, Colo. Street family. The children 7- 8- 10- and 12 work steadily and I saw the tiny girl pulling beets after sunset on the following Sunday, and they had not yet finished. The father told me "We got squeezed out of the mountains," one of the neighbors said they has been chased out because they wouldn't send their children to school. Living on the edge of Ft. Collins, they boldly work the children and violate school law. Came from Log Cabin, Colo. Location: Fort Collins [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 30/15.

The prairie-wagon home of a family of itinerant beet workers, now camp...

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

Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard at work on a sugar beet farm near Greeley Colorado. The father said: "The children can thin the beets better than grown ups. We all work fourteen hours a day at times because when the beets is ready they has to be done. About twelve weeks is about all the children can work on thinning and topping. Some of them hoe a little. See Hine Report, Colorado Bee[t] Workers, July, 1915. Location: Greeley [vicinity], Colorado.

Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard at...

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

Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers....

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St. Joseph's Academy. The assistant to the Father in charge told me that none of the cannery children attended the academy, although he admitted that most of them were Catholics. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

St. Joseph's Academy. The assistant to the Father in charge told me th...

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5-year old Jack and 13-year old Bitsey are regular workers on their father's farm. Worming and suckering now. Bitsey goes to Wallonia School in Div. 1, Trigg Co. "He worms and he suckers. Quite a worker but he aint old enough to go to school yet." The mother said this about Jack. Father, B.F. Mitchell, Route 1, owns farm. Location: Trigg County--Gracey, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

5-year old Jack and 13-year old Bitsey are regular workers on their fa...

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Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Crutcher. She was out of school (#49 Comanche County) only 2 weeks this year and that was to herd 100 head of cattle for her father, a prosperous farmer. She said: "I didn't like it either." She is doing well in school. Is in Grade 8. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Sarah Crutcher, 12-year-old girl herding cattle. Route 4, c/o S.O. Cru...

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Vincenzo Messina, 15 years old and brother Angelo, 11 years old, baking bread for father, 174 Salem Street. Vincenzo is working nights now, from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. Usually works on day shift. Angelo helps a great deal, tends store and helps bake too. Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Vincenzo Messina, 15 years old and brother Angelo, 11 years old, bakin...

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George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and ...

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Frances Glover and her father third [...] P.M.G. Glover. Miss Glover presented Pres. Harding with the first of three new [...] one portraying the Arlington amphitheater

Frances Glover and her father third [...] P.M.G. Glover. Miss Glover p...

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President and Mrs. Coolidge with their son John and the president's father

President and Mrs. Coolidge with their son John and the president's fa...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 9, no. 31475.

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Treas. smokes cigarettes n'everything. Alex's father is the $12,000 prize police dog "Wolfe"]

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughte...

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["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Treas. smokes cigarettes n'everything. Alex's father is the $12,000 prize police dog "Wolfe"]

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughte...

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Bishop Curley & Father O'Connell, 1/9/24

Bishop Curley & Father O'Connell, 1/9/24

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Joe Judge & Father Sr. 10/11/25

Joe Judge & Father Sr. 10/11/25

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Father Miller, Beth-Saida. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Father Miller, Beth-Saida. American colony in Jerusalem public domain ...

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Citizenship lessons: father saying goodbye to small son

Citizenship lessons: father saying goodbye to small son

Stereo by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Young father taking baby home from a collective farm maternity hospital in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Young father taking baby home from a collective farm maternity hospita...

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Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

"Champeen" indian club swinger. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. After 35 years of "swinging" Detective Sergeant Richard "Dick" Cox of the Washington Police Department, has been crowned champion Indian Club Swinger of the World. He was awarded the honor in New York City after competing with other experts for the title left vacant by the recent death Gus Hill, well known sportsman and promoter. After being given up as a hopeless case because of lung trouble when he was 12 years old, Cox was started at his "swinging" by his father. A few months later, Dick had not only rid himself of the lung trouble but had given his first performance. 9/13/37

"Champeen" indian club swinger. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. After 35 y...

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Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a week relief work. "Thought we could make it better out here"

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in cam...

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Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers. "The finest people in this world live in Texas but I just can't seem to accomplish nothin' there. Two year drought, then a crop, then two years drought and so on. I got two brothers still trying to make it back there and there they're sitting," said the father

Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of Californi...

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Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of Constitution. Washington, D.C., Sept. 17. While the rest of the country were conducting appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of 150th anniversary of the Constitution a delegation led by Rep. Sol Bloom, Director of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, journeyed to Mt. Vernon where they paid tribute to the father of our country. This picture, snapped as the wreath was placed on the tomb, shows left to right: Rt. Reverend James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who delivered the invocation; Rep. Bloom; General S. Gardner Waller, Virginia Adjutant General who represented the Governor of the state: and Col. Joseph Button, representing the Virginia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. 9/17/37

Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of C...

A group of men standing next to a casket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

While father and mother are both at work in the citrus packing plant this little girl keeps house. Winterhaven, Florida

While father and mother are both at work in the citrus packing plant t...

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Father and son. Bertelson family, Antelope, Montana

Father and son. Bertelson family, Antelope, Montana

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A little boy holding a skateboard on a sidewalk. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A little boy holding a skateboard on a sidewalk. Great Depression FSA ...

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Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family of mother, father and eleven children, originally from near Mangrum, Oklahoma, where he had been tenant farmer. Came to California in 1936 after the drought. Since then has been traveling from crop to crop in California, following the harvest. Six of the eleven children attend school wherever the family stops long enough. Five older children work along with the father and mother. February 23, two of the family have been lucky and "got a place" (a day's work) in the peas on the Sinclair ranch. Father had earned about one dollar and seventy-three cents for ten-hour day. Oldest daughter had earned one dollar and twenty-five cents. Form these earnings had to provide their transportation to the fields twenty miles away. Mother wants to return to Oklahoma, father unwilling.She says, "I want to go back to where we can live happym live decent, and grow what we eat." He says, "We can't go the way I am now. We've got nothing in the world to farm with. I made my mistake when I came out here."

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrat...

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Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton. Father and children came from Albany, Oregon, for a season's work in the beans

Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton. Father and children came fro...

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Father's farm in foreground, son's place adjoining. Note cleared land. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers on land clearing loan. Boundary County, Idaho. See general caption 56

Father's farm in foreground, son's place adjoining. Note cleared land....

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Georgia girl appointed House Page by father. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Rep. E.E. Cox, Democrat of Georgia, and his daughter, Gene, whom he has appointed to serve as his personal page, this session in the house. Gene, who is 13 years old and can speak three languages, will be the first girl in the history of Congress to serve as a page, 1/3/39

Georgia girl appointed House Page by father. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3....

A man and a woman standing in front of microphones. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a young boy sitting in a doorway. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a young boy sitting in a doorway. Great Dep...

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Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile unit

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after fathe...

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

Son of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) worker swinging. The father is a former tenant farmer, now on WPA. These are potential and probable migrants. Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Son of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration...

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Amman. 24th anniversary of Arab revolt under King Hussein & Lawrence, celebration Sept. 11, 1940. The Emir decorating an N.C.O. of the Arab Legion. Prince Naif stands behind his father, closer up

Amman. 24th anniversary of Arab revolt under King Hussein & Lawrence, ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Father and son from Chicago picking strawberries in Berrien County, Michigan

Father and son from Chicago picking strawberries in Berrien County, Mi...

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Named to fill unexpired term of his father as Republican Senator from Vermont. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., today took the oath as Republican Senator from Vermont. He was named to fill the unexpired term of his father, Senator Ernest W. Gibson, who died a few weeks ago, 7-1-40

Named to fill unexpired term of his father as Republican Senator from ...

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

The farm of Dan Sampson, father of eleven children, in the Pine Camp expansion area. The family will be moved from this unproductive farm to one aquired by the New York Defense Relocation Corps in South Rutland, New York

The farm of Dan Sampson, father of eleven children, in the Pine Camp e...

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Manpower. Grain threshing. The ripe kernels of grain flowing from this threshing machine will help keep America, and her allies, strong. Much of this season's harvest will be shipped abroad on a lend-lease basis. Father and sons contribute their manpower to provide this vital food

Manpower. Grain threshing. The ripe kernels of grain flowing from this...

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Brooklyn, New York. A section of the city largely inhabited by Finnish-Americans near 39th Street and 8th Avenue known as Finn Town. Lieutenant Palmrose greeting his mother as he comes home on leave. Father Palmrose is a lawyer and also a building constructor. He built his own home and others in the same block

Brooklyn, New York. A section of the city largely inhabited by Finnish...

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Bantam, Connecticut. The kapok room in the Warren McArthur upholstery shop is screened off to prevent the feathery filling from flying freely about the plant. Expert at stuffing kapok into cushions are Barbara Skilton and Frances Humphrey. Barbara, at left, lives in Morris, the next town to Bantam, at her father's farm, where several other workers in the plant board. Her husband works at the Waterbury Brass Company, and they have a son two years old. Frances, a graduate of Litchfield High School, prefers this work to the secretarial position she used to have in Torrington. "There is more money, and you don't have to worry about it at night," she says. Both girls began work in Bantam in December, 1941

Bantam, Connecticut. The kapok room in the Warren McArthur upholstery ...

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Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, and her maids visit the Holy Ghost Festival at Novato, California. Miss Farias' mother was born in Portugal, her father in Honolulu

Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas climbing into a tank

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Gr...

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St. Mary's County, Maryland. Minister's daughter sitting on a tombstone, watching people come to All Faith Church where her father is minister

St. Mary's County, Maryland. Minister's daughter sitting on a tombston...

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Baltimore, Maryland. Sargenat Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty, with his father, brother, and brother-in-law discussing the news after dinner

Baltimore, Maryland. Sargenat Franklin Williams, home on leave from Ar...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Catholic church service on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Cath...

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Chaffee, Missouri. Father and children leaving doctor's office

Chaffee, Missouri. Father and children leaving doctor's office

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Sunday Mass at the Corpus Christi Catholic church. The pastor, Father Refinus, is white, but ninety-eight percent of the population is colored. The total church membership is over 2,000. Chicagi, Illinois

Sunday Mass at the Corpus Christi Catholic church. The pastor, Father ...

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Detroit, Michigan. Negro father and child

Detroit, Michigan. Negro father and child

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

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Ship chandler's shop, owned by a Portuguese fisherman, whose father still works in the trawlers

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Ship chandler's shop, owned by a Portugue...

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

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. Bryant Friend and his father getting their first meal since leaving Richwood, West Virginia.

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

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). The widowed mother of six grown children, Eva Smuda (right) keeps young with the daughter, son-in-law and grandchild who live with her. The little girl is five-year-old Barbara Bennett, whose father, opposite, works with Mrs. Smuda at the Frankford Arsenal

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). The widowed mother of six grown children, E...

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

San Augustine, Texas. Harlan Hayes with his father, W.F. Hayes, editor of the San Augustine Tribune

San Augustine, Texas. Harlan Hayes with his father, W.F. Hayes, editor...

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Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the parish of Penasco, telling his troop of Boy Scouts about soil conservation and erosion

Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the pa...

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Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisconsin. Robert A. Janowsky, who is eighteen years old and a high school graduate, comes from a sixty-four acre farm with five acres cultivated. His father works as an automobile mechanic in Chicago

Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisc...

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Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the parish of Penasco with his troop of Boy Scouts listening to the local forest ranger discussing conservation of their forests

Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the pa...

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Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the parish of Penasco, inspecting a parishioner's property so he may be able to advise him

Taos County, New Mexico. Father Cassidy, the Catholic priest of the pa...

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Questa, Taos County, New Mexico. Father Smith, the parish priest

Questa, Taos County, New Mexico. Father Smith, the parish priest

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Stone grotto built by Father Matthias Wernerus, pastor of the local Catholic church, Dickeyville, Wisconsin

Stone grotto built by Father Matthias Wernerus, pastor of the local Ca...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The grotto's colored glass, gems, seashells, and other ... More

Father Christmas at Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Father Christmas at Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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

Ben Burnside's hoes: the center hoe was made by Ben's father to be used in the raised areas in which sweet potatoes are grown, the smallest hoe is used between rows of beets and onions

Ben Burnside's hoes: the center hoe was made by Ben's father to be us...

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Julie Crawford, who helps care for her father, Frank Smith, a World War II veteran who spends much of his time on the streets of Fort Worth, sits in front of the Aviation Wall of Honor in General Worth Square in downtown Fort Worth, Texas

Julie Crawford, who helps care for her father, Frank Smith, a World Wa...

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 Ph... More

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...

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My God and Father, while I stray

My God and Father, while I stray

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)

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic laborer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four-month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food. "We don't want to go where we'll be a nuisance to anybody"

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depres...

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Questa, New Mexico. Father Smith broadcasting a news release in Spanish from his parish house broadcasting station

Questa, New Mexico. Father Smith broadcasting a news release in Spanis...

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Organ recitals. First Universalist church. Church of our Father 1916.

Organ recitals. First Universalist church. Church of our Father 1916.

Page Order: Multipage Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 208, Folder 19a.

Harry Braham in his original specialty, Silly Bill and father

Harry Braham in his original specialty, Silly Bill and father

"Copyright secured." Created by "Jackson's Print., Phila." Pieces missing. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement deserted. Mother and father working on Five-acre Bog. Location: Makepeace Bog near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement ...

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William Gross, 516 Tatnall St. Newsboy, 15 years of age. Selling papers 5 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Father, carpenter, $18 week. Selling newspapers own choice, to get money to go to moving picture shows. Visits saloons. Smokes sometimes. "Serves" papers to prostitutes. On May 25 William gave to investigator a list of houses of prostitution written in his own handwriting, to which he serves papers. He also tells a story of occasionally guiding strangers to these houses, for which he receives from 15 cents to a quarter. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Wilmington, Del. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

William Gross, 516 Tatnall St. Newsboy, 15 years of age. Selling paper...

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S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo have been in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, for four years. When I asked the smallest worker how old he was, he said, "Don't know," and looked at his father, who said, "Going' on 14." (but he did not say how near to 14 he was). Location: Fries, Virginia.

S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo h...

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If it were not for dear old father

If it were not for dear old father

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "God the Father- Faith"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "God the Father- Fa...

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Eight-year-old, Jennie Camillo, lives in West Maniyunk, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). For this summer she has picked cranberries. This summer is at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and these people will stay here two weeks more. Her look of distress was caused by her father's impatience [?] over her stopping in her tramp to he "bushelman" at our photographer's request. Witness, E.F. Brown, Sept. 27, 1910. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Eight-year-old, Jennie Camillo, lives in West Maniyunk, Pennsylvania (...

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Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister eighteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres near Houston. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.

Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day....

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6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank is 6 yrs old. and John is 12. The mother had a sore throat and wore a great rag rapped around it, but she took it off for the photo. They said they all (including the 6 yr old) worked until 10 P.M. when busy. Their neighbor corroborated this. She said, "It's a whole lot better for the boys than doin' nothin'." The mother said the night work hurts their eyes and John said so too. He was not very enthusiastic about the beauties of work. All together, they make about $2 a week. Father is a motorman. 6 P.M. Jan 31, -12. Location: New York, New York (State)

6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank ...

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11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl., N.Y.C. They all work until 9 P.M. when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week. Father works on street, when he has work. Jennie was a truant, "I staid home 'cause a lady was comin'.-". Location: [New York, New York (State)].

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father...

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During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his ...

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Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, tossing an old man with a long beard out of a building labeled "N.Y. City", papers labeled "Anti Local Option, Blue Laws, Hayseed Legislati... More

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the ho...

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Our father who art in heaven - Public domain drawing

Our father who art in heaven - Public domain drawing

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Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma. Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahom...

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Father Snowden House, 991 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, PA

Father Snowden House, 991 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, ...

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Father Snowden House, 991 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, PA

Father Snowden House, 991 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, ...

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Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." See 4564. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of co...

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