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Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

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[Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or rather Sunday morning at 1:55, Frank must have fallen asleep and in some way he knocked against the controlling pedal, and the next thing he knew his hand was caught in the machine. He sued the Co. for damages and after 2 years' litigation he received an award of $10,000 - $5,000 for each of 2 fingers which were amputated. The lawyer's fee has not yet been decided upon by the court.]  Location: [New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)].

[Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after wor...

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Betsy Ross 1941. Old Glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern Navy yard. National and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding Navy

Betsy Ross 1941. Old Glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at a...

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Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

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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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Helen Keller reading a woman's fingers as another woman watches

Helen Keller reading a woman's fingers as another woman watches

Photo shows communication using the manual alphabet for finger spelling. "© Gerhard Sisters, St. Louis." Caption card tracings: Deaf Means of communication; BI; Blind; Shelf. Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. MUMS Bl... More

[Eyes and fingers ached with much stitching]

[Eyes and fingers ached with much stitching]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Some People I Met In America" by Philip Gibbs, Harper's magazine, 139:458 (Sept. 1919).

[Jeryl Johnson, Hillie Merritt, Gretchen Foster, Carol Toby, Myrna Fahey, and Maggie Pierce, with their fingers crossed, standing below suspended crown as they vie for the Miss Rheingold 1956 title] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.

[Jeryl Johnson, Hillie Merritt, Gretchen Foster, Carol Toby, Myrna Fah...

NYWT&S staff photo by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground

Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground

Playground scene, on which cutout figures of girls can be pasted.

A rush of anger surged across him : he twisted furiously, but the iron fingers held

A rush of anger surged across him : he twisted furiously, but the iron...

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Crossed Controls.

Off-the-record huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, does a little counting on his fingers as he drives home a point to Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. They were snapped while attending a conference between the administration fiscal experts and Senate and House leaders to discuss legislation to be submitted to the 75th session of Congress

Off-the-record huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Marriner Eccles, Chai...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Correct Position for the Fingers, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Correct Position for the Fingers, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Unknown (artist nationality) Color relief halftone. (medium) Good condition. (condition) Collier's, 28 June 1924. (provenance) Flute (instrument) 20th century (century) Greeting Cards and Magazine Covers (mille... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore."  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the ro...

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Pastime for little fingers. The boys' play-ground

Pastime for little fingers. The boys' play-ground

Playground scene, on which cutout figures of boys can be pasted. M20426 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground

Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground

Playground scene, on which cutout figures of girls can be pasted.

Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's work that began about 5:00 A.M. helping her mother in the Biloxi Canning Factory, begun at an early hour, was tired out and refused to be photographed. The mother said, "Oh, She's ugly." Both she and other persons said picking shrimp was very hard on the fingers. See also photo 2021.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's wo...

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Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's work that began about 5:00 A.M. helping her mother in the Biloxi Canning Factory, begun at an early hour, was tired out and refused to be photographed. The mother said, "Oh, She's ugly." Both she and other persons said picking shrimp was very hard on the fingers. See also photo 2021.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's wo...

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Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 fingers mashed off by stamping machine in lamp factory - Aug 1908.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 finge...

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Holds her fingers and draws her down

Holds her fingers and draws her down

Man with arm around shoulders of woman leaning over bannister. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Women have an important part in defense industry of all kinds today, and the deft fingers of the girl shown above are effectively applied in the assembling of coils and switches for army trucks

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Women have an important part in defens...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstretched fingers of a fabric patch to the side of a barrage balloon, this worker must be extremely careful to put the patch on smoothly. Any wrinkles might bind, pinch or chafe and cause leaks. Sewn and seamed inside this "glove" is a webbing of rope which will become part of the rigging which controls the giant balloon as it flies thousands of feet above cities, arsenals, or other bomber objectives. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstret...

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Women in industry. Tool  production. Sharp eyes and agile fingers make these young women ideal machine operators. They're conditioning and reshaping milling cutters in a huge Midwest drill and tool company. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Sharp eyes and agile fingers make...

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Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operato...

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Women workers at quartermaster depot. The nimble fingers of many American women are now contributing to the war effort in various quartermaster corps depots. This elderly woman is handstitching sleeves on an army overcoat. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. The nimble fingers of many Ameri...

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

Snap your fingers, and away you go
New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oliver. This machine is fed cards containing census information at the rate of 400 a minute and from these, 12 separate bits of statistical information is extracted. Not so long ago, Eugene M. La Boiteaux, Census Bureau inventor, turned out a smaller, more compact machine, which extracts 58 statistics from 150 cards per minute. This machine is shown on the right and is being operated by Virginia Balinger, Assistant Supervisor of the current Inquiry Section. With the aid of this machine, statistical information from the 1940 census is expected to be compiled in 2 1/2 years. The secret of the machine lies in the cards. The written information taken by census takers is brought in and the data translated into code numbers which are punched on the card, and the legible data is locked up in vaults away from prying eyes. Cards are fed into the machine, sensitive steel fingers feel out the punches, set up electrical impulses, and in no time at all, the card has set down on the large sheet just what statistic from each individual goes in what place

New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C....

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes ...

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. With quick, nimble fingers, many women are doing their share to make sure that swift, powerful Dodge Army trucks keep coming off the production lines

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore."  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the ro...

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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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Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim Sunday morning. They all work. Even the smallest makes $.50 to $1.00 a day. They all said they cut their fingers a good deal, "and then the salt makes 'em 'pickle-sores."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim S...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is a vital part of barrage balloon manufacture, and requires unusual skill to make ropes lie smoothly, pull uniformly, avoid chafing the fabric, or bunching after the balloon is fully inflated. An early step in the work is shown here, in which the rope is frayed out into its many strands, which are then cemented into fabric "fingers" for greatest holding power. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is...

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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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Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me., mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, and also cartons. Her mother said, "Some of the children cut their fingers half off." Her father and grandfather are in the factory. She lives in Grand Manan in the winter with her aunt, father and mother live here. She says she earns $2.00 some days packing, not so much when she cartons. "Only made $1.70 all last week."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Harriet Haberman left an office job to take her place on the assembly line of a giant Midwest supercharger plant. Reflecting wartime emphasis on feminine employment, this plant points with pride to the fact that 80 percent of its workers are women. Miss Haberman's deft fingers have proven most suited to the intricate work of gauging small pieces for supercharger engines. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Harriet Haberman left an off...

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[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on 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.  Location: [Bessemer City, North Carolina].

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mas...

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His fingers sought the keys with lightning rapidity

His fingers sought the keys with lightning rapidity

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Clavecin, Bruges" (Thumb Nail Sketches) by George Wharton Edwards, Century, 44:279 (June 1892).

His fingers sought the keys with lightning rapidity

His fingers sought the keys with lightning rapidity

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Clavecin, Bruges" (Thumb Nail Sketches) by George Wharton Edwards, Century, 44:279 (June 1892).

[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 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 that he is 12. His brother (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 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, North Carolina].

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

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Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest child is 12. The nurse of the school which these children attend, reports that they are continually being sent home because of their dirty condition. A little fellow who looked about 6 was quite an expert. The children received 20 cents for stringing a thousand tage [i.e., tags] - they tie a knot in a piece of string, and run the string thru [sic] the tag. They moisten the ends of their fingers in their mouths to tie the knots. They can string about a thousand tags in half an hour. One member of a second family which is stringing tags has impetigo, or skin disease, according to the school nurse.  Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest c...

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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for pupils from three to eighteen years of age. A small boy learning how to use a hammer without hitting his fingers, while a little girl assists him by steadying the small wooded desk he is making

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

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Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers get so sore." Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the ...

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Girl employed at National Electric Products Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Tape on fingers protects them from sharp pieces of metal encountered in her work

Girl employed at National Electric Products Company, Ambridge, Pennsyl...

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New York, New York. Duke Ellington plugs his ears with his fingers so that he may hear more definitely the orchestration being played by members of his band at the Hurricane Ballroom

New York, New York. Duke Ellington plugs his ears with his fingers so ...

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Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, swollen, and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, s...

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Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Original copyright holder: Hamacher Photographer, White Horse, Yukon Territory. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gif... More

Lady fingers / B.W. ; by B. Wennerberg whose work in America appears exclusively in PUCK.

Lady fingers / B.W. ; by B. Wennerberg whose work in America appears e...

Illustration shows a tall beautiful woman with red hair and wearing a long green dress and a headband with a feather, holding up her hands where perched on her fingers are several diminutive male figures who ar... More

Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or rather Sunday morning at 1:55, Frank must have fallen asleep and in some way he knocked against the controlling pedal, and the next thing he knew his hand was caught in the machine. He sued the Co. for damages and after 2 years' litigation he received an award of $10,000 - $5,000 for each of 2 fingers which were amputated. The lawyer's fee has not yet been decided upon by the court.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after work...

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The Winnah. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. The first dead heat in a Congressional race was settled today when the State Ballot Olaw Commission ruled that Arthur B. Jenks, Republican, was the winner over Alphonse Roy, Democrat, from the first district of New Hampshire. After an 11-hour session the commission gave the decision to Jenks by a margin of 10 votes. Rep. Jenks still has his fingers crossed, however, as the House will have the final say as to whether he will be seated or not

The Winnah. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. The first dead heat in a Congre...

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WPA Administrator indicates time left to decide on entering Chicago Mayoralty race. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes indicates with his fingers that he has two days left in which to decide whether he will run for Mayor of Chicago on the Liberal Coalition ticket, 12/9/38

WPA Administrator indicates time left to decide on entering Chicago Ma...

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

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Scarlet fingernails give emphasis to the important work that feminine fingers are doing on this inspection line. Performing a delicate and repetitive job, women at this Midwest aircraft motor plant use dial indicator gauges in the process of inspection of ball sockets used in airplane motors

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Scarlet fingernails give em...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 fingers mashed off by stamping machine in lamp factory - Aug 1908.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 finge...

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

Group of men and boys at Friedman Shelby Shoe Co. The youngest, apparently 11 or 12 is Felber McLaughlin, S. Wabash St. One boy who said he was 14 last month and had been working there a year, was assisting at a mailing machine which seemed to be dangerous to fingers and hands at least.  Location: Kirksville, Missouri.

Group of men and boys at Friedman Shelby Shoe Co. The youngest, appare...

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Put people first : Join the Liberal crusade

Put people first : Join the Liberal crusade

"Published by Liberal Publication Department ... London ... and printed by Hindson Reid Jordison, Middlesbrough." Poster is duplicate of POS 6 - England, no. 63. Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Published in: Pr... More

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on 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.  Location: [Bessemer City, North Carolina].

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mas...

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Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille [i.e., 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 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 old (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 mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

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A black and white photo of a woman in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a factory. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
Fingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridges in an endless row. Production for war is geared up to top speed at this eastern Army arsenal

Fingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridge...

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I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain music sheet scan
Snap your fingers, and away you go
I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's work that began about 5:00 A.M. helping her mother in the Biloxi Canning Factory, begun at an early hour, was tired out and refused to be photographed. The mother said, "Oh, She's ugly." Both she and other persons said picking shrimp was very hard on the fingers. See also photo 2021.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's wo...

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Baby fingers on my cheek - Public domain American music sheet
Baby fingers on my cheek - Public domain American music sheet
Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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)

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

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)

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

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

Baby fingers on my cheek - Public domain American music sheet
Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, swollen, and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, s...

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

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

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

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up. Location: Eastport, Maine

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2430. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Original copyright holder: Hamacher Photographer, White Horse, Yukon Territory. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gif... More

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

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)

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Nimble fingers rondo - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

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

Snap your fingers, and away you go
Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille [i.e., 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 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 old (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 mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

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

After all the good nights are said, somebody holds her fingers

After all the good nights are said, somebody holds her fingers

Man holding hand of woman, who is standing on stairs. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 5494. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Courtship... Misc. 1902; Shelf.

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

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

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

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)

Snap your fingers, and away you go
Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The careful, skilled fingers of women workers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, prepare a wing rib for a mighty bomber. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The careful, skilled fingers of women...

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

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

Fingers of time - Public domain American sheet music, 1877

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)

Snap your fingers, and away you go
Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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)

[Harry McIntire, Dahlgren, Joab Logan "Joe" McManus, and Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown of Cincinnati baseball team on field]

[Harry McIntire, Dahlgren, Joab Logan "Joe" McManus, and Mordecai "Thr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Transformer manufacture. Men with nimble fingers make good coil winders. These two employees of a large Eastern electrical company are producing transformers essential to war industries. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Men with nimble fingers make good coil winder...

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

I've got rings on my fingers - Public domain American sheet music
Snap your fingers, and away you go
Baby fingers on my cheek - Public domain American music sheet
Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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)

Then the cold fingers left his wrist, and crept slowly upward toward his throat

Then the cold fingers left his wrist, and crept slowly upward toward h...

Man standing appears to be taking the pulse of the man in bed. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Maverick Mystery" by ... More

Snap your fingers, and away you go
Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Pictures drawn by childish fingers - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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)