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Estate Whim, Rum Still, Frederiksted vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI
Workers wrapping cooked pies with plastic wrap.

Workers wrapping cooked pies with plastic wrap.

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Two workers pour sweet potato batter from mixing bowl into plastic buckets.

Two workers pour sweet potato batter from mixing bowl into plastic buc...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Worker spoons sweet potato pie batter into pie shell.

Worker spoons sweet potato pie batter into pie shell.

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Worker spoons sweet potato pie batter into pie shell.

Worker spoons sweet potato pie batter into pie shell.

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Mrs. Raphael Marengin, ... St., first floor rear. Pepine, 10 yrs. old, cracking nuts with her teeth. The mother had just been doing the same. Carmine, 8 years old, has cross eyes, and with the boy about same age works too. Some of them work until 8 or 9 p.m. at times. Boy holding baby is foolish. Husband works on railroad part of the time. 10-year-old-girl cracking nuts with her teeth. The mother had just been doing the same. 8-year-old child has cross eyes and works, as well as the boy. New York City, 1911. Manufacture of food in tenement homes is now prohibited in New York State. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Raphael Marengin, ... St., first floor rear. Pepine, 10 yrs. old,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2702. A section in the original caption card is torn. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee col... More

One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P[ac]king Co. and a heavy load. J. W. Magruder, witness.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P[ac]king Co. and a heavy load....

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Wilson's Oil House, Lard Refinery, & Edible Fats Factory, Lard Refinery, 2801 Southwest Fifteenth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

Wilson's Oil House, Lard Refinery, & Edible Fats Factory, Lard Refiner...

Survey number: HAER OK-4-A Public domain photograph of Oklahoma, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Side Market, Federal & East Ohio Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

North Side Market, Federal & East Ohio Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny ...

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North Side Market, Federal & East Ohio Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

North Side Market, Federal & East Ohio Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny ...

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Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Provisions Warehouse Historic District, Kinsley & Harris Avenues, Providence, Providence County, RI

Provisions Warehouse Historic District, Kinsley & Harris Avenues, Prov...

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The Milk Can, Louisquisset Turnpike, Route 146, Saylesville, Kent County, RI

The Milk Can, Louisquisset Turnpike, Route 146, Saylesville, Kent Coun...

Significance: The Milk Can is significant for its exemplification of aspects of early twentieth-century commercial and transportation history. It is a characteristic example of a distinctive and fast-disappear... More

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Modern Diner, 13 Dexter Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Modern Diner, 13 Dexter Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

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George Washington School, Eleventh & Pennsylvania Avenue, Monaca, Beaver County, PA

George Washington School, Eleventh & Pennsylvania Avenue, Monaca, Beav...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The significance of the George Washington School is two-fold. First, the building was erected during a period of financial crisi... More

George Washington School, Eleventh & Pennsylvania Avenue, Monaca, Beaver County, PA

George Washington School, Eleventh & Pennsylvania Avenue, Monaca, Beav...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The significance of the George Washington School is two-fold. First, the building was erected during a period of financial crisi... More

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Survey number: HAER VI-6

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Survey number: HAER VI-6

J.C. Lore Oyster House, 14430 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, Calvert County, MD

J.C. Lore Oyster House, 14430 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, Calvert ...

Significance: The J. C. Lore Oyster House is a rare, intact example of a vernacular seafood-packing plant dating to the early twentieth century when Maryland was the country's leading oyster producer. The Lore ... More

J.C. Lore Oyster House, 14430 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, Calvert County, MD

J.C. Lore Oyster House, 14430 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, Calvert ...

Significance: The J. C. Lore Oyster House is a rare, intact example of a vernacular seafood-packing plant dating to the early twentieth century when Maryland was the country's leading oyster producer. The Lore ... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Beacon Marine Basin, 211 East Main Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Beacon Marine Basin, 211 East Main Street, Gloucester, Essex County, M...

Survey number: HAER MA-163 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Restaurant Supply, 115 Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

National Restaurant Supply, 115 Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other children sit beside her, also at work. Little Mabel Cuthrie [i.e., Guthrie?], 4 yrs. old started working last year.  Location: [Seaford?, Delaware?]

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other childr...

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Potter's Tavern, 51 West Broad Street, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ

Potter's Tavern, 51 West Broad Street, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N...

Significance: It is located in Bridgeton, along a main thoroughfare, Broad Street, directly across from the Cumberland County Courthouse. The current structure was built in 1770, following a fire, which destroy... More

Broad Street Market, Frame Wing, Verbeke & Capitol Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Broad Street Market, Frame Wing, Verbeke & Capitol Streets, Harrisburg...

Significance: The Broad Street Market has been in continuous operation since 1863, and is thus one of the oldest markets in the state. Although the other buildings of the complex have been restored, this frame ... More

104-106 South Paca Street (Double Houses), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

104-106 South Paca Street (Double Houses), Baltimore, Independent City...

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Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More

Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More

Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Estate Whim, Overhead Crank Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Westend Quarter, Centerline Road, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Whim, Overhead Crank Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Westend Quarter,...

Significance: The overhead crank steam engine and associated cane crusher now displayed at the Estate Whim Museum were manufactured by P. & W. McOnie, Glasgow, Scotland in 1847. Originally installed at Estate M... More

Illinois Central Railroad, Grain Elevator "A", South Water Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Illinois Central Railroad, Grain Elevator "A", South Water Street, Chi...

Significance: Until the time of its demolition in 1943, this grain elevator was the last surviving 19th century elevator in Chicago. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey numb... More

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...

Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...

Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...

Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More

Estate Annaly, Sugar Mill, North Side, St. Croix, VI

Estate Annaly, Sugar Mill, North Side, St. Croix, VI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER VI-8

F. & H. Benning Company Oyster Mill, 14430 Solomons Island Road (moved from 1014 Benning Road, Galesville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland), Solomons, Calvert County, MD

F. & H. Benning Company Oyster Mill, 14430 Solomons Island Road (moved...

For additional information on the F. & H. Benning Company, see HAER No. MD-138. Significance: The F. & H. Benning Company is a remnant of the once vital and significant Chesapeake Bay oyster industry. The F. &... More

McConaughey Building, 1 Waynesburg Avenue, Cameron, Marshall County, WV

McConaughey Building, 1 Waynesburg Avenue, Cameron, Marshall County, W...

Significance: Constructed circa 1870, the McConaughey Building survived the Cameron fire of 1894, making it the earliest extant building within the corporate limits of Cameron. Survey number: HABS WV-294 Buil... More

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The Woodbox Inn was constructed c. 1709 as a residence for the George Bunker family. The structure was originally a story and one half saltbox. An early addition converted the saltbox into a two... More

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The Woodbox Inn was constructed c. 1709 as a residence for the George Bunker family. The structure was originally a story and one half saltbox. An early addition converted the saltbox into a two... More

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The Woodbox Inn was constructed c. 1709 as a residence for the George Bunker family. The structure was originally a story and one half saltbox. An early addition converted the saltbox into a two... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

American Can Company, Boston & Hudson Streets, Baltimore, Independent ...

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Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Hotel Palomar Courts, 3975 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, L...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Hotel Palomar Courts (currently known as the Palomar Motel) is an early example of a motor court (or tourist court) building type. Motor courts are... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Main Street, Southeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Ma...

Significance: This mill is the most imposing structure on Main Street. Still operative, the mill more than any other building symbolizes the role of Minneapolis as a major U.S. Flour Milling Center from 1880-1... More

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Main Street, Southeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Ma...

Significance: This mill is the most imposing structure on Main Street. Still operative, the mill more than any other building symbolizes the role of Minneapolis as a major U.S. Flour Milling Center from 1880-1... More

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Main Street, Southeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Pillsbury Milling Complex, Pillsbury "A" Mill, 116 Third Avenue/301 Ma...

Significance: This mill is the most imposing structure on Main Street. Still operative, the mill more than any other building symbolizes the role of Minneapolis as a major U.S. Flour Milling Center from 1880-1... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans[?] at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for [...] in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound...

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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Joseph Giordano, Freddie Reed, Willard Leavenworth. Some of the smallest youngsters at Kibbe's.  Location: Springfield, Massachusetts.

Kibbe's Candy Factory. Joseph Giordano, Freddie Reed, Willard Leavenwo...

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Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old, last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents and hour for all time including overtime, Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1326. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Tessie Sposato, 12 yrs. old girl and her mother picking nuts in attic of tenement, 141 Hudson St., N.Y. She holds the nuts against her dirty apron as she picks them out. Works until 9 p.m. some nights. They live in 2 small rooms; paying $5.00 a month rent. Makes $2.00 a week. A 15 yr. old brother works in factory and sleeps in folding bed in this room.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Tessie Sposato, 12 yrs. old girl and her mother picking nuts in attic ...

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Preparing jams and jellies in silver-lined kettles

Preparing jams and jellies in silver-lined kettles

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