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Dillon Mills, Dillon S.C. (Boy) Ransom English--doffs, been in mill 6 years. (Next) Florence Burr--runs 5 sides. In mill 4 years. (Next) Bessie English - 3 sides, 3 years in mill. (Next) Alphie Burr - 2 sides, 1 year in mill. (Next) Lela English, 1 year in mill. 48 inches high. Saturday, Dec. 5, 1908.  Location: Dillon, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Dillon Mills, Dillon S.C. (Boy) Ransom English--doffs, been in mill 6 ...

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Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. View of spinning room.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. View of spinning room. Location:...

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Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building.  Witness, Fred McMurrry.  Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building. Witness, F...

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Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1) Bessie Moore - runs 4 sides. Has worked two years nights. (2) Frank (smallest). Doffs. Has worked 2 yrs. nights. (3) George (largest). Looked 12 years old. Doffs--3 years of night work, was proud of the fact that he could write his name. Mother said they rather work nights because they had to put in fewer hours then. Sunday, Dec. 6, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1...

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Sunday. Boys working in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Tallest boy on right hand end (with cap) Grady Olford, been in mill work 5 years. Next, Claudie Bonner. Next, Willie Dix. Next Hermie Allen been in mill work 5 years. Bobbie Dix been in mill work 4 years. Next Alton Wright, been in mill work 1 year. Next David Bonner. (Left hand end shortest boy.) Albert Bowman nearly 4 years in mill. Witness Sara R. Hine.  Location: Macon, Georgia.

Sunday. Boys working in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Tallest boy on right ...

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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. Dec. 20, 1909.  Location: Trenton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo tak...

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Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M.  New Haven, Connecticut / Photo by [Lewis W. Hine]

Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M. New Haven, Connecticut / Phot...

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Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers.  Location: Clayton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J., all are workers. Loc...

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Sybil Young and R.N. Hine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Sybil Young and R.N. Hine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Hand bill advertising vaudeville acts by the Shrier children. See photo and label 2937 and report of L.H. Hine. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

[Hand bill advertising vaudeville acts by the Shrier children. See pho...

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Jacksonville, Florida, messenger boy. (See Report of E.F. Brown and Lewis W. Hine.)  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville, Florida, messenger boy. (See Report of E.F. Brown and Le...

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Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mother worked hard before marriage, and was ailing while Isidor was coming. Further data in their files; #1695 Nurse Investigator Records, Department of Public Charities.  New York], New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., September 16, 1913, in co-operation with the Clearing House for Mental Defectives, 303 East 20 Street, New York.

Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mothe...

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Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Photo taken at noon, April 12, 1913, while they were being paid off. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Life Insurance papers, and through conversations with the children and parents, and found these that I could prove to be working now, or during the past year at 10 and 11 years of age, some of them having begun before they were ten. Further search would reveal dozens more. (See Hine Report.) Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Apr. 12, 1913.  Location: Lindale, Georgia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Photo taken ...

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[Sugar beet workers, Sugar City, Colorado. Mary, six years, Lucy, eight, Ethel, ten. Family has been here ten years. Children go to school in the winter. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.]  Location: [Sugar City, Colorado]

[Sugar beet workers, Sugar City, Colorado. Mary, six years, Lucy, eigh...

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Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine which cut off his hand. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine...

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[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / L.W. Hine.

[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Comp...

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Carl Brown, eleven years old. He and his father run a farm of 160 acres in Southern Vermont. He is overgrown, sluggish, but he said: "I'd ruther go to school." See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915 Location: Southern Vermont, Vermont.

Carl Brown, eleven years old. He and his father run a farm of 160 acre...

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This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December 6. Compare photograph 4042 showing attendance on October 25 - 7 weeks after school opened.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December...

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Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July, 1915.  Location: Rocky Ford [vicinity], Colorado.

Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Co...

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[Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.  Location: [Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts]

[Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of ...

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Rural Accident. Eleven-year old Wason, driving horse to the field. See photos of his brother Clinton Stewart. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Eleven-year old Wason, driving horse to the field. See...

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Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing [sic] and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the work.  Location: Iliff, Colorado / Photo by Hine., Oct. 22/15.

Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppin...

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

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

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Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Bros. Dairy. Drives dairy wagon from 7 A.M. to noon. Works on farm in afternoon (10 hours a day) seven days a week--half day on Saturday. Thinks he will work steady this year and not go to school. See previous labels in June. Not in Div. 5 or 6. Lives in Bowling Green.  Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Br...

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Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle, 10 years, Zelina, 12 years, Florence, 13 years. Brother 14 and sister 16. Father John Richard. Rents farm.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Girls worming tobacco. Myrtle, 10 years, Zelina, 12 years, Florence, 1...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weather, windows broken out and furniture knocked about. Opens September 6th.  Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weat...

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[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card reports of same. L.W. Hine]  Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky].

[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card...

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[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd grade - deficient mentality. Doesn't know name of place where he is going to work. Made it out for Small's mill, they weren't sure. Had been a sweeper but work was too hard for him. Didn't know how much he was to get. (Miss Smith to see what kind of card he got.) Worked at Union Mill, $3.27, as a sweeper.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Louis Pelissier, 29 8th St., 16 year old (May 16, 1916) applicant 2nd...

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

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

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Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school this year although living within 1 1/2 miles of school 5-7. See Kentucky report and special card.  Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school ...

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

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

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"Driving boy" taking pigs to market. Says he is 14 years old and has been working with pigs for 9 years. Goes to school in Paris, Ky. Horace Harpe, 320 West 8 Street.  Location: Winchester [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Driving boy" taking pigs to market. Says he is 14 years old and has b...

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Postal clerk.  Location: Springfield, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

Postal clerk. Location: Springfield, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

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Hayward and Harry Bentley suckering the tobacco.  Location: Hebbardsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hayward and Harry Bentley suckering the tobacco. Location: Hebbardsvi...

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Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School but it has not opened on account of repairs. Lewis W. Hine. See 4398-9 and 4400.  Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky.

Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School...

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H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be i...

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

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

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Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres.  Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivatin...

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Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in district. This low average is due to there being over 100 Catholic children in district and they will go to Parochial School. The Stithton Public School is a very pretty, well-built school--best I have seen of its kind in the county.  Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in ...

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15-year old boy says he works some for the railroad.  Mountain Grove, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

15-year old boy says he works some for the railroad. Mountain Grove, ...

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

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

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Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years old and Ora, 10 years old will go to Schoolsville School, Clark Co., Ky., but it has not opened yet.  Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years ...

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"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Address Hiatt, Ky. Go to Hickory Grove School, but they have been absent most of the past 6 weeks for work, sickness, etc.  Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Addres...

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All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P.M. The youngest ones shuck before and after school. Two youngest are Lillie and Sadie Bilski, 8 and 6 years old. They shuck regularly.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P....

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

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

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Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842.  Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: ...

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Young girls of 11, 12, 13 yrs., string in shed of Goodrich Tobacco Farm, near Gildersleeve.  Location: Gildersleeve, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

Young girls of 11, 12, 13 yrs., string in shed of Goodrich Tobacco Far...

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Lemon boy. Market.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Lemon boy. Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Exhibit panel / L.W. Hine.
[Dental work in Hospital. Hood Rubber Co., Cambridge.]  Location: [Cambridge, Massachusetts] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Dental work in Hospital. Hood Rubber Co., Cambridge.] Location: [Cam...

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Cabinet work. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842.  Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Cabinet work. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: ...

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Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a -day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 years.  Location: Hazardville, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9,...

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[Bartrum Choate, a 12-year-old boy driving colts to town. Works for W.F. Barber, Route 3, Lawton, Okla.]  Location: [Lawton vicinity, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Bartrum Choate, a 12-year-old boy driving colts to town. Works for W....

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[Play-time at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. Children have a great deal of freedom (Ellis report). Photos were not posed.]  Location: [Muskogee, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Play-time at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. Children have a great...

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Harry Katz, 67 Allen St. Healed T.B. hip. Avoid continuous standing. Use a crutch for support, otherwise boy will work in constant pain. Support to rest [?] shorter limb advisable. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4660-4662 inc.[?].  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Harry Katz, 67 Allen St. Healed T.B. hip. Avoid continuous standing. U...

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Helen Whitty (15 years old). Hand drawn work on curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Helen Whitty (15 years old). Hand drawn work on curtains at Boutwell, ...

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Cartoon / L.W. Hine. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon / L.W. Hine. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon by Sid Greene entitled The new pupil. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calesthenics [i.e., calisthenics] Every day, every school in Lawton has 15 minutes of this out-door work.  Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Calesthenics [i.e., calisthenics] Every day, every school in Lawton ha...

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Tobacco pickers on Goodrich Farm, "Second picking." The tobacco plants are often much taller than the children, and the air close and humid, especially when they are on the ground. Photo.  Location: Cromwell, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

Tobacco pickers on Goodrich Farm, "Second picking." The tobacco plants...

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6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square. Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm, S[outh] Windsor. They return about 7 P.M.  Location: Hartford, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square. Truck load of tobacco workers bound f...

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15-year old girl folding coats in Bonanno Laundry.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

15-year old girl folding coats in Bonanno Laundry. Location: Boston, ...

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Country view near Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Country view near Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, We...

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The Herold Farm, near Marlinton, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia. One of the most prosperous farmers in the County.  Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

The Herold Farm, near Marlinton, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia. One of...

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One of the prize winners from Webster Co.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

One of the prize winners from Webster Co. Location: Charleston, West ...

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Caesar Gang Exhibit.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Caesar Gang Exhibit. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by L...

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The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. #4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine. Location: New York, New York (State) L.W. Hine

The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the f...

In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4140. Hine no. 4145. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

Lucy Saunders hitching the team to the horse rake. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.  Location: [Western Massachusetts?, Massachusetts?].

Lucy Saunders hitching the team to the horse rake. See Hine Report, Ru...

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[Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling newspapers 5 years. Average earnings 35 cents a week. Sells from choice. Father, rivet driver, $20 weekly. "Happy" is well known character in town. When first interviewed gave story of sleeping in broken buildings and lots at night. Found out in streets at 11 P.M. at night pitching pennies and working "last paper" scheme. Flips cars and has sister who is 8 years of age who begs and sells papers. Boy very imaginative, and when last seen had a rusty 5 inch knife which he said he found and was playing with same in gutter. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Wilmington, Del. May, 1910.]  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Donald Mallick, ("Happy"), 203 King Street. 9 years of age, selling n...

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Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills.  Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years...

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[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine.]  Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine.

[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the ...

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9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystander said: "He's de boss fighter of 5th Street." See California report.  Location: Los Angeles, California / Lewis W. Hine.

9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystan...

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Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old (see 4830) and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said: "He said he wasn't going to school so I took him."  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys pac...

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

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

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[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."].  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near S...

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Continuation school girls looping stocking in Ipswich Mills.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Continuation school girls looping stocking in Ipswich Mills. Location...

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Two News Girls, same as #1539. Edward F. Brown, Investigator.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Two News Girls, same as #1539. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Locatio...

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Group of newsboys on a stoop at 4th & Market Sts. "Take our mugs, mister?" Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Group of newsboys on a stoop at 4th & Market Sts. "Take our mugs, mist...

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14 year old Spooler tender. Berkshire Cotton Mills.  Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

14 year old Spooler tender. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, ...

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Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'."  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with th...

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General View of part of Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown.  Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

General View of part of Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910....

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Charles Rosenhaus, 31 Monroe St. 11 years old. Morris Brond, 286 Monroe St., 9 years old. Was helping Charles.  9 P.M. Franbkfort [i.e., Frankfurt] St. near Park Row.  Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., February 11th, 1908.

Charles Rosenhaus, 31 Monroe St. 11 years old. Morris Brond, 286 Monro...

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4 p.m. Group of newsies selling in front of South Station. 4 of them said they were 11 years old. Saw no badges in evidence.  Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

4 p.m. Group of newsies selling in front of South Station. 4 of them s...

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Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the "hands" in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character...

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

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

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Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front row are Adrienne, Anna and Francis. Adrienne, an adolescent French Illiterate. Speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Anna, said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next Adrienne. Francis, has regular job doffing (see photo 239[...] [i.e., 2399?]). Says he is 15 but Mr. Hine Doubted it. Family consists of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill; almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girl adolescent.  Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front row are Adrie...

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No. 1. Fairly good position. Right dorsal curvature. No. 2. Correct position for postural case. No. 3. Shows a below fair position for for right dorsal curve. If these correct positions could be maintained at work, chairs properly adjusted and exercise and fresh air given, work would not be harmful. Need for advice of examining physician.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

No. 1. Fairly good position. Right dorsal curvature. No. 2. Correct po...

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A Pupil in Pleasant Green School - Pocahontas Co. (See Photo No. 6.)  Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

A Pupil in Pleasant Green School - Pocahontas Co. (See Photo No. 6.) ...

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

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

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H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be i...

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Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lizzie Davis, (smallest). Been in mill 2 years. Next--Nettie Arnet - Been in mill 8 years. Next--Monnie McCraney, been in mill 3 years. Next--Vater Arnet, been in mill 8 years. Next--Mattie Connor, spinners and Winders. Saturday, Dec. 5, 08.  Location: Dillon, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lizzie Davis, (smallest). Been in mill 2 ye...

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Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill.  Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

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Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Beginning to sweep. Floyd Root, 10 years old. 50 inches high . Helps cousin spin every day after school. Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Begin...

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Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on warper. Lillie Anderson--Oldest of two sisters. Been in mill five years. Runs only 4 sides. Minnie Anderson, - youngest- runs 8 sides. Been in mill 4 year. One finds many such cases where youngest sister does twice the amount of work. Nov. 28/08. Witness Sara R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on wa...

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Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Burdick Collins, 2 years in mill work. Next, Scoven Preston, 1 year in mill work. Next, Charlie Benson, 4 years in mill work. Next, Mason Matheson. Next, Robert Collins. Next, Leo House, 4 years in mill work. Next, Frank Leslie. Father in background. Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Macon, Georgia.

Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Bu...

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