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Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mill has a high type of operatives. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mi...

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

Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mill has a high type of operatives. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon hour. Having good time with the camera man. This mi...

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

Strike among the coal-miners of Pennsylvania - "Blacklegs," or working operatives, at Mahony City, hooted by the society men and their wives

Strike among the coal-miners of Pennsylvania - "Blacklegs," or working...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 32, no. 808 (1871 Mar. 25), p. 17. Reference copy may be in LOT 4403. Caption card tracings: Mine... More

North Carolina. The steamship "Metropolis," wrecked in a gale off Currituck Beach, on the night of January 31st, with the loss of one hundred railroad operatives, on their way to Brazil

North Carolina. The steamship "Metropolis," wrecked in a gale off Cur...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1878 Feb. 16, p. 413.

A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. Been there "bout 2 years." 50 operatives and there were 10 children that looked to be under 12 years of age. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. B...

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

Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Dec. 6, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Dec. 6, 1908. ...

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

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Before Senate Wire Tapping Committee. Washington, D.C., May 29. When he appeared before the Senate Wire Tapping Committee today, Frank B. Bielaski, Head of a private New York detective agency, got into an argument with Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, over the existence of '10 percent Clubs' in Indiana, which are allegedly composed of contractors who 'kick back' a certain percentage of their state contracts to party campaign committees. Bielaski produced for the Committee a report of one of his operatives to substantiate his charges that the clubs existed

Before Senate Wire Tapping Committee. Washington, D.C., May 29. When h...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operatives, 10 of them small boys and girls like these. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The town of Pullman, Illinois--the homes and wages of the Pullman operatives

The town of Pullman, Illinois--the homes and wages of the Pullman oper...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Carroll D. Wright, John D. Kernan, and Hon. N. E. Worthington; main administration building and Illinois Central Railroad Station; a water closet; rear entrance to flat; interior... More

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollment 163-- attendance, usually about 100. There are over 1,000 operatives in the mill. These are all that go to school from this mill settlement, which is geographically a part of Lancaster, but on account of the taxes has been kept just out of the corporate limits. Nov. 30/08. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollme...

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

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Johnson & Johnson, Ligature Laboratories, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Interior, with operatives

Johnson & Johnson, Ligature Laboratories, New Brunswick, New Jersey. I...

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A factory operative's appeal, to the President of the United States. Respectfully dedicated to all our fellow operatives engaged in the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods throughout the union by William Forster, of Fall River, Mass. [c. 1869

A factory operative's appeal, to the President of the United States. R...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 73, Folder 24b.

The sheomakers' strike in Lynn, Massachusetts. - procession, in the midst of a snow storm, of eight hundred women operatives joining the strike..., preceded by the Lynn City Guards with music, and followed by four thousand workmen

The sheomakers' strike in Lynn, Massachusetts. - procession, in the mi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1860 March 17), p. 242 and 251. Reference copy may be in LOT 4404. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Militia M... More

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. / Photo by [...]

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug.,...

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