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Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, carrying a child on her back and a tray in her left hand, as pilgrims pass Okitsu, the 18th station on the Tōkaidō Road in the background. Title and other descriptive in... More

9 year old girl carrying garments down Blackstone Street, Boston, Massachusetts., to a Hanover Street home. She finishes 8 pairs of trousers a day and gets 8 cents a piece.  Location: Boston, Massachusettsachusetts.

9 year old girl carrying garments down Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A mother carrying flowers home to be made. 210 Sullivan St., N.Y. (see 2851). Location: New York, New York (State)

A mother carrying flowers home to be made. 210 Sullivan St., N.Y. (see...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2850. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Carrying home the tags. A heavy load and long distance. Highland Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Location: Roxbury, Massachusettsachusetts

Carrying home the tags. A heavy load and long distance. Highland Stree...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2973-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3839. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bundle carrier.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Bundle carrier. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

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

5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-pound load of garter buttons for home-work. Trying not to be late for school. (See also Report.) Location: Worcester, Massachusetts

5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-po...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3144. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Team-work. Carrying flowers home. Thompson St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Team-work. Carrying flowers home. Thompson St., N.Y. Location: New Yor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2865. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Man loaded down with heavy bundle of vests that he had been carrying for many blocks, stopping to rest, occasionally, when he would drop the bundle down onto whatever boxes or railings were available, (even tho[ugh] they were dirty).  Location: [New York, New York (State)].

Man loaded down with heavy bundle of vests that he had been carrying f...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delivering motion picture reels to White House

Delivering motion picture reels to White House

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Caption from caption list: During the Presidents convalescence local th... More

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith, five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, boy, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3551. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Philip Descon i.e., Deacon?, 34 Charter Street, about 10 years old. Didn't know age (nor name very well). Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Philip Descon i.e., Deacon?, 34 Charter Street, about 10 years old. Di...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2971-A. Caption card text is blurred. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... More

The Navy put 'em across The service for travel and training, ages 17 to 35 / / H. Reuterdahl U.S.N. '18.

The Navy put 'em across The service for travel and training, ages 17 t...

Poster showing a sailor wading as he carries a soldier on his shoulder. Apply Navy Recruiting Station [blank].

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a man carrying a large box on his back on a cloud in a mountainous area with large body of water and Mount Fuji in the background; Yui is the 17th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descri... More

Bundle carrier. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Bundle carrier. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1456. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Carrie Maderyos ready to pick. Said 12 years old - 2nd year picking. Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Carrie Maderyos ready to pick. Said 12 years old - 2nd year picking. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

They carry home the tags in all kinds of carts, baby carriages and in their arms. Often heavy loads and long distances. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

They carry home the tags in all kinds of carts, baby carriages and in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2962-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Tiny girl with big bag she is carrying home, Spruce St., Providence, R.I. Location: Providence, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Tiny girl with big bag she is car...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3202. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

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

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

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

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2965-A. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-55656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N. Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N. Y. Location: New York, New York...

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

Woman carrying flowers home. W. Broadway, N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman carrying flowers home. W. Broadway, N.Y. Location: New York, Ne...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the "bushel-man." Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown.  Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long di...

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

Carrying water from mountain spring, Jamaica

Carrying water from mountain spring, Jamaica

D13641 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

A bundle of home-work. Lafayette St., below Astor Pl., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

A bundle of home-work. Lafayette St., below Astor Pl., N.Y. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2839. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Carrying underwear back to the factory through squalid surroundings. East Side near Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Carrying underwear back to the factory through squalid surroundings. E...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2869. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fash...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Horses with loads of wood on their backs, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Horses with loads of wood on their backs, Lachung, Sikkim]

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2861. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2857. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the "bushel-man." Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long di...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1137. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Girls working on ice wagon. Location: New York, New York (State)

Girls working on ice wagon. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3129. Original caption (crossed out by P&P staff member): "Embroidering chiffon waists in croweded be... More

Woman carrying heavy bundle of clothing to be finished at home. Near Astor Place, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman carrying heavy bundle of clothing to be finished at home. Near A...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2836. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

William Berryman - Maverly works and part of Liguanea Mountains

William Berryman - Maverly works and part of Liguanea Mountains

Drawing shows women on a road carrying bundles (of sugar cane?) on their heads with town and mountains in background. Notations on recto: young canes, banks bare of grass, old leaves and cane junks above. Unpu... More

One way they get the tags home.  Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

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

Samuel Prout - Treves Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Samuel Prout - Treves Saml. Prout ; E.J. Roberts

Print shows a street-level view of the Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany, with several women coming and going, each with a large bundle on her back. Published title: The Porta Nigra, or Roman ruin, at Treves. Stam... More

Girl with heavy load of tags. See report.  Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Girl with heavy load of tags. See report. Location: Roxbury, Massachu...

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

Man straining to carry heavy bundle of clothing. They carry these for long distances, often. East Side, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Man straining to carry heavy bundle of clothing. They carry these for ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2841. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Woman crossing Astor Place with home-work.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman crossing Astor Place with home-work. Location: New York, New Yo...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nine and twelve-year-old children carrying coats home to be finished. Thompson St., N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Nine and twelve-year-old children carrying coats home to be finished. ...

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

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Young delivery boy with heavy bundles. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3839-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Street scenes. Delivery boy. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Lewis W. Hine

Street scenes. Delivery boy. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Lewis W....

In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4719. Hine no. 4721. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

[Street scenes. Delivery boy.]  Location: [Boston, Massachusetts]. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Street scenes. Delivery boy.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts]. / L...

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

Athlit. Various including excavations. Ruins fr[om] the beach. Buttress wall close to the sea

Athlit. Various including excavations. Ruins fr[om] the beach. Buttres...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Tired woman with heavy load of home-work. Lafayette St., near Astor Place. Location: New York, New York (State)

Tired woman with heavy load of home-work. Lafayette St., near Astor Pl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2830. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

A moment's rest. These bundles are often carried long distances. When the man gets tired, he drops the clothing onto a convenient box or railing, disregarding dust or dirt. Makes button holes at home. Washington Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

A moment's rest. These bundles are often carried long distances. When ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2864. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

"Gee up" - Print, Library of Congress collection

"Gee up" - Print, Library of Congress collection

17810 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation ... More

Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y. Location: New Yo...

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

A Heavy Load. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

A Heavy Load. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1644. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Man carrying bundle of garments. Bleeker Street, N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Man carrying bundle of garments. Bleeker Street, N.Y. Location: New Y...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A modern Atlas. The Home-work Burden. Said he made button-holes at home. Washington Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

A modern Atlas. The Home-work Burden. Said he made button-holes at hom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2862. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Carrying home decayed refuse from markets. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Carrying home decayed refuse from markets. Location: Boston, Massachus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 936. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. A ten year old newsie from a good family, carrying a heavy load of newspapers quite a distance. This is a common occurrence and is bad for the little fellows. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. A ten year ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2918. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Philip Descon i.e., Deacon?, 34 Charter Street, about 10 years old. Didn't know age (nor name very well). Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Philip Descon i.e., Deacon?, 34 Charter Street, about 10 years old. Di...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2971-A. Caption card text is blurred. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... More

Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in Pierceville, Massachusetts. Location: Rochester vicinity Eldridge Bog, Massachusettsachusetts

Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2537. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy.  Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Study. Girl carrying dish of berries LBH monogram ; after Miss L.B. Humphrey

Study. Girl carrying dish of berries LBH monogram ; after Miss L.B. Hu...

Print shows a young carrying a dish of berries. R12233 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone with monogram on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication statement, ... More

Peon potter--Mexico - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Peon potter--Mexico - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Mexican man carrying large bundle of pots on his back. Title transcribed from item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Carrying wood home. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Carrying wood home. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 922. Photograph shows Polish-Russian Pharmacy in background. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee ... More

Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y. Location: New Yor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1678. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

James Gibbons and load of tags he is carrying a long distance from the factory on Vale Street to home 988 [?] Center Street. See also other photo of interior. Also Home Work report.  Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

James Gibbons and load of tags he is carrying a long distance from the...

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

Woman crossing Astor Place with home-work. Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman crossing Astor Place with home-work. Location: New York, New Yor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2846. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

The bundles of clothing are often much heavier than they appear. (See her face.) East Side, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

The bundles of clothing are often much heavier than they appear. (See ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2833. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Edward Williams, 328 E Street, South Boston. 14 years old. Messenger for William H. Mitchell & Sons Co. Gets $5 a week.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Edward Williams, 328 E Street, South Boston. 14 years old. Messenger f...

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

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings. Location: New York, New York (State)

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distan...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2872. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

James Danna, 38 ? Charter Street. 7 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

James Danna, 38 ? Charter Street. 7 years old. Location: Boston, Massa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2981-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3550. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2965-A. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-55656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

Arabs siriens. Aveugl portent un paralitique / Dumas Ph.

Arabs siriens. Aveugl portent un paralitique / Dumas Ph.

A blind man carrying a deformed man on his back. No. 2044. On verso: Asia. Syria - Natives. Arabs. Blind man carrying a paralygic.

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C., a ten year old newsie from a good family, carrying a heavy load of newspapers quite a distance. This is a common occurrence and is bad for the little fellows.  Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C., a ten year...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y...

Public domain photograph of vendors, market, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the safari, Stellenbosch South Africa

On the safari, Stellenbosch South Africa

Photograph showing African people carrying supplies and equipment atop their heads for Theodore Roosevelt during his African safari. J234322 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, N. Y..

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. across B'[road]way, New York.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. ...

An old black and white photo of a man walking down the street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carrying tags. A little tot with a heavy load. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

Carrying tags. A little tot with a heavy load. Location: Roxbury, Mass...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2967-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Louis A. Caulfield, 37 Belfort Street, Dorchester. Delivering a heavy type-writer about half a mile. Works for Model Typewriter Inspection Co. Says he is sixteen years old and gets $6 a week. Taken on Boston Common. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Louis A. Caulfield, 37 Belfort Street, Dorchester. Delivering a heavy ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4641. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Jamaican agricultural laborers making victory sign at a Farm Security Administration camp

Jamaican agricultural laborers making victory sign at a Farm Security ...

U.S. Office of War Information negative no. 28696. Forms part of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Woman and girl carrying finished couset covers made on Macdougal St.--to factory--171 Wooster Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Woman and girl carrying finished couset covers made on Macdougal St.--...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2849. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... 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

One way they get the tags home.  Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.

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

Odawara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Odawara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a woman standing next to a large trunk, possibly pondering an offer made by the other traveler or porter who is sitting next to the trunk, holding a small box in raised left hand; lar... More

Oharame, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Oharame, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows an oharame from Ohara carrying bundles of reeds on her head and leading an ox laden with bundles of reeds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Bundle boy. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Bundle boy. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1469. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Man loaded down with heavy bundle of vests that he had been carrying for many blocks, stopping to rest, occasionally, when he would drop the bundle down onto whatever boxes or railings were available, (even though they were dirty). Location: New York, New York (State)

Man loaded down with heavy bundle of vests that he had been carrying f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2831. No date or location recorded on caption card; based on surrounding cards. Credit line: National... More

Nine and twelve-year-old children carrying coats home to be finished. Thompson St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Nine and twelve-year-old children carrying coats home to be finished. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2859. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. across B'roadway, New York. Location: New York, New York (State)

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2874. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Girls working on ice wagon. Location: New York, New York (State)

Girls working on ice wagon. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3129. Original caption (crossed out by P&P staff member): "Embroidering chiffon waists in croweded be... More

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Boy carrying hats. Bleeker Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2857. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. A ten year old newsie from a good family, carrying a heavy load of newspapers quite a distance. This is a common occurrence and is bad for the little fellows. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. A ten year ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2918. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

James Danna, 38 ? Charter Street. 7 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

James Danna, 38 ? Charter Street. 7 years old. Location: Boston, Massa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2981-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. across B'roadway, New York. Location: New York, New York (State)

Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2874. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Merilda. Carrying cranberries. Witness, Richard K. Conant.  Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Merilda. Carrying cranberries. Witness, Richard K. Conant. Location: ...

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

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith, five years, (see preceding photo) picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, boy, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy.  Location: Bells, Texas.

All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and ...

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

Polished Off. "Golly--he's licked!"

Polished Off. "Golly--he's licked!"

Print shows several African American men carrying along a sidewalk a boxer who has received many injuries during a boxing match; a small crowd follows them T28759 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based ... More

Edward S. Curtis - A heavy load

Edward S. Curtis - A heavy load

Dakota woman carrying firewood on her back in snow. H112938 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2485-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian /... More

Bringing Home the Wood.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Bringing Home the Wood. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman. Lafayette St., below Astor Pl., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman. Lafayette St., belo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2842. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters home, a long distance and she had to run to get home in time for school. Up hill and tiring work, resting frequently. (See also Report.) Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3146. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Carrying the flowers back to the factory. Bleeker St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Carrying the flowers back to the factory. Bleeker St., N.Y. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2853. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

James Gibbons and load of tags he is carrying a long distance from the factory on Vale Street to home 988 ? Center Street. See also other photo of interior. Also Home Work report. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

James Gibbons and load of tags he is carrying a long distance from the...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2961-B. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

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