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[Lunch hour on the docks, Jacksonville, Fla.]

[Lunch hour on the docks, Jacksonville, Fla.]

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Noon Hour Meal at an Indianapolis Packing House, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon Hour Meal at an Indianapolis Packing House, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. ...

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Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Loc...

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Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small boys did not get into photo. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Noon hour in Macon Knitting Mill, Macon, Ga. Half a dozen other small ...

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Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See #730.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been workin...

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Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

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Noon hour Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters w...

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Noon hour Brown Shoe Factory. Note young girl in photo - not the youngest employed there. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Noon hour Brown Shoe Factory. Note young girl in photo - not the young...

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Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work ...

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Fresh air class--Public School #51--Manhattan, N.Y. City--Rest hour

Fresh air class--Public School #51--Manhattan, N.Y. City--Rest hour

Children wrapped in blankets, lying on cots. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. They said they were working and went in to work. At night I counted over thirty children coming out when the whistle blew, and they seemed to be from ten to twelve years old. The Superintendent was much disturbed over the photos. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills,...

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Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. 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 those 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 more. (See Hine Report). Location: Lindale, Georgia.

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days followin...

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"Saving daylight!" Sign and mail one of these post cards to your congressman at Washington and help make it a national law to set the clock one hour ahead.

"Saving daylight!" Sign and mail one of these post cards to your congr...

Poster showing a man writing a postcard, with the U.S. Capitol in the background. To the left are samples of the free postcards that were distributed. United Cigar Stores Company. Saving daylight poster no. 3.

Why call a taxi when you can be wheeled around in royal state in this victoria with the velvet robed driver for twenty cents an hour. Every one can be a prince or princess for an hour Type of Roumanian peasant girl. Upon her wedding day an olive twig must be held over her head by one of the men attendants and if once it is dropped, even during the dancing and feasting, bad luck will be her lot and the gaiety will be dispelled in a jiffy.

Why call a taxi when you can be wheeled around in royal state in this ...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a horse-drawn carriage driver in his carriage, Bucharest; and a young woman wearing a head scarf. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1265 ... More

Story hour in the first grade - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Story hour in the first grade - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Children listening to teacher read. J291367 U.S. Copyright Office. No. P18271.

Muezzin calling hour of prayer from Saladin's Minaret, Jan. 31, '39

Muezzin calling hour of prayer from Saladin's Minaret, Jan. 31, '39

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Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator Rush D. Holt, West Virginia, frequently interrupted the testimony of John L. Lewis today to ask questions of the C.I.O Chief as he appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees. Lewis gave his flat endorsement of the Black-Connery bill which is aimed to curtail sweatshop conditions and setting of a wage and hour law for American industry, 6/7/37

Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator R...

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

[Female employees of Woolworth's holding sign indicating they are striking for a 40 hour work week]

[Female employees of Woolworth's holding sign indicating they are stri...

World-Telegram staff photograph. Photograph is reversed. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents an hour wages. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike o...

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Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents and twenty cents an hour. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike o...

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Noon hour, elevator employees at lunch. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Noon hour, elevator employees at lunch. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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A black and white photo of a group of people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a group of people on skis, Vermont. Farm Se...

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Homestead, Fla. Negro tomatoe [sic] pickers resting during lunch hour

Homestead, Fla. Negro tomatoe [sic] pickers resting during lunch hour

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-50633-E. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1597.

Builds own Jalopy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Thirty dollars was all it cost Robert Preston, 16-year-old high school senior, to build this midget automobile. Weighing approximately 250 pounds, the 'jalopy' is powered with a washing machine motor of 3-4 horsepower and has a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour. His license tags for this year will cost 32 cents, 2-2-39

Builds own Jalopy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Thirty dollars was all it...

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Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Twelve of these bell type carburizing furnaces are in twenty-four hour operation at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. They are employed to barburize final drive gears, transmission parts and other parts of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks in production there

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Twelve of these bell type carburizing fur...

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After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cultivators are taken out to finish the day's work. King and Anderson plantation, near Clarksdale. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cu...

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Children of migratory workers eating lunch in twenty-four hour nursery at Osceola migratory labor camp built by FSA (Farm Security Administration). Belle Glade, Florida

Children of migratory workers eating lunch in twenty-four hour nursery...

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Oslo, Norway. The food queues in Oslo are constantly growing. It is a usual sight to see people queuing outside the shops as early as 5 o'clock in the morning. In spite of the adverse weather conditions people are standing hour after hour hoping to get a small share of unrationed goods, which are often sold out almost as soon as the shops open

Oslo, Norway. The food queues in Oslo are constantly growing. It is a ...

Image source: Royal Norwegian Information Service, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divis... More

Health measures for low home temperatures. Common sense health rules must prevail in America's homes this winter so that lower room temperatures will entail no health risks. Before bathing youngsters, keep the bathroom door and window closed for an hour so that the room will retain all heat coming from the register. After the bath, see that the youngster wears a sweater for a little while

Health measures for low home temperatures. Common sense health rules m...

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Virgil Reinhart, from Carroll, Iowa is a freshmen in veterinary medicine. Entering Memorial Union during the lunch hour. Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

Virgil Reinhart, from Carroll, Iowa is a freshmen in veterinary medici...

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Daytona Beach, Florida. This boy, who is a NYA (National Youth Administration) student, receives thirty-five cents an hour for chopping wood. By doing this he is able to pay his tuition fees

Daytona Beach, Florida. This boy, who is a NYA (National Youth Adminis...

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Washington, D.C. Waiting in line at lunch hour to register for the second ration book at a public school on the corner of Tenth and F Streets

Washington, D.C. Waiting in line at lunch hour to register for the sec...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women workers during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women workers duri...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Workers resting during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Workers resting du...

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New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyard workers buying milk at lunch hour

New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyard workers buying milk at lunch ...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women arc welder in the pipe shop during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women arc welder i...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker resting during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker resting dur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian, employed as a blacksmith's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is operating a half-ton steam hammer. Mrs. Sablejack is a widow and mother of two children

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian,...

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[Road construction delays traffic on West Side Highway, at 79th Street, New York City, during rush hour] / World Telegram photo by Al Ravenna.

[Road construction delays traffic on West Side Highway, at 79th Street...

NYWT&S staff photo by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.

Stained-glass window in The Prayer Tower, perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Pittsburg, Texas, with four Paccard bells from France that chime every hour and a chapel that never closes

Stained-glass window in The Prayer Tower, perhaps the most recognizabl...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 75-foot-tall tower is situated in a peaceful park-like setting. It was a gift to the city from businessman Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, w... More

Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont. (Not the youngest girls.) Right hand: Tessie McGarth, next Sadio Finnogan, next Bernice Bedard. Two of them look to be under 14. I counted 20 girls like these and younger going in at 7 a.m. Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont...

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View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive at the factory as early as 5 o'clock, an hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp-foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good, they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10 and there were many more. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many ...

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Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is good. Expressive medium. We put in 60 minutes each hour in our present attitude

Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is ...

Three Lakota teenage boys in western clothing, sitting near a tree--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation.

6 yr. old Earle Holt (or Hope), 712 H St., S.W., Washington, D.C., sells papers for a neighbor boy. When I met him, within an hour he had forgotten that I had photographed him, but he didn't forget to shortchange me when I bought the paper. He goes to school in the morning and sells in the afternoon. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

6 yr. old Earle Holt (or Hope), 712 H St., S.W., Washington, D.C., sel...

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But one golden hour - Public domain American sheet music

But one golden hour - Public domain American sheet music

But one golden hour - Public domain American sheet music

But one golden hour - Public domain American sheet music

Order of services for the meeting of the people of concord, at the hour of the funeral of President Lincoln, April 19, 1865.

Order of services for the meeting of the people of concord, at the hou...

Surrounded by black mourning border.

Mine it is at midnight hour - Public domain American piano sheet music

Mine it is at midnight hour - Public domain American piano sheet music

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Supt. refused to let me go through the mill so I went there at 6 P.M. and under cover of darkness got these boys as they came out. Then we went out back of the bill boards and took the photo. 3 of the smallest of there 5 boys been there 3 years. 1 other for 4 yrs. Many children in this mill. I saw about 25 boys & girls from 9 to 14 years come out at the closing hour. Location: Augusta, Georgia. / L.W. Hine.

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Sup...

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National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St. Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

An old photo of a man standing on the steps of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushing into the doorway tried to avoid me. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushi...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works...

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There is an hour of peaceful rest

There is an hour of peaceful rest

composer handwritten on title pg - "Heinrich, A. P.?" From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional p... More

The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a worse fate / Dalrymple.

The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a wo...

Print shows a female figure labeled "Cuba" holding the Cuban flag, caught in a frying pan labeled "Spanish Misrule" that is being held above flames labeled "Anarchy" raging between fighting factions labeled "In... More

[Atlantic City, N.J., the bathing hour]

[Atlantic City, N.J., the bathing hour]

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Bathing hour on the beach, Seabreeze [i.e. Daytona Beach], Fla.

Bathing hour on the beach, Seabreeze [i.e. Daytona Beach], Fla.

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Bathing hour, Atlantic City, N.J.

Bathing hour, Atlantic City, N.J.

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[It will take me an hour or so, I'm afraid, said Moore politely]

[It will take me an hour or so, I'm afraid, said Moore politely]

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Run That Turned the Game" by Owen Johnson, Century magazine, 76:747 (Sept. 1908).

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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Dinner hour on the docks, Jacksonville, Fla.

Dinner hour on the docks, Jacksonville, Fla.

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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they said they were 12 and then other boys said they were lying. (Which sentiment I agreed with.) Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so...

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Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen. Location: McKinney, Texas.

Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen. Location:...

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[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work. "The boys can keep up with me all right, and all day long," the father said. Begin at 6 A.M. and work until 6 P.M. with hour off at noon. Several smaller children not work. See Hine Report for studies of amount of work done by these and other children. Oct. 30/15]. Location: [Ft. Collins vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine.

[12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The ...

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Rehearsal for "Fairy Hour," 4/11/25

Rehearsal for "Fairy Hour," 4/11/25

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U.S. Envoy to tell president of talk with Stalin. Washington, D.C., June 25. Joseph E. Davies, recently resigned envoy to the Soviet, arriving at the White House today where he gave President Roosevelt a first-hand observation of political and economic conditions in Europe. He also described his two hour talk with Stalin

U.S. Envoy to tell president of talk with Stalin. Washington, D.C., Ju...

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

Broadcasting studio. English Children's hour, celebrating its 3rd birthday

Broadcasting studio. English Children's hour, celebrating its 3rd birt...

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Broadcasting studio. English Children's hour, celebrating its 3rd birthday. Fran & Lizy in the Fisher of Dreams

Broadcasting studio. English Children's hour, celebrating its 3rd birt...

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the new public contracts board of the Department of Labor met today for the first time shortly after they were appointed by the Secretary Perkins. Hearings will be held immediately by the Board to make findings upon questions arrising under the Walsh-Healey law which went into effect last week and requires that manufacturers and dealers who make future contracts in excess of $10,000 with the Government shall comply with certain minimum wage, maximum hour and other labor conditions in the performance of the contract. In the photograph, left to right; Telfair Knight, Counsel for the Textile Labor Relations Division, Frank Healey of the office of the Solicitor of the Labor Department; and Hugh L.Kerwin, Director of Conciliation, Textile Labor Relations Division

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the ne...

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

Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California

Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California

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New Coast Guard boat capable of 35 miles an hour. Washington, D.C., May 17. One of the fastest things afloat, the new U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat #441 was put thru its paces on the Potomac River today for the benefit of treasure officials. The cruiser, which is one of eight to placed in law enforcement and life-saving service of the Coast Guard, is powered with four 1600 horsepower motors and is capable of doing 35 miles an hour, 5/17/1937

New Coast Guard boat capable of 35 miles an hour. Washington, D.C., Ma...

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One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. The young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. The laborers' wages are thirty cents an hour. Imperial Valley, California

One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The ususal traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

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President gets progress report on Wage-Hour law. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. A thorough report on the progress of the new Wage- Hour Law was given President Roosevelt today by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer Andrews, and their assistants today. Reading, left to right. Administrator Elmer Andrews; Secretary Perkins; Richardson Saunders, Assistant to the Secretary of Labor. Gerard D. Reilly, Labor Dept. Solicitor and CA-Vert Magruder,Chief Counsel for Wage-Hour Administration, 10/31/38

President gets progress report on Wage-Hour law. Washington, D.C., Oct...

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Wages [an] Hour Div. of Apparel Industry Committee met today at Raleigh Hotel to try to establish a minimum wage above the present 25 cents an hour. Lft. to rt. Joseph P. McCurdy, President of Maryland Fed. of Labor. Arthur J. Patton, retired employer. Charles Ray, retired manufacturer and former member of Conn. Minimum Wage Board. David Dubinsky, President of International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Sumner H. Slichter, Professor of Business Economics at Harvard. Louis B. Hopkins, Pres. of Wabash College. S.L. Hoffman, active employer. Seated: Burton E. Oppenheim, Chief of Industry Committee Division; Louis E. Kirstein, Chairman of Committee and Vice Pres. of William Filenes Sons Co. Inc. Delos Walker, Vice Chairman, and Vice Pres. of R.H. Macy and Co.

Wages [an] Hour Div. of Apparel Industry Committee met today at Raleig...

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Machine signs 7,000 social security checks per hour with no writer's cramp. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. John W. Thomas is shown here feeding social security checks into a check signing device which reels off some 7,000 checks per hour. The checks are being made at the Treasury Department's Disbursing Division, and will be ... out starting next Jan. 1 to recipients of social security payments

Machine signs 7,000 social security checks per hour with no writer's c...

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

Migrant packinghouse workers crating celery. The amount of work depends on quantity of produce available. If many truckloads come in, they may work all night; otherwise, only an hour or two. If there is a frost (freeze-out) or drought, they may have to wait six or eight weeks for work in the next crop. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers crating celery. The amount of work depend...

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Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers, cotton hoers. Leave field at the end of the day. Wages twenty cents per hour

Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers, cotton hoe...

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Tobacco buyers playing at pinball machine during lunch hour on day of tobacco auctions. Durham, North Carolina

Tobacco buyers playing at pinball machine during lunch hour on day of ...

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This Texan worked at the grading station in Belcross, North Carolina. He was getting 20 cents an hour. His one wish was someday to have a 100 acre sweet potato farm of his own in Florida

This Texan worked at the grading station in Belcross, North Carolina. ...

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After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cultivators are taken out to finish the day's work. King and Anderson Plantation, near Clarksdale. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

After the noon hour in the plantation yard, the mules, tractors and cu...

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Men coming out of the shipyard at Bath, Maine, during the lunch hour

Men coming out of the shipyard at Bath, Maine, during the lunch hour

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A couple of men standing next to each other holding guns [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Soldiers from Fort Benning at Idle Hour amusement park near Phenix City, Alabama]

A couple of men standing next to each other holding guns [Untitled pho...

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A group of people standing next to a fence. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing next to a fence. Office of War Information ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Washington, D.C. Dinner hour at the S&W Cafeteria on G Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. Dinner hour at the S&W Cafeteria on G Street N.W.

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Nurse training. Given an hour's rest between rounds, Susan Petty, student nurse, is visited by her fellow nurses in her small but comfortable room in the School of Nursing resident hall. The girls, who are off duty for a longer period, have changed from their uniforms to house coats

Nurse training. Given an hour's rest between rounds, Susan Petty, stud...

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Tobruk, Libya. One hour after Tobruk fell, such scenes as this were common. Roofless buildings stand among scattered masonry and wreckage of motor vehicles in a corner of the bomb-torn town which had been one of the main supply ports for Rommel's army in North Africa

Tobruk, Libya. One hour after Tobruk fell, such scenes as this were co...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shipyard workers during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shipyard workers d...

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Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. This boy, who is a NYA (National Youth Administration) student, receives thirty-five cents an hour for chopping wood. By doing this he is able to pay his tuition fees

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. This boy, who is a NY...

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.

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Lunch hour in the women's locker at the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Left to right: Bertha Carlotta, twenty-nine, a machinist testing axles; Anna Plecenik, twenty-four, a machinist's helper, working a drill press; Mary Stefanski, thirty-seven, a blacksmith's helper; Cecelia Wadkowski, thirty-five, a machinist operating a turret lathe; and Susan Topolosky, thirty-two, a machinist's helper operating a radial dial press

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Lunch hour in the women's locker at the yards ...

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.

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students chopping and piling wood for thirty-five cents an hour

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students chopping and...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On board the fishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Part of the crew adjusting the seining nets to the seining boat on the first morning out. Franasco Parisi checking the small motor. This operation is performed at ten knots per hour

On board the fishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Part of th...

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Columbus, Ohio. A Greyhound bus driver "protecting" his run. He is waiting in case a second section to Cleveland is needed. Men are paid by the hour for this

Columbus, Ohio. A Greyhound bus driver "protecting" his run. He is wai...

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania, mother of one child, employed in the engine house of the Pennsylvania Railroad, earns fifty-eight cents per hour. She is cleaning a locomotive with a high pressure nozzle. Mrs. Stevens' husband is in the U.S. Army

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania...

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A kiss in the dark: mischievous conductor,--"dark tunnel, through in half an hour!" scene,--when the train struck the light in just 3 minutes

A kiss in the dark: mischievous conductor,--"dark tunnel, through in h...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3613

At the hour of midnight - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

At the hour of midnight - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Couple in bed with feet sticking out. Stereo by E.W. Kelley, registration no. 8687. No. 7. No copyright renewals. Caption card tracings: Forms sentimental; Humor; Courtship and Love; Shelf.

The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848

The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile:...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1003.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis...

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Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862--Waiting for the hour / Heard & Moseley, Cartes de Visite, 10 Tremont Row, Boston.

Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862--Waiting for the hour / Heard & Moseley, ...

African American men, women, and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the Emancipation Proclamation. Photograph of a painting(?). Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68 ; Emancipation... More

Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing

Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing

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