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Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 year...

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7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illit...

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[3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M. Lena Krueger, 7 years old (in the middle) had shucked 6 pots that day; Annie Kadeska, 9 years old on the right, has shucked 10 pots; and Rosie Zinsoska on the left (did not know her age) had shucked 6 pots.] Location: [Pass Christian, Mississippi] / [L.W. Hine]

[3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christia...

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Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Eleven-year old oyster shucker. Shucks seven pots a day. Varn and Plat...

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Joe Davis, a ten-year old going home from cannery at 5 P.M. He said he had shucked ten pots since 4 A.M. that day. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Joe Davis, a ten-year old going home from cannery at 5 P.M. He said he...

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Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

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Lobster pots ready for placing, Maine

Lobster pots ready for placing, Maine

Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 22510. No copyright renewal. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Maine; Fishing (Industry); Shelf.

3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M. Lena Krueger, 7 years old (in the middle) had shucked 6 pots that day; Annie Kadeska, 9 years old on the right, has shucked 10 pots; and Rosie Zinsoska on the left (did not know her age) had shucked 6 pots. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian...

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Too crowded for comfort - no wonder baby is crying with pots and pan for company The American Red Cross photographer found this unusual combination in the camp for Greeks at Salonica which has been established as a temporary home for those brought from the Caucasus to colonize Thrace. They have been there so long that much sickness and death have visited them.

Too crowded for comfort - no wonder baby is crying with pots and pan f...

Filed in: Greece Children General. No. RC-8693. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day (30 or 35 cents) at a canning company. At left end of photo is Johnnie ---, eight years old, who earns 45 cents a day. Been shucking for three years. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pot...

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.

Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day. She works regularly, a[n]d her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said, "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing!" Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 p...

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Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working. (See photo 2062). The boss said that next year Mary will work steady as the rest of them. The mother is the fastest shucker in the place. Earns $1.50 a day. Works part of the time with her sick baby in her arms. Father works on the dock. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Te...

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.

Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day, and works regularly, and her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing." Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots o...

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

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day (30 or 35 cents) at a canning company. At left end of photo is Johnnie ---, eight years old, who earns 45 cents a day. Been shucking for three years. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pot...

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.

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. ...

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[No machine-made pots are equal to handmade]

[No machine-made pots are equal to handmade]

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10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there[?] They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

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Two Tamil women with large pots on their heads at the well of the Maria Watta Tea Estate

Two Tamil women with large pots on their heads at the well of the Mari...

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 511. Similar to lantern slide W7-245. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part o... More

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illit...

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

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there[?] They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

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Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster [sic] a day. Works before school, after school, and Saturdays. Been working three years. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster [sic] a...

An old photo of a boy in overalls and a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there? They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3306. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location:...

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Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster [sic] a day. Works before school, after school, and Saturdays. Been working three years. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster [sic] a...

An old black and white photo of a boy in overalls. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there? They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3306. Year not recorded on caption card; 1913 based on cards for photographs with neighboring numbers taken i... More

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Frank. Shucks 4 pots a day. Lowden Canning Co. Location:...

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Ten-year old Sephie, a young oyster shucker, says she does six pots of oysters a day. Her mother works also. "She don't go to school. Works all the time." Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Ten-year old Sephie, a young oyster shucker, says she does six pots of...

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Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working. (See photo 2062). The boss said that next year Mary will work steady as the rest of them. The mother is the fastest shucker in the place. Earns $1.50 a day. Works part of the time with her sick baby in her arms. Father works on the dock. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Te...

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3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M. Lena Krueger, 7 years old (in the middle) had shucked 6 pots that day; Annie Kadeska, 9 years old on the right, has shucked 10 pots; and Rosie Zinsoska on the left (did not know her age) had shucked 6 pots. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi L.W. Hine

3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian...

In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4087. Hine no. 4088. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do four or five pots a day. Shucks every day and tends the baby. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do f...

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Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day, and works regularly, and her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing." Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3294. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Josie, 13 year old shucker, Shucks ten pots a day or more. Been working six years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Josie, 13 year old shucker, Shucks ten pots a day or more. Been workin...

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Seen sic in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day. She works regularly, and her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said, "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing!" Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Seen sic in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3295. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Sadie Kelly, 11 years old, Picks shrimp for the Peerless Oyster Co. Picked 7 pots yesterday, 5 pots today at 5 cents. Picked last year. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Sadie Kelly, 11 years old, Picks shrimp for the Peerless Oyster Co. Pi...

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7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7-year old Rosie. Regular shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. ...

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