![[Women walking in a procession, pulling a wheelchair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvd29tZW4td2Fsa2luZy1pbi1hLXByb2Nlc3Npb24tcHVsbGluZy1hLXdoZWVsY2hhaXItMzkxNzk3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Women walking in a procession, pulling a wheelchair]")
[Women walking in a procession, pulling a wheelchair]
Photograph shows women, probably related to Jacob A. Riis, walking possibly in New York or Denmark.
America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon
Print shows Benjamin Harrison pointing to himself, John Sherman with a sign that states "The Sherman Bill Did It!", William McKinley holding a sign that states "The McKinley Bill Did It!", and Thomas B. Reed po... More
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1142. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
![Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pembertown, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aGVzLWJvZy1vY2N1cGllZC1ieS1kZS1tYXJjby1mYW1pbHktMTAtaW4tdGhlLWZhbWlseS1saXZpbmctNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pembertown, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
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Slavery as it exists in America. Slavery as it exists in England
A challenge to the Northern abolitionist view of the institution of slavery, favorably contrasting the living conditions of American slaves (above) with the lot of the industrial poor in England (below). The fi... More
![A tiny cabin on the mountain slope near Charleston, West Virginia. There are many such in West Virginia., some owning a small plot of ground and some renting and moving from year to year. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvYS10aW55LWNhYmluLW9uLXRoZS1tb3VudGFpbi1zbG9wZS1uZWFyLWNoYXJsZXN0b24tdy12YS10aGVyZS1hcmUtbWFueS1zdWNoLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "A tiny cabin on the mountain slope near Charleston, West Virginia. There are many such in West Virginia., some owning a small plot of ground and some renting and moving from year to year. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
A tiny cabin on the mountain slope near Charleston, West Virginia. The...
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W.A. Copen's old home at Big Chimney, West Virginia. Windows out on up...
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People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklaho...
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![[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.] Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aGVzLWJvZy1vY2N1cGllZC1ieS1kZS1tYXJjby1mYW1pbHktMTAtaW4tdGhlLWZhbWlseS1saXZpbmctMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.] Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the...
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Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
![Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this room. Room is 10 ft. x 11ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown near [Pemberton]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aGVzLWJvZy1vY2N1cGllZC1ieS1kZS1tYXJjby1mYW1pbHktMTAtaW4tdGhlLWZhbWlseS1saXZpbmctMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this room. Room is 10 ft. x 11ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown near [Pemberton]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
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La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Uncut broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk and smaller male figures. The text conveys the problems of scarcity of money and of poverty--hunger--and lists the different foods that one could eat i... More
National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...
Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More
![George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLWNveC0xMy15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb2xvcmVkLWJveS1oYXMtanVzdC1qb2luZWQtdGhlLTQtaC1jbHViLWFuZC1pcy1yYWlzaW5nLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a \"renter\" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and ...
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Jacob August Riis, 1849-1914 - Public domain portrait print
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Jacob Riis : Revealing 'How the Other Half Lives'" at the Museum of the City of New York, New York City, N.Y., Oct. 2015 -... More
Row of Coal miners shanties on Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. Loc...
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Jacob Riis - Public domain photograph, glass negative
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Jacob Riis, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Half-length portrait, seated, facing right. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Human poverty, amidst nature's wealth--a beggar at Adjuntas, Porto Ric...
D8442 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this room. Room is 10 ft. x 11ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown near [Pemberton]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aGVzLWJvZy1vY2N1cGllZC1ieS1kZS1tYXJjby1mYW1pbHktMTAtaW4tdGhlLWZhbWlseS1saXZpbmctMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this room. Room is 10 ft. x 11ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown near [Pemberton]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
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![Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pembertown, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aGVzLWJvZy1vY2N1cGllZC1ieS1kZS1tYXJjby1mYW1pbHktMTAtaW4tdGhlLWZhbWlseS1saXZpbmctNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pembertown, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
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![Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shank [i.e., shack] and are trying to make a living off the meagre land near by. Oct. 11, 1921. Location: Sissonville, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmstYnVyZGl0dC1hbmQtZmFtaWx5LXRoZXktcmVudC10aGlzLWRpbGFwaWRhdGVkLXNoYW5rLWllLXNoYWNrLWFuZC1hcmUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shank [i.e., shack] and are trying to make a living off the meagre land near by. Oct. 11, 1921. Location: Sissonville, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shank [i.e., shac...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk; smaller cuts show profile busts of two men: small male figure wearing nightshirt, and a small skeleton on a balance. The text conveys the problems of scarci... More
Three old friends. The President, Bishop Vincent and Jacob Riis taken ...
Photo shows President Roosevelt, Bishop Vincent, and Jacob Riis, full-length portrait, facing front, standing at the entrance to a brick building at Chautauqua, New York, on August 11th 1905. Title inscribed i... More
Child Labor - Exhibit panel.
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Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shack and are try...
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Mrs. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence & Mrs. Jacob Riis, 10/1/25
Two women standing on the steps of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poverty on the march, a destitute Ozark family, Arkansas
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El Paso Lode, Ore House, 50 yards east of Colorado State Highway 67 in...
Survey number: HAER CO-92-B Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Riis - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Portrait, 3/4, seated. Copyright by Pach Bros. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Miners cabins on the Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. near Charlesto...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5088. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 68. Geographic location at top of card is expressed as "Elk River, Bream, nea... More
Row of Coal miners shanties on Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. Loca...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5096. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 76. Geographic location at top of card is expressed as "Elk River, Bream, W. ... More
The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness &...
Print shows four scenes of the drunkard's progress: the morning dram (father drinking at 8am, ignoring wife and children), the grog shop (bar room brawls, passed out, vomiting, and drinking customers), the conf... More
Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...
Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More
The tree of liberty. The free population of the United States enjoyin...
A somewhat puzzling commentary on two issues: slavery and economic protectionism. The date of the print is uncertain, but it may have appeared as part of the reaction against the Walker Tariff of 1846. A Northe... More
![Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc21hbGwtc2hhY2stb24tZm9yc3l0aHMtYm9nLW9jY3VwaWVkLWJ5LWRlLW1hcmNvLWZhbWlseS0xMC1pbi10aGUtZmFtaWx5LWxpdmluZy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.")
Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the f...
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Save your child from autocracy and poverty. Buy war savings stamps. Un...
Nude child standing next to arm of the Statue of Liberty. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 1918(?).
A little log cabin, - relic of the old days, - now occupied by a small...
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People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklaho...
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George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and i...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5119. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 99. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
![Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston; note the shacks on the hillside. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvc2xpcC1oaWxsLXNjaG9vbC10aW55LW9uZS1yb29tLXNjaG9vbC1pbi10aGUtY291bnRyeS1uZWFyLWNoYXJsZXN0b24tbm90ZS10aGUtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston; note the shacks on the hillside. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston...
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![George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (near Charleston) the state colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLWNveC0xMy15ci1vbGQtY29sb3JlZC1ib3ktaGFzLWp1c3Qtam9pbmVkLXRoZS00LWgtY2x1Yi1hbmQtaXMtcmFpc2luZy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a \"renter\" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (near Charleston) the state colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and i...
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![Old Log Cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, - near Charleston, West Virginia. He carries on work in Charleston (Brown Milling Produce Co.) as well as this farm. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvb2xkLWxvZy1jYWJpbi10aGUtaG9tZS1vZi13bS1tdWxsZW5zLWFuZC1mYW1pbHktbmVhci1jaGFybGVzdG9uLXctdmEtaGUtY2Fycmllcy0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Old Log Cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, - near Charleston, West Virginia. He carries on work in Charleston (Brown Milling Produce Co.) as well as this farm. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
Old Log Cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, - near Charlest...
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Adversity. Effect of grass-hoppers coming down
Humorous photograph shows man in home looking poverty stricken. House is in disarray and writing on wall says "Go west young man, go west." 7537J U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James A. Farnham, 1875. No. 3.
The Mullens children (& some neighbors) ready for school. See Photo No...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5102. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 82. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More
![The "East Side" of Pocahontas Country. The Aldrich home, - Buckeye, near Marlinton, West Virginia. This is one of the worst homes in the county. Note the duck-coop, made out of an old trunk, - in front yard. Mother said "The colt kicked the winders out." She is a no-'count mountaineer from Kentucky and her husband is a shiftless farmer who has let this farm run down to worthlessness. His father ran a prosperous farm here and owned hundreds of acres but the son has run thro[ugh] it all. Typical of worst conditions in the country. Oct 6, 1921. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWVhc3Qtc2lkZS1vZi1wb2NhaG9udGFzLWNvdW50cnktdGhlLWFsZHJpY2gtaG9tZS1idWNrZXllLW5lYXItbWFybGludG9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "The \"East Side\" of Pocahontas Country. The Aldrich home, - Buckeye, near Marlinton, West Virginia. This is one of the worst homes in the county. Note the duck-coop, made out of an old trunk, - in front yard. Mother said \"The colt kicked the winders out.\" She is a no-'count mountaineer from Kentucky and her husband is a shiftless farmer who has let this farm run down to worthlessness. His father ran a prosperous farm here and owned hundreds of acres but the son has run thro[ugh] it all. Typical of worst conditions in the country. Oct 6, 1921. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
The "East Side" of Pocahontas Country. The Aldrich home, - Buckeye, ne...
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W.A. Copen's old home at Big Chimney, West Virginia. Windows out on up...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5092. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 72. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More
Edgar Allen, wife, and children. They are tenants of private party on ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
El Paso Lode, Ore House, 50 yards east of Colorado State Highway 67 in...
Survey number: HAER CO-92-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
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La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Uncut broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk and smaller male figures. The text conveys the problems of scarcity of money and of poverty--hunger--and lists the different foods that one could eat i... More
French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...
A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More
![[Evangeline Cory Booth, 1865-1950, full length, standing, holding several toys, facing slightly left, girl with arm around boy in front of her; posed "poverty" photo for Salvation Army?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvZXZhbmdlbGluZS1jb3J5LWJvb3RoLTE4NjUtMTk1MC1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1zdGFuZGluZy1ob2xkaW5nLXNldmVyYWwtdG95cy1mYWNpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Evangeline Cory Booth, 1865-1950, full length, standing, holding several toys, facing slightly left, girl with arm around boy in front of her; posed \"poverty\" photo for Salvation Army?]")
[Evangeline Cory Booth, 1865-1950, full length, standing, holding seve...
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Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shack and are try...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El Paso Lode, Ore House, 50 yards east of Colorado State Highway 67 in...
Survey number: HAER CO-92-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
Row of Coal miners shanties on Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. Loc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklaho...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcr...
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 16 year old (Appalachian) white male. Junior in high school and lives in small community of War Creek. Youn... More
![[Jacob August Riis, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvamFjb2ItYXVndXN0LXJpaXMtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LWFybXMtZm9sZGVkLTM4YzU5Yi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Jacob August Riis, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded]")
[Jacob August Riis, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded]
H39634 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J. E. Purdy, Boston. No. 3.
![[Jacob August Riis, 1849-1914, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvamFjb2ItYXVndXN0LXJpaXMtMTg0OS0xOTE0LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Jacob August Riis, 1849-1914, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]")
[Jacob August Riis, 1849-1914, head and shoulders portrait, facing sli...
H75059 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Pirie MacDonald. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photographers Index; BI; Shelf.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A sign that says do the poor need their children help?, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Wa... More
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklaho...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El Paso Lode, Ore House, 50 yards east of Colorado State Highway 67 in...
Survey number: HAER CO-92-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...
A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More
La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk; smaller cuts show profile busts of two men: small male figure wearing nightshirt, and a small skeleton on a balance. The text conveys the problems of scarci... More
Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation / St--t, B--rn--d, & Co. ...
Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Be... More
Progress and poverty - a decoration day study / Dalrymple.
Print shows waves of veterans marching through a memorial arch on "Decoration Day", carrying banners that state "We will continue to save the country, so long as there is a dollar in the Treasury" and "Army of... More
Jacob A. Riis - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man with glasses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Our office - my partner, Mr. Ensign at the desk, I in the corner"
Photograph shows Jacob Riis, Amos Ensign, and unidentified man in their office at the New York Tribune police bureau, New York, New York. Published in: The making of an American / by Jacob A. Riis. New York : ... More
Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodo...
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![The Tate School, abondoned [i.e., abandoned] two years ago. (See photo of the United Consolidated School. Photo No. 32.) Next to the school is the home of the Tate family, - a run-down shack occupied by these farmers who are said to be of some means. Oct. 11, 21. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXRhdGUtc2Nob29sLWFib25kb25lZC1pZS1hYmFuZG9uZWQtdHdvLXllYXJzLWFnby1zZWUtcGhvdG8tb2YtdGhlLXVuaXRlZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "The Tate School, abondoned [i.e., abandoned] two years ago. (See photo of the United Consolidated School. Photo No. 32.) Next to the school is the home of the Tate family, - a run-down shack occupied by these farmers who are said to be of some means. Oct. 11, 21. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
The Tate School, abondoned [i.e., abandoned] two years ago. (See photo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school, cabin, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Home of Bill Reynolds and family, Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia. Hi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Corner of a bedroom on Edgar Allen farm near Milford, Iowa. There are ...
Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![La Pastas [i.e. La Posta] corner store, Troy, New York](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDEvMDEvbGEtcGFzdGFzLWllLWxhLXBvc3RhLWNvcm5lci1zdG9yZS10cm95LW5ldy15b3JrLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "La Pastas [i.e. La Posta] corner store, Troy, New York")
La Pastas [i.e. La Posta] corner store, Troy, New York
Photograph shows a young boy making a purchase at La Posta Brothers Market, Troy, New York, at a counter selling candy, cigarettes, other items.
The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness &...
Print shows four scenes of the drunkard's progress: the morning dram (father drinking at 8am, ignoring wife and children), the grog shop (bar room brawls, passed out, vomiting, and drinking customers), the conf... More
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
![Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston; note the shacks on the hillside. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvc2xpcC1oaWxsLXNjaG9vbC10aW55LW9uZS1yb29tLXNjaG9vbC1pbi10aGUtY291bnRyeS1uZWFyLWNoYXJsZXN0b24tbm90ZS10aGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston; note the shacks on the hillside. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
Slip Hill School - tiny one-room school in the country near Charleston...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (near Charleston) the state colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLWNveC0xMy15ci1vbGQtY29sb3JlZC1ib3ktaGFzLWp1c3Qtam9pbmVkLXRoZS00LWgtY2x1Yi1hbmQtaXMtcmFpc2luZy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a \"renter\" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (near Charleston) the state colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
George Cox, 13 yr. old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and i...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wall Street and the nouveau poor / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a bird's-eye view of Wall Street where an innocent lamb is standing in the middle of the deserted financial district. The surrounding vignettes show a banquet of hot d... More
Abandoned log cabin on the hillside. Not many used now but it was the ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school, cabin, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shack and are try...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5104. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 84. Geographic location at top of ca... More
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklaho...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More
The chamber of genius / Rowlandson, inv., 1812.
British cartoon shows an artist wearing nightshirt and painting a picture at his home/studio while his wife, children, and a cat are neglected. Among the pictures on the wall in the background is a balloon "Ara... More
The rambling boy of poverty. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Stree...
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1139. Hine no. 1143. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More
Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![[Stella Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvc3RlbGxhLXdhbGwtOGZhZTE1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/51/webp "[Stella Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection")