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Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's work that began about 5:00 A.M. helping her mother in the Biloxi Canning Factory, begun at an early hour, was tired out and refused to be photographed. The mother said, "Oh, She's ugly." Both she and other persons said picking shrimp was very hard on the fingers. See also photo 2021. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

Olga Schubert, 855 Gruenwald St. The little 5 yr. old after a day's wo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2032. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1205. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen, but doubtful. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi

A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2101. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Mrs. Tony Totore or Totoro?, 428 E. 116th St. 2nd floor back, makes from $2.00 to $2.50 a week making lace for a Contracter, Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo, 301 E 114th St, 3rd floor. Mrs. Sohiaffo, in turn, sends her lace to a manufacturer, M. Weber Co., 230 E 52nd St. Husband and two children, 4 and 7 yrs. Old. Mrs. Totoro said, "I rather work for a factory. They pay more." Husband is a cement laborer with irregular work. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Tony Totore or Totoro?, 428 E. 116th St. 2nd floor back, makes fr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2719. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi

Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Locati...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2073. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

4:30 P.M. Mrs. Annie De Maritius, 46 Laight St., front, Nursing a dirty baby while she picks nuts. Was suffering with a sore throat. Rosie, 3 yrs. old hanging around. Conevieve, 6 yrs. old. Tessie, 6 yrs. old picks too. Make $1.50 to $2.00 a week. Husband on railroad works sometimes. Location: New York, New York (State)

4:30 P.M. Mrs. Annie De Maritius, 46 Laight St., front, Nursing a dirt...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2703. State/Location is not recorded on caption card. New York City, based on related cards. Credit l... More

Andrew Stefanik, (on right hand). (see label 2637). Arthur Asslin, (on left) 118 Front St. Been working here one year. May be 14 or 15. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Andrew Stefanik, (on right hand). (see label 2637). Arthur Asslin, (on...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2640. Names are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library o... More

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room in Glenallen Mill. Her brother Francis has a regular job doffing. Said he is 15 but Mr. Hine doubted it. Her sister Anna said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Glenallen Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next to Adrienne in Photo 2396, and in 2396A (taller girl). Photo 2396 shows the entire family of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill. Almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girls adolescent. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no E...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2395. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Thomas Alverriere in front row left hand of picture, 42 Prince Street, appears 12 years old, has done one year of work here. Speaks no English. Alderio (or Alden) Sylvester, (next to Thomas) 210 Moody St. Works in spinning room. Majorique Boncalir i.e., Bonclair (in middle of front row), 42 Prince St., been in the spinning room 3 years. Cannot spell name of the mill. Said she i.e., he was 11 yrs. old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts

Thomas Alverriere in front row left hand of picture, 42 Prince Street,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2592. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C. August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3074. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Ch... More

10:30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old celery vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers ana gum. Has been in this country only a year and a half. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

10:30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old celery vendor Gus Strateges, 2...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2928. No location recorded on caption card; probably Washington, D.C., based on content and captions for ... More

Woman carrying flowers home, W. Houston St., N.Y. A short time ago she told me they were not going to make flowers any more. Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman carrying flowers home, W. Houston St., N.Y. A short time ago she...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2856. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Manuel Soarels, (youngest boy) See #2721 William Lawrence, 28 Clark St. Works in Bennett Mill. Sweeper in spinning room, been there one month. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Manuel Soarels, (youngest boy) See #2721 William Lawrence, 28 Clark St...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2723. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

J.A. Leazer a 19 year old weaver and his family. Highland Park Mill, Rock Hill, S.C., Began working at 9 years. Makes $1.50 a day now and says he probably can't get any more as a weaver. Many of them marry young. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina

J.A. Leazer a 19 year old weaver and his family. Highland Park Mill, R...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2953. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children

Composite photograph of child laborers made from cotton mill children

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3259. No state or location recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Superintendent objected to my taking photographs. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi

Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3708. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is a regular beggar. "P-l-e-a-s-e buy me papers." Location: Beaumont, Texas

Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3683. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller and Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs on to the other boy who saws them on an unguarded circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets a chance. He is exposed, not only to the above dangers, but to the weather, no roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day." (Fifty cents.) Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found around Beaumont that employed boys - likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3674. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. "You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those girls when she was straight. Her mother died and she went bad. Some young girls were there too. I go out to Red Light some with messages and packages, and if I want to, I bust right in and sit down." Hard face. Location: Montgomery, Alabama

Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3795. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Young knitter in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina

Young knitter in the Crescent Hosiery Mill. Location: Scotland Neck, N...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3862. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

One of the young wagon boys. There are a good many of these at certain seasons of the year. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

One of the young wagon boys. There are a good many of these at certain...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3884. Also in LOT 7483, v. 2. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a sign, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and el... More

These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the second grade of the Rockwood Place School, December 1. The age in this grade should be 7 and 8 years. The teacher said the retardation of these pupils was almost entirely due to their absences on account of beet work. Location: Fort Collins, Colorado L.W. Hine

These pupils - one 13 years old, one 12, one 11 and two 10 are in the ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4071. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4002. Hine no. 4003. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before emptied. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of cot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4573. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Drop wire boy, Granite Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Drop wire boy, Granite Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4201. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye defect. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4280. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Spooler tenders - 14 and 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Spooler tenders - 14 and 16 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: A...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4372. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At the plow after school. See report. L.W. Hine. Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Charles Hoffman said he was 13 years old and in the sixth grade. At th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4121. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., 67 Bromfield Street. Said 14 years old. Gets $5 a week wages, and makes $2.50 a week in tips. Taken at 3:15 p.m. on Tremont Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4635. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (near Charleston) the state colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and i...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5119. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 99. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Newsies at work in Newark, N.J. Aug. 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey

Newsies at work in Newark, N.J. Aug. 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Je...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4952. "120, 121" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single card covers 4951-4952. Credit ... More

A typical Spinner Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A typical Spinner Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, So...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 345. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Late at night. Street boys. "Jest hanging around." Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Late at night. Street boys. "Jest hanging around." Location: Boston, M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 881. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1250. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More

Have been selling 2 years. Youngest, Yedda Welled, is 11 years old. Next, Rebecca Cohen, is 12. Next, Rebecca Kirwin, is 14. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

Have been selling 2 years. Youngest, Yedda Welled, is 11 years old. Ne...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 598. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Young spinner in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. Said fourteen years old, but it is doubtful. See exterior photos and age comparisons in 2161 to 2163. Location: Roanoke, Virginia

Young spinner in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. Said fourteen years ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2158. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress,... More

In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. This photo taken in the shadow of the National Capitol where the laws are made. This group of young newsboys sells on the Capitol grounds every day, ages 8 yrs., 9 yrs., 10 yrs., 11 yrs., 12 yrs. The only boy with a badge, was the 8 yr. old, and it didn't belong to him. Names are Tony Passaro, 8 yrs. old, 124 Schottes Alley, N.E.; Joseph Passaro, 11 yrs. old, (has made application for badge); Joseph Mase (9 yrs. old), 122 Schottes Alley. Joseph Tucci, (10 yrs. old) 411 12 5th St., N.E. Jack Giovanazzi, 228 Schottes Alley, 12 yrs. old. Is in ungraded school for incorrigibility in school. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. Thi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2915. No location recorded on caption card; probably Washington, D.C., based on content and captions for ... More

Three years in the Glass House and no chance for promotion yet. Boy in foreground been "carry-in" since he was 14 years old. Wormser's Glass House. Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Three years in the Glass House and no chance for promotion yet. Boy in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 3507. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

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