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"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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"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 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2551. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More