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Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives here. Says picking makes her hands sore. (Not[e] the condition of her shoes. One worker told me, "The acid in the shrimp eats the shoes off your feet.") She says she earns a dollar a day when shrimp are big. Goes to school, but not when factory is busy.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster...

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Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives here. Says picking makes her hands sore. (Note the condition of her shoes. One worker told me, "The acid in the shrimp eats the shoes off your feet.") She says she earns a dollar a day when shrimp are big. Goes to school, but not when factory is busy. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2044. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More