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8,9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday. Caption #602: "6:00 A.M. Sunday, March 7, 1909. Boys starting out with Sunday papers. Some were only 8 and 9 years old. Many more youngsters start out at 7 A.M. Some of these little fellows had been selling until 7 and 8 P.M. and later Saturday night."Caption #663: "Hartford, Conn. 6 A.M. Sunday.". Location: Hartford, Connecticut. Photo by ...

8,9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday. Caption #602: "6:0...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Title from photo and label for Hine no. 602 and 663. Hine no. 664. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, ... More

10:00 P.M. Solomon -----. Began selling at 7 years of age. Been selling 6 years (four years at night). 11:30 P.M. Is at it early Sunday A.M., Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Connecticut.

10:00 P.M. Solomon -----. Began selling at 7 years of age. Been sellin...

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Berman Katzman a nine-year-old newsie in Hartford, Conn. Has been selling 2 years. Sells until 8 P.M. at times. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

Berman Katzman a nine-year-old newsie in Hartford, Conn. Has been sell...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 658. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers...

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Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Giglia, 48 Carolina St., 10 years old last summer. The whole family string beans at S. Haven and Albion, N.Y. 2. Anthony Litterie, 79 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., sometimes in the evening stringing beans and hulling strawberries in sheds, N. Collins, N.Y. 3. Vito Bargio, 48 Carolina St., 12 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds of Albion, N.Y. and returned to school Oct. 17th. 4. Ben Madonia, 205 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y., sometimes until 8 P.M. Entered school on time, good record. 5. Sam Pecararo, 107 Trenton Ave., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y. Worked until 8 P.M. sometimes. Entered school Nov. 18th, but has good record, nevertheless. Buffalo, N.Y. 6. Charles Ponnepinto, 106 Seventh Ave., 8 years old last summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Gi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1333. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

(a) L. Seizwater, 333 Christian St., age 13, sells papers in subway. Works from 2 P.M. to 11 P.M. daily. Saturdays from 9 A.M. to 2 A.M. Sundays. Earnings 25 cents daily. (b) Jacob Cross, 1404 S. 8th St., age 15, newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. to midnight daily. Saturdays works all night. The agent of the Juvenile Protective Association called the boy the typical night newsie of Philadelphia, having all their vices and ways and a class degenerating to low criminality. (c) Sol Feltman, 2442 S. Marshall St., age 10 sells papers in Subway from 4 P.M. to 10 P.M. Saturdays from 4 P.M. to midnight. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

(a) L. Seizwater, 333 Christian St., age 13, sells papers in subway. W...

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Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. Works 9 1/2 hours a day. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. ...

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Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910....

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Dominick Carroll, 8 years old (appears 6). Newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. income 25 cents per day. This boy sells papers for his brother who is 12 years old. Does not gamble, drink or smoke. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Dominick Carroll, 8 years old (appears 6). Newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. ...

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Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from before daybreak until 5 P.M. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from b...

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Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel i.e., Grinell? St., New Bedford. Appeared about eight or nine: could not speak English except to tell us that he was a sweeper in the spinning room (two other boys confirmed this); watched him go in at noon and come out at 6 P.M. on Aug. 21, 1911. At the houses his mother gave his name as Jose Mello, ten years old. There was no certificate for this boy at the superintendent's office. Birth records ambiguous. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel i.e., Grinell? St., New Bedford. Appeared about ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2293. Hine no. 2283. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at 6 P.M. for they "work" in this mill. New Bedford, Massachusetts. August 24, 1911. 6:30 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness,]. Location: New Bedford, Massachusettsachusetts.

[These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at...

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[Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared about eight or nine: could not speak English except to tell us that he was a sweeper in the spinning room (two other boys confirmed this); watched him go in at noon and come out at 6 P.M. on Aug. 21, 1911. At the houses his mother gave his name as Jose Mello, ten years old. There was no certificate for this boy at the superintendent's office. Birth records ambiguous.] Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

[Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared abo...

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

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

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Shots at the young workers going in the Ayer Mill. 6:30 to 7 A.M. All work. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Shots at the young workers going in the Ayer Mill. 6:30 to 7 A.M. All ...

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Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo Sunday morning. Location: Austin, Texas.

Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo ...

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Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Can barely read; has reached the second grade in school only. Investigator reports little actual need for earnings. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3793. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...

B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...

B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More

Home work on tags. Home of Martin Gibbons, 268 [?] Centre Street, Roxbury Massachusetts. James 11, years old; Helen 9 years and Mary 6, work on tags. Helen said she could tie the most (5,000 a day at 30 cents). Mary does some but can do only 1000 a day. They work nights a good deal. The night before Helen and James worked until 11:00 P.M. See also Home Work report. Location: Roxbury, Massachusettsachusetts.

Home work on tags. Home of Martin Gibbons, 268 [?] Centre Street, Roxb...

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Mother and children hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station. Cyral (in baby cart) is 2 yrs. old this May and works steadily hulling berries. At times Cyral would rest his little head on his arm and fall asleep for a few minutes and then wake up, commencing all over to hull berries. This is an extreme case - by no means typical and while it was found in this investigation that children 3, 4, 5 yrs. were accustomed to start out before sun-up to pick berries, we have not found many cases such as this. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Mother and children hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station....

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A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

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Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, said 11 years old and worked until midnight every night: said he made $2.25 last week and $1.76 the week before. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, sa...

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Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Uni...

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Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working in shop at 511 Penn. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Said to be 16 yrs. old, but is absolutely illiterate. Has been in this country only 2 months. Works until 9 P.M. every day and until 11 P.M. Saturdays. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working i...

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Joseph Severio. Peanut vendor. 11 years of age. Pushing cart 2 years. Out after midnight on May 21, 1910. Ordinarily works 6 hours per day. Works of own volition. Don't smoke. All earnings go to father. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Joseph Severio. Peanut vendor. 11 years of age. Pushing cart 2 years. ...

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Home of Ansley Westover, rear of 8 1/2 Milton St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and children, 4 yrs., 8 yrs., 10 yrs., 11 yrs., and 12 yrs., earn about $4 to $5 a week. Work until 9 P.M. frequently and at times until 10 P.M. or midnight and then sometimes up working before school. (See also report) Photo at 5 P.M. Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Home of Ansley Westover, rear of 8 1/2 Milton St., Worcester, Massachu...

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Nine of these children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, and shuck oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school on school days, and on Saturday from 4 A.M. to early afternoon. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Nine of these children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, an...

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Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. Goes to Reservation some. Location: Houston, Texas.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. ...

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Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time off to eat. "Eat a-workin'." 9:00 P.M. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908. Mill was running. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time...

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Mary Dunn 11 years old. Been selling 1 year. Sells until 7 P.M., Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Mary Dunn 11 years old. Been selling 1 year. Sells until 7 P.M., Hartf...

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Bowling alley boys, New Haven, Conn. Many of these work until late at night. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

Bowling alley boys, New Haven, Conn. Many of these work until late at ...

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A group of girl workers in Greenabaum's Canneries, Seaford, Del. These girls gave their ages as 10, 13 and 13. The 10 year old girl is working her first season while the two girls of 13 are working 2nd season. They work from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., and when there is a good supply of peas they work until late at night. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A group of girl workers in Greenabaum's Canneries, Seaford, Del. These...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1599. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Arthur H. Toody, 536 Market St. Newsboy, 8 years of age. Selling papers 1 years sic Average earnings 20 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours per day. Wants money for moving picture. May, 1910. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Arthur H. Toody, 536 Market St. Newsboy, 8 years of age. Selling paper...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1527. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Andy Kormack, 9 years old, and Samuel Kormack, 7 years old, Newsboys. 1712 Church St. Andy been selling papers 2 years. Average earnings 50 cents week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells papers from choice. Don't smoke. Works 6 hours daily. Samuel, selling papers 1 years, average earnings, 50 cents week. Sells from choice. Works from choice. Don't smoke. Works 5 [...] Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Andy Kormack, 9 years old, and Samuel Kormack, 7 years old, Newsboys. ...

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Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so is undersized. Does not go to school. Sells all day and in the evening, on cars, at corner on Main St., (See Nos. 1215, and 1214.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so...

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Group of workers going in at noon. Joe Viora, 9 Stapelton St., the smallest boy in the picture, works in the spinning room. Apparently 10 yrs. old. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Group of workers going in at noon. Joe Viora, 9 Stapelton St., the sma...

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[Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into work at North Gate beside office. Sixs [i.e., six] seemed under 14.] Witness R.K. Conant. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

[Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into work at North ...

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Group of oyster shuckers working in canning factory of Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. All but the very smallest babies work. All began at 3:30 A.M. expected to work until 5 P.M. The little girl in center working. Her mother says she is a real help to her. About 300 workers. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Group of oyster shuckers working in canning factory of Dunbar, Lopez, ...

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Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Virginia Going to work; 6:30 A.M. June 9, 191[1] A few young boys and girls under 14, work in these mills, but not many, and they are large mills. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Virginia Going to work; 6:30 A.M. J...

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Joe Rose. Dumps cranberries for his father. Said he was 11 years old. Lived at Hourwich, Massachusetts. 7 out of 57 workers were 6 to 12 years old. Working from 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. they said. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusettsachusetts.

Joe Rose. Dumps cranberries for his father. Said he was 11 years old. ...

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Fifteen year old delivery boy for Linders Drug Store, which is located on the edge of the Reservation, Griffin Street. The boy has just returned from a trip to these Houses. He works from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. (See Hine Report on Messengers, Texas.) Location: Dallas, Texas

Fifteen year old delivery boy for Linders Drug Store, which is located...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3620. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Eleven year old newsie who has been selling for three years. He gets up at 2:30 A.M. Sundays, and at 5:00 A.M. school days. Makes about $1.25 a day. Norval Sharp. Photo taken early Sunday morning. Location: Austin, Texas.

Eleven year old newsie who has been selling for three years. He gets u...

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I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly lighted room. The light came from a small gas jet which was high above the girl's head, in the center of the room. She was working on a black dress which was outlined in black pencil. For this dress elaborately embroidered, she received ninety cents. She could embroider one dress in about three or four days if she kept at it steadily. She had been working since 4 P.M., and it was the 7 P.M. She expected to stop at 10:30. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly ...

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Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to school. Works from four to eight P.M. Been with Western Union for six months, one month delivering for a drug store. "I learned a lot about the 'Reservation' while I was at the drug store and I go there some times now." Location: Houston, Texas

Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3584. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

1353 ----- A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the pool room while waiting for papers . The smallest boy is 9 years old and sells until 9 P.M. (See also 1351-1352. 4 P.M.) Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1353 ----- A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1353. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1236. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of C... More

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin Veatch, who was showing me around. No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 1223 New York Ave., N.W.; he lives 1643 Cramer St., N.E. He said he commenced the messenger service at 11 yrs. old. Has worked all night a couple of years, and now works until 10 P.M. Is known to Truant Officers. Family has had trouble with him. Says he is 17 but doesn't look it. Quite profane, but (apparently) not very wise about this district although he says he goes to these houses occasionally. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2940. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...

B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More

[Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one year of own volition. Don't smoke. Out after 11 P.M. on May 21, Ordinarily works 6 hours per day.] Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

[Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one...

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5 P.M. Mrs. Mary Mauro, 309 E. 110th St., 2nd floor. Family work on feathers. Make $2.25 a week. In vacation 2 or 3 times as much. Victoria, 8 yrs. Angelina 10 yrs. (a neighbor). Frorandi 10 yrs. Maggie 11 yrs. All work except two boys against wall. Father is street cleaner and has steady job. Girls work until 7 or 8 P.M. Once Maggie (11 yrs.) worked until 10 P.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

5 P.M. Mrs. Mary Mauro, 309 E. 110th St., 2nd floor. Family work on fe...

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Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker who works steady all day from about 3:00 A.M. to about 5 P.M. in Dunbar Cannery. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker who works steady all day from a...

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9:30 P.M. A common case of "team work." Smaller boy (Joseph Bishop) goes into [one of the?] saloons and sells his last papers. Then comes out and his brother gives him more. Joseph said, "Drunks are me best customers." "I sell more'n me brudder does." "Dey buy me out so I kin go home." He sells every afternoon and night. Extra late Saturda[y. At] it again at 6 A.M. Sunday, Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

9:30 P.M. A common case of "team work." Smaller boy (Joseph Bishop) go...

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4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirty attic home with a dog and a cat adding to the other filth that accumulates, these three make artificial leaves. The little five-year-old helps some. She was sighing, "Tired." Her sister (about 10 years old) works until 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted. At home she keeps her glasses on the shelf, 'because [because] Mother says I look funny with them. Now I got to go out and shop." [Second card:] Making artificial leaves in tenement attic. New York City, 1912. The 5-year-old helps. Her sister, aged 10, works till 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirt...

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Tommy De Lucco 9 years old, newsie. Been selling 2 years. Sells until 8 P.M. at times. Location: Hartford, Connecticut. / Photo by [...]

Tommy De Lucco 9 years old, newsie. Been selling 2 years. Sells until ...

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Aven Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours without any stop for lunch. "Eat a-workin." 8:30 P.M. Friday. Mill running nights. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., Nov. 6, 1908.

Aven Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours without any stop for lunch. "E...

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New Haven, Conn. March 8, 1909. Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

New Haven, Conn. March 8, 1909. Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M...

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Barney Goldstein, 83 W. 5th St. Newsboy, 10 years of age. Selling newspapers 1 year. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling papers own choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours per day. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Barney Goldstein, 83 W. 5th St. Newsboy, 10 years of age. Selling news...

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These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at 6 P.M. for they "work" in this mill. New Bedford, Massachusetts. August 24, 1911. 6:30 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness,. Location: New Bedford, Massachusettsachusetts.

These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at ...

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Shots of the young workers going in to the Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M. All work. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Shots of the young workers going in to the Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M. A...

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Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works until 11 P.M. usually, but all night when they are busy. (See report of L.W.H.) Location: Tampa, Florida.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works unti...

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Lionel Perry, nine year old newsboy. Starts out at 5:00 A.M. usually. 4:00 A.M. on Sundays. Sells after school. Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Lionel Perry, nine year old newsboy. Starts out at 5:00 A.M. usually. ...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge think[s] he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Bellenti Family. Crosoria, 10 years, Joe 9, Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on Garcia Avenue. All commence selling 6 A.M. and sell until late at night. Two oldest make 50 cents each, and two youngest make 25 cents each day. Sam been selling 2 years. Know little English. Illiterate. Do not go to school. Tony youngest newsy in Florida. Bury i.e., buy candy and go to movies. Location: Tampa, Florida

Bellenti Family. Crosoria, 10 years, Joe 9, Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on G...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3324. Date not recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333. Credit line: National Chi... More

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge thinks he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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

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

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Harry Cherkos, 435 Catherine St, 7 years of age, sells papers, from 2:30 to 8 P.M. daily. 10 A.M. to midnight on Saturday. Income, 50 cents per day. This boy was caught gambling on Chestnut & 11th Streets. When asked if he gambles said no. Said all earnings go home. This boy has the appearance of being a bit feeble minded. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Harry Cherkos, 435 Catherine St, 7 years of age, sells papers, from 2:...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1612. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Nine of these children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, and shuck oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school on school days, and on Saturday from 4 A.M. to early afternoon. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina

Nine of these children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, an...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3288. "1911" appears to have been added separately to the date. Caption for #3268, taken in same location, ap... More

Robert Paterno interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-02-17

Robert Paterno interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-02-17

An interview with Robert "Bob" Paterno, who works as a "pony person" at the Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack. He talks about the daily routines in the backstretch, and gives his thoughts on training, on horses, and on... More

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Morris Goldberg (smallest boy), 316 Bainbridge St., age 7, newsboy sells from 2 P.M. to 6 P.M.; 2 P.M. to midnight on Saturday. This picture includes the 2 Mellitto [i.e., Melaten] boys. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Morris Goldberg (smallest boy), 316 Bainbridge St., age 7, newsboy sel...

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Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to school. Works from four to eight P.M. Been with W[estern] U[nion] for six months, one month delivering for a drug store. "I learned a lot about the 'Reservation' while I was at the drug store and I go there some times now." Location: Houston, Texas.

Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to...

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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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Noon. David Rosenthal, 1220 Sixth St, S.W., Washington, D.C., said he was 10 yrs. old, and sells until 6 P.M. Is out at 7 A.M. on Sundays. No badge. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Noon. David Rosenthal, 1220 Sixth St, S.W., Washington, D.C., said he ...

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Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Can barely read; has reached the second grade in school only. Investigator reports little actual need for earnings. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A....

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"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Sixth St. Market, Cincinnati. 10 P.M. Saturday. Boys and girls sell all day, and until 11 P.M. Aug.22, 1908. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Sixth St. Market, Cincinnati. 10 P.M. Satur...

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Child Labor - Exhibit panel

Child Labor - Exhibit panel

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Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, said 11 years old and worked until midnight every night: said he made $2.25 last week and $1.76 the week before. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, sa...

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Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Soarbar Seris, has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Recon I'm about 14." Didn't look it. Has worked more nights than day time. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Soarbar Seris, has worked off and on in the ...

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Part of the family of Eva Tanguay, 61 Sylvester St., doffer in spinning room of Ayer mill. A half hour car ride in a crowded, stuffy car to and from work. Leaves home at 6 A.M. and returns at 6:30 P.M. The doffing work is standing and riding--bad for an adolescent girl. Father is a carpenter. Oldest brother is 11 years old, her sister Muriel in middle of front row said she was 11 years old but I doubt it. Eva is on left end of front row. Said she was 14 but doubtful. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Part of the family of Eva Tanguay, 61 Sylvester St., doffer in spinnin...

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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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1353 ----- A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the pool room while waiting for papers . The smallest boy is 9 years old and sells until 9 P.M. (See also 1351-1352. 4 P.M.) Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

1353 ----- A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were...

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Smallest boy is Mike Ferinco. 75 Monroe St., 10 yrs. old. Sells until 8:30 P.M., Newark, N.J. Other is Duar Feriari, 60 Monroe St. Sells until after 9 P.M. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Smallest boy is Mike Ferinco. 75 Monroe St., 10 yrs. old. Sells until ...

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[This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard. They begin about 4:30 A.M. and sometimes work until sunset. Her family (Scholtz) has been South--Bluffton, S.C.--for a few years. Seen in Appalachicola and Biloxi. They are Polish.] Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

[This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore...

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[8,9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday. [Caption #602: "6:00 A.M. Sunday, March 7, 1909. Boys starting out with Sunday papers. Some were only 8 and 9 years old. Many more youngsters start out at 7 A.M. Some of these little fellows had been selling until 7 and 8 P.M. and later Saturday night."][Caption #663: "Hartford, Conn. 6 A.M. Sunday."]. Location: Hartford, Connecticut. / Photo by [...]

[8,9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday. [Caption #602: "6...

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5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Helen is an orphan, who one month after death of her widowed mother, was adopted by the Hope family of Seaford, Del. This is her 2d season at Johnson's Hulling Station. On the day of the investigation she started working at 6 A.M. and at 6 P.M. the same day Helen was still hulling strawberries. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson...

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Group of boys from canning factories. School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right): 1) Frank Lefasso, 13 years old last summer. Worked in canning factory at Barker. 2) Anthony Traeisi?, 10 years old last summer. Worked on beans South Dayton, Cannery. 3) James Schillacer, 12 years old last summer. Earned 50 cents a day putting cans in holes in factory St. Catherines, Canada. 4) Peter Delsalvo, 13 years old last summer. Worked in the factory at Brant, N.Y. 5) Anthony Baraone, 11 years old last summer. Worked on apples, beans, tomatoes, in factory at Wilson, N.Y. 6) Thoma Laessi, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans in sheds at Hamburg, N.Y. 7-9 A.M.; 3-5 P.M. 7) Joseph Lanca, 12 years old last summer. Strings beans in sheds. (All these boys worked on tomatoes.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of boys from canning factories. School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from l...

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William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 607 ["606" crossed out] E. 6th Street. Newsboys. William has been selling papers 4 years, average earnings 25 cents per week. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours a day. Cornelius selling 3 years, average earnings 35 cents a week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours a day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...

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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10:30 P.M. See also photo and label 2258, and report on messengers of Virginia Location: Norfolk, Virginia

Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives...

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Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared about eight or nine: could not speak English except to tell us that he was a sweeper in the spinning room (two other boys confirmed this); watched him go in at noon and come out at 6 P.M. on Aug. 21, 1911. At the houses his mother gave his name as Jose Mello, ten years old. There was no certificate for this boy at the superintendent's office. Birth records ambiguous. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Joe Mello, 62 Grinnel [i.e., Grinell?] St., New Bedford. Appeared abou...

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(See 2823) 8:00 P.M. and not yet finished. The little one on the left is not yet four years, yet she works, irregularly, on flowers all day and sometimes until eight at night. In spite of a sore throat she was working steadily all the time I was there, occasionally dropping a sigh that was very pathetic. Father said, "She like to work." Oldest sister, (who makes six dozen of these little wreaths a day), said the little one makes one dozen wreaths a day. See Exhibit 2875--the wreath upon which she is working in the photo. Family of Peter Mortaria, 8 Downing St. Apt. 2, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

(See 2823) 8:00 P.M. and not yet finished. The little one on the left ...

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Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milton St., rear, top floor, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and children, 6 yrs., 8 yrs. two of 12 yrs. old. The 3-year-old helps a little. Earn $1.50 to $3.00 a week working on hose supporters. Father makes $15 a week. Two other children work: one gets $7 to $11 a week, one gets $4 a week. Home workers work until 8:30 or 9 P.M. nearly every day. (See also Report.) Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milto...

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How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Peter Pepe, 24 Wonders Court, 10 yr. old newsie, selling on the Capitol steps. Been selling for 2 yrs. Makes 20 cents a day. His father is lounging at the left of the photo at the side of pillar. The boy begins selling at 5 A.M., Sundays. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Pet...

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S. Russell, 33 E. 22nd St. Newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 2 years. Average earnings 20 cents daily. Selling newspapers own choice. Father earns $18 weekly. Boy deposits earnings in du Pont Savings Bank, and on Saturday night works for Reynold's candy shop, delivering packages. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours daily, except Saturday, when he works 11. Location: Wilmington, Delaware

S. Russell, 33 E. 22nd St. Newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspaper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1511. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2420. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

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