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Kearney Industrial School Band, Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney Industrial School Band, Kearney, Nebraska

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Cauliflower field, State Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

summary: "The long and short of it" Butcher says " Reform boys." For additional photos, see Item numbers 747, 748, 749, and 751.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thursday May 5, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thu...

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing

Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing

Poster promoting planned housing as a method to deter juvenile delinquency, showing silhouettes of a child stealing a piece of fruit and a child involved in armed robbery. Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936. Wo... More

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Sts. The smallest ones were Sam Kipnis, 412 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. David Stierman, 701 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Is a truant on probation. Very defiant). Abram Furr, 1004 4 1/2 St., S.W., Washington, D.C., has a badge. The smallest of these were 11 years old. I saw some smaller but couldn't get the photo.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenu...

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

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Teacher with students dressed in white robes on steps of the Kearney Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Teacher with students dressed in white robes on steps of the Kearney I...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kearney Industrial School boys working in a potato field, Kearney, Nebraska.

Kearney Industrial School boys working in a potato field, Kearney, Neb...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Industrial School boys repairing cement walks and drives at Kearney, Nebraska.

Industrial School boys repairing cement walks and drives at Kearney, N...

Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Among the flowers, State Industrial School, Kearney."

"Among the flowers, State Industrial School, Kearney."

summary: Industrial School flower garden, Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see RG 2608 Item Numbers 747, 748, 749, and750. original size: 8x5 1/2

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 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...

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

A training-school of crime Boys playing pickpocket in an alley.

A training-school of crime Boys playing pickpocket in an alley.

Illustration shows boys rummaging through a sleeping man's pockets. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, wi... More

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all night. Two of his brothers are in the Reform School.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at...

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

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

summary: Subject: The beet fields at the reform school, called the State Industrial School, in Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see RG2806 Item Numbers748, 749,750, and 751. original size: 6x8

Students at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baseball team at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

Baseball team at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibit panel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Exhibit panel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre Decourcelle.

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre D...

B245724 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The young pickpocket. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7182. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kearney Industrial School Band, Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney Industrial School Band, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 8x 5 1/2 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of students at the Industrial School at Kearney, Nebraska.

Group of students at the Industrial School at Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

How the kids make their reports to the judge every Saturday morning

How the kids make their reports to the judge every Saturday morning

Photograph shows a large room with Judge Ben Lindsey, of Juvenile Court, Denver, Colorado, standing before a group of children.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thursday May 5, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thu...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Industrial School boys in beet field, Kearney, Nebraska.

Industrial School boys in beet field, Kearney, Nebraska.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

summary: Note the students at the right pushing lawn mowers. original size: 8x5 1/2

Judge Lindsey in chambers, Juvenile Court, Denver, Colo. / Mile High Photo.

Judge Lindsey in chambers, Juvenile Court, Denver, Colo. / Mile High P...

Photograph shows Judge Lindsey, a woman, another man, and three boys sitting around a table in the Judge's chambers; several other persons sit and stand against the walls of the room.

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing

Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing

Poster promoting planned housing as a method to deter juvenile delinquency, showing silhouettes of a child stealing a piece of fruit and a child involved in armed robbery. Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936. Wo... More

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Sts. The smallest ones were Sam Kipnis, 412 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. David Stierman, 701 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Is a truant on probation. Very defiant). Abram Furr, 1004 4 1/2 St., S.W., Washington, D.C., has a badge. The smallest of these were 11 years old. I saw some smaller but couldn't get the photo.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenu...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boys of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

Boys of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kearney Industrial School boys working in a potato field, Kearney, Nebraska.

Kearney Industrial School boys working in a potato field, Kearney, Neb...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hartford, Conn., newsboys. Boy in middle, Joseph De. Lucco, has been selling for 8 years. Was arrested for stealing papers a while ago.  Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Hartford, Conn., newsboys. Boy in middle, Joseph De. Lucco, has been s...

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

The Slein boys. Meyer Slein (12 yrs. old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just returned from Industrial School (Reform School). Another brother is in the School. Show effects of street life and are Juvenile Court boys.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

The Slein boys. Meyer Slein (12 yrs. old) his brother Abe (10 years ol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meyer Slein (12 years old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just returned from Industrial School (Reform School). Another brother is in the School. Show effects of street life and are Juvenile Court Boys.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Meyer Slein (12 years old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just...

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

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibit panel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Exhibit panel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 8x5 1/2 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursday, May 5, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursd...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Gabriel, 123 4  Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie, 7 yrs. old. I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. "We got stuck". Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, "Wid de tips." The younger ones were very voluble about tips."I allus axes em fer nickels," Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, "got stuck bad." For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., ...

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

Industrial School boys in a beet field.

Industrial School boys in a beet field.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Industrial School boys in beet field, Kearney, Nebraska.

Industrial School boys in beet field, Kearney, Nebraska.

summary: Subject: The beet fields of the reform school, called the State Industrial School, which was located in Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see Item numbers 747, 749, 750, and 751.

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

Cauliflower field, State Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska

summary: "The long and short of it" Butcher says " Reform boys." For additional photos, see Item numbers 747, 748, 749, and 751. original size: 6x8

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3666. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

summary: Subject: The beet fields at the reform school, called the State Industrial School, in Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see RG2806 Item Numbers748, 749,750, and 751.

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

Nebraska Farmers - "Boys in Beetfield"

summary: Subject: The beet fields at the reform school, called the State Industrial School, in Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see RG2806 Item Numbers748, 749,750, and 751. original size: 8x6

Meyer Slein (12 years old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just returned from Industrial School (Reform School). Another brother is in the School. Show effects of street life and are Juvenile Court Boys. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Meyer Slein (12 years old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1425-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Sts. The smallest ones were Sam Kipnis, 412 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. David Stierman, 701 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Is a truant on probation. Very defiant). Abram Furr, 1004 4 12 St., S.W., Washington, D.C., has a badge. The smallest of these were 11 years old. I saw some smaller but couldn't get the photo. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2929. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

To the inhabitants of the City of New York. Fellow-Citizens. At a very large and respectable meeting held at the City Hotel on the 19th of December last, a society was formed for the "Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents" ... We beg leave to soli
Sam Maddox, 132 N St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Western Union No. 227, one of the young boys pretty close to the age limit. Was born Oct. 3, 1898, which makes him 13 yrs. old. Has permit to work from Juvenile Court. Has been troublesome in school. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Sam Maddox, 132 N St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Western Union No. 227, o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2919. Date not recorded on caption card; probably April 1912 based on captions for photos with neighborin... More

Students at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students at the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Sts. The smallest ones were Sam Kipnis, 412 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. David Stierman, 701 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Is a truant on probation. Very defiant). Abram Furr, 1004 4 12 St., S.W., Washington, D.C., has a badge. The smallest of these were 11 years old. I saw some smaller but couldn't get the photo. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Sunday Morning, Group of gum vendors and news-boys, Pennsylvania Avenu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2929. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Boys in sweet potato field.

Boys in sweet potato field.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

summary: Note the students at the right pushing lawn mowers. original size: 6x8

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all night. Two of his brothers are in the Industrial School (Reform School).  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late ni...

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

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Students of the Industrial School, Kearney, Nebraska.

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Large group of peoplealong with Industrial School students outside the school building at Kearney, Nebraska.

Large group of peoplealong with Industrial School students outside the...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Gabriel (13 yrs old), 123 4 Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie (7 yrs. old). I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. "We got stuck." Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, "Wid de tips." The younger ones were very voluble about tips."I allus axes em fer nickels," Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, "got stuck bad." For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Louis Gabriel (13 yrs old), 123 4 Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. and b...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2920. Date not recorded on caption card; probably April 1912 based on captions for photos with neighborin... More

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all night. Two of his brothers are in the Reform School. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1411. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursday, May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1359. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Students of the Industrial School, , Kearney, Nebraska.

Students of the Industrial School, , Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeff Miller. A young delivery boy for Magnolia Pharmacy. This is especially bad for him as he has recently returned from the Seabrook Reform School where he had spent a year. He would not tell me why he was sent there. Location: Houston, Texas

Jeff Miller. A young delivery boy for Magnolia Pharmacy. This is espec...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3583. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... 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 think 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3667. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

summary: Note the students at the right pushing lawn mowers. original size: 6x8

The Slein boys. Meyer Slein (12 yrs. old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just returned from Industrial School (Reform School). Another brother is in the School. Show effects of street life and are Juvenile Court boys. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

The Slein boys. Meyer Slein (12 yrs. old) his brother Abe (10 years ol...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1426-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all night. Two of his brothers are in the Industrial School (Reform School). Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late ni...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1410. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

To the inhabitants of the City of New York. Fellow-Citizens. At a very large and respectable meeting held at the City Hotel on the 19th of December last, a society was formed for the "Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents" ... We beg leave to soli