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Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder--Been in mill 1 year--runs 4 sides. Little sister-- Tince--Mother said, "She helps." Bystander said she works regularly and that plenty of other little ones do. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder--Been in mill 1 year--runs 4 side...

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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in the morning. One boy said, "Lots are working under fourteen. I went in under twelve." Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia)...

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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in the morning. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia)...

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Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. The Supt. said, "We relieve all children under sixteen for two hours a day except the doffers, who get plenty of time off. They go out and play." Then turning to the children he said, "Now play." They eyed him blankly, "Play wot?" "Oh, play anything." Before they could do it, however, he had to pose them himself (see photo 2106) which was especially posed for the occasion. In this photo, note the disparity between the (alleged) ages of the younger ones who said that they were 12 and 13, and the older ones, who said 15 years old. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yar...

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Collecting pitchers is hobby of Virginian. Arlington, Virginia, July 2. Twenty five years ago Mrs. William B. King of Arlington Virginia, started her hobby of collecting pitchers. Now she has over 300 and only two duplicates in the collections. She has pitchers from almost every state in the Union as many from foreign countries. England has contributed a fine Toby, a pitcher in the shape of a cow and another which is a souvenier of Oxford. Included in her collection are also ones from Italy, Germany, France, Holland, Africa, Belgium, Mexico, and Bermuda. Her hobby seems much more interesting when you consider that all her pitchers are used on different occasions instead of being used for decoration only, 7/2/37

Collecting pitchers is hobby of Virginian. Arlington, Virginia, July 2...

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Sorting bin in hybrid seed corn plant. Reinbeck, Iowa. These ears are carefully inspected, and damaged ones are discarded

Sorting bin in hybrid seed corn plant. Reinbeck, Iowa. These ears are ...

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Mrs. George Hutton feeding her chickens. Pie Town, New Mexico. Practically every farmer raises chickens both for home consumption and the market. When eggs are bringing poor price, Mrs. Hutton preserves hers for home consumption and then when the price goes up, she sells all eggs her chickens lay using the preserved ones at home

Mrs. George Hutton feeding her chickens. Pie Town, New Mexico. Practic...

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Spirits of loved ones - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

Spirits of loved ones - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Memory table for dear departed ones

Memory table for dear departed ones

Open book with blank area for family names, vignettes with text, possibly for photos, and tomb of the patriarchs. 7439E U.S. Copyright Office. Title also in Hebrew and German.

A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Virginia All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently from 11 to 14 years old. Many of the smallest ones would not be photographed. Photo at 6:30 A.M. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the Americ...

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These little ones, and many others, work in the Peerless Oyster Co. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

These little ones, and many others, work in the Peerless Oyster Co. L...

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The Dickerson Family, Dependent Parents. Father (not in photo) works in a machine shop. All except mother and two babes work in the cotton mill, Winona. Mother said, "Father earns good pay. The children all together earn twelve to fourteen dollars a week. Been here two years. Came from the farm, but we couldn't get the children back onto the farm now. They like the mill work." Home was bare and poorly kept. Queries:- Where does the money go? Where is the need for the little ones working?. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

The Dickerson Family, Dependent Parents. Father (not in photo) works i...

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Capps family at Columbia vaudeville. Baby of 21 months (been on stage for 6 months). Girl of 5 years (been on stage for 2 years). Boy of 7 years (been on stage for 1 year). Girl of 8 years (been on stage for 5 years). Boy of 12 years (been on stage for 8 years). Boy of 14 years (been on stage for 9 years). Oldest boy is acrobat, contortionist, etc. All do singing and dancing acts except baby, who appears in final scene as Charlie Chaplin. They appear 3 or 4 times a day--sometimes 7 days in the week, usually coming last on program (as a feature), which means they do not leave dressing room until nearly 11 p.m. Then, in addition, the life in cheap hotels and on the road "making new towns" is very unsettling. It was very touching to see the little ones curled up back of the scenes waiting for their act and getting 40 winks or the mother nursing the baby just before it was poked out onto the stage to do his little "turn." In spite of their stage life, their manners are good. They are quiet, well-appearing children, and the parents are kind and sympathetic. The father acts as nursemaid to the baby, and the mother dresses and changes the others and appears herself. She said: "They're never sick. It's the healthiest kind of life." The 8-year-old girl said: "I don't like it--the men in some places are so rough." There was some familiarity shown to them, but not much. Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan / Lewis W. Hine.

Capps family at Columbia vaudeville. Baby of 21 months (been on stage ...

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"The Fellow Got Drunk and Got in to Nurse with the Little Ones"

"The Fellow Got Drunk and Got in to Nurse with the Little Ones"

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Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of the press conferences at the Capitol these days are the ones held by Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Pittman can be seen at the head of the table

Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of t...

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These boys and few more (not many) smaller ones work in Lorraine Mfg. Co., Westerly, R.I. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island.

These boys and few more (not many) smaller ones work in Lorraine Mfg. ...

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Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory. I could not induce the very smallest ones to get into the photos. See other photos taken at noon and in the morning. One boy said, "Lots are working under fourteen. I went in under twelve." Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young girls who roll cigarettes in the Danville (Virginia)...

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In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Other small ones are: John Sousa, 84 Boutwell St., Anthony Valentin, 203 Pitman St. Manuel Perry, 124 Everett St. John Travaresm [or Taveresm?], 90 Cash St. The difficulty they had in writing their names was pathetic. When I asked the second hand in charge of the room to let the boys go outside a moment and let me get a snap-shot he objected, saying they would stay out and not be in shape to work. When they carry dinners, they breathe the close air of the spinning room from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. with no let-up. Cornell Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cor...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Jar-shaped cooling towers and smokestacks at a chemical plant along the Ohio River, near Belmont in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The cooling towers are often mistaken for similarly shaped ones used a nuclear reactors

Jar-shaped cooling towers and smokestacks at a chemical plant along th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are the names of some:- Lahule Julian, Walter Walker, Herman Rotte, Arsone Lussier, Addones Oduet, Arthur Oduet, Alder Campbell, Eddie Marcotte, John Lavigne, Jo Bowdeon, Phil Lecryer, Joseph Granger. A small mill. Location: Burlington, Vermont

All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burling...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 730. The words "and more" are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see report of L.W. Hine, April 1912). Following are names of youngest: Little Audrey Shrier (8 yrs. old), Arthur Goldbert (4 yrs. old), Frank Goldberg (6 yrs. old), Jeannette Goldberg (10 yrs.old), 463 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington D.C., Marion Skinner (4yrs. old), Gertrude Skinner (12 yrs. old), 910 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington D.C. Ann Suter (7 yrs.), 27 H St., N.W. Grace George (9 yrs. old), 425--7th, S.W. Rose Friedberg (12 yrs. old), 129 Heckman St., S[?] W. Devid Zeregen (13 years old), 1215 E St., N.W. Portland Ratcliffe, (15 yrs. old), 66 I St., N.W. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The...

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7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change ...

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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...

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O'er graves of the loved ones Poetry and music by John P. Ordway, M.D. ; to Louis P. Goussaud, Esq. / / Baker del ; John H. Bufford's Lith. 34 Chauncey St. Boston.

O'er graves of the loved ones Poetry and music by John P. Ordway, M.D....

Print showing title page illustration with a woman, man, and children decorating a tombstone with flowers. Inscription: Oliver Ditson & Co. Proprietors, 16 July 1867, vol. 42 p. 747.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. One of the little ones at work there. See photos 500 to 509. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. One of the little ones at work ...

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Mrs. Chas. Hopkins in "The Clever Ones"

Mrs. Chas. Hopkins in "The Clever Ones"

Photograph shows Mrs. Charles Hopkins (1886-1960), an English actress whose maiden name was Violet Vivian. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Some of the young boys who are rollers and bunch-breakers in Danville Cigarette Factory. The very smallest ones avoided the camera. One of them asked me if the camera told their ages. Location: Danville, Virginia

Some of the young boys who are rollers and bunch-breakers in Danville ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2196-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Conrad Helmut's two girls, 6 and 8 yrs. old, pulling beets, near Sterling, Colo. The ground was hard and the little ones tugged away at the beets steadily. There are three smaller children left alone in the shack at the far end of the field. Father said he will clear about $200 this season, -two parents and these two children. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine. Oct. 21/15.

Conrad Helmut's two girls, 6 and 8 yrs. old, pulling beets, near Sterl...

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Silhousette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along the Ohio River in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The cooling towers are often mistaken for similarly shaped ones used a nuclear power plants

Silhousette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Interior of Magnolia (Miss) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little...

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A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found working in the spinning room of one of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. mills at Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at 1:00 p.m., May 21, 1909, in hallway of spinning room. Many others there and in the other mills. Smallest boy (on left hand) is Geroge Brown, No. 1 Corporation. Corner of Granite and Bedford Sts. Next is, Eugene Lamy, 16 Marion St. Girls: Melvina Proulx, 145 Cartier St. Laura Oclair, 145 Cartier St. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked: I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Douglas Robinson, inspected the new training being given the Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md on Friday August 7th. Under the new regulations each midshipmen must take a course in aviation and learn to pilot a plane. The [...] Year Men now at the Academy are the first ones to recieve training. This picture shows Mr. Robinson (center) ready [...]ake a flight with Midshipman C.O. Larson, right. Admiral N[...] Superintendent of the Academy

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Douglas Robinson, inspected t...

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Incidental features of engineering and other projects are designed with great care for their functional and aesthetic adequacy. The gantry crane shown here is typical of many more or less similar ones on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) properties

Incidental features of engineering and other projects are designed wit...

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Pettengill bill will affect waterfront labor senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 17. F.S. Davis, of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee that passage of the Pettengill Bill permitting railroads to charge lower rate for long hauls than for short ones would have a "devastating effect" upon waterfront labor, 3/17/38

Pettengill bill will affect waterfront labor senate committee told. Wa...

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Conservation of durable goods. And if you must use your car, don't neglect the tires, keep them properly inflated and have them checked frequently. Treat them gently when parking and stopping and don't let them stand in oily or greasy places. It will be some time before you can buy new ones, so make them last as long as you possibly

Conservation of durable goods. And if you must use your car, don't neg...

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War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials. More than 400,000 suggestions to speed war production have been submitted to suggestion committees in war plants, and the outstanding ones tested and sent through more than 2,000 War Production Drive labor-management committees to the above Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. All ideas recognized by awards are made available to all American war plants and interested United Nations through the system of plow-back into industry as a further benefit to war production. The Board for Individual Awards, composed of engineers and technical experts who contribute their time to evaluating production ideas, is shown at a Washington session. Left to right: Charles B. Francis, Carnegie, Illinois Steel Corporation; Dr. J.L. Bray, Purdue University; Paul H. Stanley, Pitcairn Auto-Gyro Company; L.A. Poole of War Production Drive's Awards Field Operations Branch; Whiting Williams of Cleveland, Ohio; James B. Gent, United Steel Workers (USW) and William P. Hill, Bethlehem Steel

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hou...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don, an aircraft worker at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation, is plenty worried about the state of his tires. Continuous company publicity has convinced him that new ones will not come his way for a long, long time. Don lives about ten miles from the plant, which is the average distance Vega employees must travel to work. There are no public transportation facilities near his house

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don, an aircraft worker at Lockheed Vega...

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Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

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Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Political Guide" and riding on a camel being led by Puck through the "City of Silence", past several silent sphinxes labeled "Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, ... More

New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the American Motor Torpedo Boats to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview showing for the press today. The 'Mosquito Boat' and eight other ones will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, where they will undergo service tests under various sea conditions to determine their capabilities and limitations. This is the same type of boat that the government is in the process of releasing to the British Navy. Chairman David L. Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee expressed indignation over the Navy's action in this respect in view of the fact that this government is trying to build up its own sea power

New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The P...

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Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be photo'd. (See label 1839.) Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be phot...

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Some of the youngsters on day shift (next week on night shift) at Old Dominion Glass Co., Alexandria, Virginia I counted 7 white boys and several colored boys that seemed to be under 14 years old. The youngest ones would not give names, but the following are a few: Frank Ellmore, 913 Gibbon St., apparently ten or eleven. Been there three months. Dannie Powell, 307 Columbus St. Henry O'Donnell, 1925[?] Duke St. Leslie Mason, 912 Wilke St. See also photos and labels 2260 to 2271 and report. Location: Alexandria, Virginia.

Some of the youngsters on day shift (next week on night shift) at Old ...

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Some of the workers in the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C., but I could not get the smallest ones into the picture. Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some of the workers in the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C., but ...

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All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P.M. The youngest ones shuck before and after school. Two youngest are Lillie and Sadie Bilski, 8 and 6 years old. They shuck regularly. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P....

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New uniform for U.S. Treasury guards. Washington, D.C., Aug. 26. Neat but not gaudy is the scheme of the new uniform of the U.S. Treasury guards. Blue shirt, blue uniform trousers with Sam Browne belt replaces the odd trousers and shirts of many colors formerly worn by the guards while on duty. A neat cap, patterned after the ones worn by the New York Coppers, tops off the new outfit. Furnishing the men with new standard uniforms is the first step taken by the U.S. Secret Service since they were given supervision of the guards. Harold nelson, a Treasury Guard for three years, is displaying the uniform in this picture, 8/26/37

New uniform for U.S. Treasury guards. Washington, D.C., Aug. 26. Neat ...

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Schenectady County, New York. This elderly couple are the only ones left on the farm to gather the hay

Schenectady County, New York. This elderly couple are the only ones le...

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"Ring around the rosy." Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. The Supt. said, "We relieve all children under sixteen for two hours a day except the doffers. They go out and play." Then turning to the children he said, "Now play." They eyed him blankly, "Play wot?" "Oh, play anything." Before they could do it, however, he had to pose them himself (see photo 2106) which was especially posed for the occasion. In this photo, note the disparity between the (alleged) ages of the younger ones who said that they were 12 and thirteen, and the older ones, who said fifteen years old. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

"Ring around the rosy." Supt. and overseers with the "Relief Crowd," i...

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When the dear ones gather at home

When the dear ones gather at home

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

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This shows the number of small children on the day shift (50 employees in all) Whitnel, (N.C.) Cotton Mfg. Co. Nearly as many small ones on night shift. This is a new up-to-date mill. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

This shows the number of small children on the day shift (50 employees...

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Many young girls work in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory, but the youngest ones were shy of the camera. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Many young girls work in the Danville (Virginia) Cigarette Factory, bu...

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The next few days were ones of comparative quiet

The next few days were ones of comparative quiet

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Caloocan and its Trenches" by Frederick Funston, Scribner's, 50:66 (July 1911).

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

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Group of messengers, mostly Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., on Tremont Street at 3:15 p.m. Some of the sweller [i.e., smaller?] ones are: Timothy Sexton,325 Columbia Street, Cambridge. Harry S. Friedman, 93 Brighton Street, Boston. Joseph Selva, 6 Fourth Street, East Cambridge. George O. Mara, 10 Leyland Street. Smallest one is: Soll Hamber, 71 Madison Avenue, Everett. He is Messenger #18 for Special Delivery Messenger Co., 3 Somerset Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of messengers, mostly Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., on...

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Jar-shaped cooling towers and smokestacks at a chemical plant along the Ohio River, near Belmont in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The cooling towers are often mistaken for similarly shaped ones used a nuclear reactors

Jar-shaped cooling towers and smokestacks at a chemical plant along th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Silhouette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along the Ohio River, near Belmont in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The cooling towers are often mistaken for similarly shaped ones used a nuclear power plants

Silhouette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Hamilton Family, sardine works, Eastport. Father earns $15 to $25 a week irregularly during the work season for three months. Said that 20 years ago he made $5 a day as a boy, cutting. The mother is a packer makes $10 a week and upward, during the active season. Another boy, not in the photo, works also. In the front row are George Hamilton, 11 years old, who cuts regularly--made a dollar in three hours the day before; Byron, with a badly cut finger, earns 25 cents a day; little Erna 8 years old works at cartoning. The father is dissatisfied with the irregular income, but cannot see the connection between his early boyhood work and his present stagnation. He is putting his little ones through the same process. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Hamilton Family, sardine works, Eastport. Father earns $15 to $25 a we...

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Interior of Magnolia (Miss) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little...

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7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change ...

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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...

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Memory table for dear departed ones

Memory table for dear departed ones

Open book with blank area for family names, vignettes with text, possibly for photos, and tomb of the patriarchs. 7439E U.S. Copyright Office. Title also in Hebrew and German.

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Myriads of these little ones carry dinners to the mill workers. The Supt. of Schools and teachers in Danville said that many children toted dinners and did nothing else not even attending school. Location: Danville, Virginia.

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virgini...

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A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Virginia All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently from 11 to 14 years old. Many of the smallest ones would not be photographed. Photo at 6:30 A.M. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the Americ...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Many of the smallest ones said, "Working in these mills." Especially #1 Raymond Bradshaw, 88 Engerira St. Works in Manomet Mill; lives with grandmother, works in #2 Card Department. Said, "I'm goin' on 14, will be 15 next September." He appears to be [i.e., have] tubercular tendencies and his sister much more so. Fred Arnold, 478 N. Front St., (smallest boy in #6 Mill). Lives with step-father in comfortable circumstances. Been working in weave room in Nashawena Mill, 1 year. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Many of the smallest ones said, "Working in these mills." Especially #...

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A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes ar...

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Big three of congressional tax hearing. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. The income tax payers are not the only ones having headaches these days for the Senators and Treasury experts who are handling the congressional tax investigation are having theirs too. Here we see in a huddle, left to right: Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Co-Chairman of the Joint Congressional Tax Committee; Lovel H. Parker, Treasury Income Tax expert who assisted the Committee in the investigation; and Senator John G. Townsend of Delaware, Republican member o the Committee, 8/18/37

Big three of congressional tax hearing. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. The...

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Responsible for Uncle Sam's stamp collection. Washington, D.C., March 16. As Head of the State Exhibition Room of the U.S. Post Office Department, Miss Alice Caruthers is responsible for over half-million dollars of stamps on display for the public. Stamps of every denomination from the first issue to the most recent ones are on exhibition every day. Miss Caruthers is from Kentucky, 3/16/38

Responsible for Uncle Sam's stamp collection. Washington, D.C., March ...

A black and white photo of a woman opening a door. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Myriads of these little ones carry dinners to the mill workers. The Supt. of Schools and teachers in Danville said that many children toted dinners and did nothing else not even attending school. Location: Danville, Virginia.

A couple of dinner-toters at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virgini...

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Group of boys at noon, in the American Locomotive Works district. Smaller ones going to school. Some work in the factory. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Group of boys at noon, in the American Locomotive Works district. Smal...

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Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be photo'd. (See label 1839.) Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Group of workers in Indian Head Mills. Youngest ones would not be phot...

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All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of Petersburg, Virginia I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently from 11 to 14 years old. Many of the smallest ones would not be photographed. Photo at 6:30 A.M. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of ...

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Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

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Live or dead. This is the question which Turkish chicken peddlers ask of their customers, for they have either kind to be disposed of The dressed fowls hang at the back of the peddler and the live ones in front of him.

Live or dead. This is the question which Turkish chicken peddlers ask ...

Filed in: Turkey Markets. No. RC-2694. On mount: Turkey. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Passenger pigeon eggs at $300 a piece. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Since the last passenger pigeon in existence died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, the eggs from the now extinct birds have become so scarce that G. Ellis Miller, of this city, is asking $300 a piece for the three perfect ones in his possession--with no takers. The eggs were left to Miller by his Grandfather from a collection made 75 years ago--when the birds flew in flocks that darkened the sun and broke branches off trees when they roosted en masse. Marjorie Beall, biology student at George Washington University, is shown studying the eggs which are kept in a display with carved birds and other eggs, 12/1/37

Passenger pigeon eggs at $300 a piece. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Since...

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Superior chickens set. After removal from the incubator the eggs are put through the candling test by Mr. Haynes. Those infertile are given to charity while the fertile ones follow through the scientific routine with an additional ten days in the incubator, 1/19/38

Superior chickens set. After removal from the incubator the eggs are p...

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WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the peril of shipwreck at sea, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps undergo an intensive training course at Daytona Beach, Florida. They learn to become proficient swimmers, but more than that, to rescue less fortunate ones and to employ emergency methods when they lack or lose life boats. These WAACS swim across the pool, using their inflated barracks bags as giant water wings

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the per...

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Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the true ones ordered by the Honorable the Continental Congress, bearing date 20th May, 1777, and 11th April, 1778.

Description of counterfeit bills, which were done in imitation of the ...

Imprint from Evans, which dates as January 2, 1779. Evans 16562 Journals of the Continental Congress, 237 LC copy signed in ms. by John Gibson, auditor general for the Board of Treasury, and annotated at bottom... More

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law; next [to] him is father who works on the river; next is Manuel (appears to be 12 years old) wearing sweater and has arms folded, he has been a cleaner in the Holmes Cotton Mill for two years. John, Manuel's brother (next to him in photo) works in City Cotton Mill. Next is sister. At left of end is cousin. Small fry sprinkled around. All are very illiterate. John and Manuel are the only ones who can speak English and they only a little. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Manuel Sousa and family, 306-2[nd] St., On right end is brother-in-law...

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Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling...

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Some of the youngsters on day shift (next week on night shift) at Old Dominion Glass Co., Alexandria, Virginia I counted 7 white boys and several colored boys that seemed to be under 14 years old. The youngest ones would not give names, but the following are a few: Frank Ellmore, 913 Gibbon St., apparently ten or eleven. Been there three months. Dannie Powell, 307 Columbus St., Henry O'Donnell, 1923 Duke St. Leslie Mason, 912 Wilke St. Location: Alexandria, Virginia.

Some of the youngsters on day shift (next week on night shift) at Old ...

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Wife, little ones, and home - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

Wife, little ones, and home - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave at any time." The boss said 18 of his Syrian workers were housed in this small shack - others in similar and smaller ones. He said, "these people work in the factories the rest of the year and give up their jobs for a time to come down here and get a holiday. I go every year and get them." Location: East Wareham [vicinity] - Maple Park Bog, Massachusetts.

"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave ...

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Some of the young boys who are rollers and bunch-breakers in Danville Cigarette Factory. The very smallest ones avoided the camera. One of them asked me if the camera told their ages. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Some of the young boys who are rollers and bunch-breakers in Danville ...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

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Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest ones not in photo. Among youngest here are: Coleman Miller, has been working one year, cannot write name, said twelve years old but doesn't appear to be. Zamie Scott, one year working. Guy Sanders, and Luceon Kendreck. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi

Part of the force at Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Smallest o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2144. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them going in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked: I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--7 months term. Miss Lela Ginsinger, Principal (been here 2 years). Photo shows only 6 children present and 2 teachers in the third week of school. Expect 24 pupils. All absences are due to cotton. A few of the larger ones will be out in the Spring for cotton. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report. Location: Potawotamie County, Oklahoma.

Pioneer School #13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd--...

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Saint Lunaire. Hurdling is part of the drill of "Les Petits Soldats" at St. Lunaire. These are the older ones in a colony of about 500 refugee boys from Nancy now established under the care of their French teachers at St. Lunaire. The AMERICAN RED CROSS has undertaken the medical care of these children and sends doctors and nurses to them as well as food and clothing. The father of every one of "Les Petits Soldats" has been killed in the war and they wish to prepare for military service

Saint Lunaire. Hurdling is part of the drill of "Les Petits Soldats" a...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Guerin. Group title: Children's Work. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and ... More

Saint Lunaire. After their rather severe drill on the beach "Les Petits Soldats" make a rush en masse into the sea for a swim. These are the older ones in a colony of about 500 refugee boys from Nancy now established under the care of their French teachers at St. Lunaire. The AMERICAN RED CROSS has undertaken the medical care of these children and sends doctors and nurses to them as well as food and clothing. The father of every one of "Les Petits Soldats" has been killed in the war and they wish to prepare for military service

Saint Lunaire. After their rather severe drill on the beach "Les Petit...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Guerin. Group title: Children's Work. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and ... More

New gates erected at White House to prevent careless and tipsy drivers from crashing through. Washington, D.C., Sept. 10. Mistaking the gates to west entrance of the White House grounds for a roadway, many careless and tipsy motorists have crashed through them to their sorrow. Workmen are now replacing the old ones with new strong ones which will be well lighted. White House guards can now rest in peace during the night, 9/10/37

New gates erected at White House to prevent careless and tipsy drivers...

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Picking potatoes. After the potato digger has passed, the vines are separated from the potatoes. These are then dumped into a sorting screen which separates the seed potatoes from the large ones. Rio Grande County, Colorado

Picking potatoes. After the potato digger has passed, the vines are se...

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Owner of pecan shelling plant with girl who is separating the whole meats from the broken ones. Union plant. San Antonio, Texas

Owner of pecan shelling plant with girl who is separating the whole me...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week) 1 boy said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day) (See Also report). Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Christmas joys march; or, A Bright march for the little ones

Christmas joys march; or, A Bright march for the little ones

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