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Minazuki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Minazuki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows four men taking a break from washing the shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blo... More

Rōka no geigi, Eizan Kikukawa - Public domain portrait print

Rōka no geigi, Eizan Kikukawa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an actor or actress as a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a veranda, facing left, with several hairpins; behind her, across a courtyard, are the silhouettes of persons in an illuminated room... More

[Mishima Pass in Kai Province] - Public domain scenic drawing

[Mishima Pass in Kai Province] - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers resting beneath a large tree near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

[Tōkaidō hodogaya], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

[Tōkaidō hodogaya], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters with sedan chair, resting, and another traveler leading a horse with passenger near the Hodogaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online sourc... More

Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 108. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Noon hour, Singer Mfg Co., Boys work there: girls carry lunch. Location: South Bend, Indiana

Noon hour, Singer Mfg Co., Boys work there: girls carry lunch. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 232. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. / Photo by [...]

Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina....

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

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3/08. Witness Sara R. Hine.  Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3/08. Witnes...

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

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Some of the small girls working in the Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H.  Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Some of the small girls working in the Great ...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A group of people standing in front of a brick building Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. We had not seen these children when we were shown through the mill. See photos 500 to 509. Jan. 14, 1909. Location: Augusta, Georgia

A group of people standing in front of a brick building Noon hour, Kin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 501. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of boys, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. They would not tell me the truth about their ages.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of boys, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. They would not tell me the t...

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

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of the tiny workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,.  Location: Rossville, Georgia.

One of the tiny workers in Richmond Hosiery Mills,. Location: Rossvil...

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

Young girls going to work noon-hour Merrimac Mills.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Young girls going to work noon-hour Merrimac Mills. Location: Huntsvi...

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

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, witness.]  Location: [New Bedford, Massachusetts]

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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

Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to w[o]rk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, Witness.  Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawe...

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

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3604. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Passing away the time on the corner. 2 are 9 years old and started out at 5 a.m., 1 is 10 years old and started out later.  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Passing away the time on the corner. 2 are 9 years old and started out...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

10 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

10 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing soldiers resting in woods while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 3, [p. 15] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill.  Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H.  Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, N...

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

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper.  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there.  Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co., The Boys work there. Location: South Bend...

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

Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I.  Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Noon hour. Group of workers in American Yarn Mfg. Co., Pawtucket, R.I....

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters.  Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Noon hour Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest youngsters. Locati...

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

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the eight printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the eight printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

A mumble-peg game, Texas

A mumble-peg game, Texas

Photograph shows several cowboys sitting on the ground playing mumbly peg during a break at the Turkey Track Ranch in Texas in 1906. H118425 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by Erwin E. Smith. Amon Carter... More

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things to help out their lunch.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things...

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

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

Noon Hour In an Indianapolis Cotton Mill, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, April 17, 1909. All these boys (and many others) work in the Natick (R.I.) Mills. Some of the smaller ones said they worked there two years.  Location: Natick, Rhode Island.

Noon hour, April 17, 1909. All these boys (and many others) work in th...

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

Noon hour. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H.  Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Noon hour. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Lo...

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

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here.  Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, M...

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

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Location: Sanford, Maine

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. These are not the younges...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 704. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster working there, work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngster w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1060. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

One of the young doffers in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, going to dinner. Said he was 15 years old, but it is doubtful.  Location: Fries, Virginia.

One of the young doffers in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, ...

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

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. Berkley, Virginia  Location: Berkley, Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Going to dinner. See photo and label 2256. Knitting Mill. June 1911. B...

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

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are workers. The Supt., who posed them, said, "Be sure not to get any little dinner-toters in the photo. We have none working under fourteen." I did see some but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia All are worker...

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.

Noon hour. Montgomery Cotton Mill. Investigator saw none under 14.  Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Noon hour. Montgomery Cotton Mill. Investigator saw none under 14. Lo...

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

Lunch vendors, Treasury Annex (before 1920)

Lunch vendors, Treasury Annex (before 1920)

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Early automobiles - Lunch, Treasury Annex

Early automobiles - Lunch, Treasury Annex

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Resting soldier] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Resting soldier] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing a soldier reclining in his helmet and knapsack while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 1, [p. 4] Victor A. Lundy ... More

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. Location: Macon, Georgia

Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 519. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale Ga. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Life Insurance papers, and through conversations with the children and parents, and found these that I could prove to be working now, or during the past year at 10 and 11 years of age, some of them having begun before they were ten. Further search would reveal dozens more. (See Hine Report). Location: Lindale, Georgia

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale Ga. During the days following...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3361. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. Location: Sanford, Maine

Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 703. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon recreation. Danville Cigarette Factory.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon recreation. Danville Cigarette Factory. Location: Danville, Virg...

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

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212. Location: Fall River, ...

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

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charles Bailey, 316 Scholum St., Is he Fourteen years old?.  Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charl...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers.  Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the you...

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

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because [of?] Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

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

Noon Hour in a Furniture Factory, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper.  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon Hour in a Furniture Factory, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N...

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

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the "hands" in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 63. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things to help out their lunch.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Girls employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Going out for things...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 34. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Lunch Time, 14th St., N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Lunch Time, 14th St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dog team resting by an iceberg. British Antarctic Terra Nova expedition

Dog team resting by an iceberg. British Antarctic Terra Nova expeditio...

Photograph shows two men resting with a dogsled team near an iceberg, during the British Antarctic Expedition. J195188 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 80. Copyright 1914 August 14, by Herbert G. Ponting. Blind stam... More

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her machine in the mill.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. I saw this young girl working at her mach...

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

In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six year old boy, 1 ten year old boy, 1 eleven year old boy, 1 twelve year old boy, 2 five year old girls, 1 six year old girl, 2 nine year old girls, 1 ten year old girl, 1 twelve year old girl. In front of shacks at noon, Florence colony [?], Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain two weeks more. E.F. Brown [Witness].  Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six yea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work.  Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conand, witness.]  Location: [New Bedford, Massachusetts].

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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

Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen.  Location: McKinney, Texas.

Noon hour at Texas cotton mill. I found none under fifteen. Location:...

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

Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out for lunch. In center, spoon-to-mouth, is Second Lieutenant Charles Kazlett Upham, awarded the V.C. for his remarkable exploits during the fighting in Crete

Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out fo...

Note on photograph front: The New Zealanders have taken a leading part in the operations in Libya. Title from note on item. British official photograph : E. NZ. 20.

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon hour at a cotton mill, Indianapolis. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 75. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis...

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

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.]  Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

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

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.  Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapoli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 119. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The wheels are kept running through noon hour (which is only 40 minutes) so employees may be tempted to put in part of this time at machine if they wish.  Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The ...

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.

Coming out at noon, Merrimac Mills. All workers, even the boys at the side of the gate.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Coming out at noon, Merrimac Mills. All workers, even the boys at the ...

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

Noon hour Richmond Hosiery Co.,.  Location: Rossville, Georgia.

Noon hour Richmond Hosiery Co.,. Location: Rossville, Georgia.

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

One of the young workers in Indian Head Mills. Going to work at noon-hour.  Location: Cordova, Alabama.

One of the young workers in Indian Head Mills. Going to work at noon-h...

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

A group of shrimp pickers in Peerless Oyster Co., working during the short noon recess. Many workers, including the children, utilize part of the lunch time this way, when there is a lunch time allowed. In many canneries, they snatch their lunches as best they may while the work goes on and others are getting ahead of them.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

A group of shrimp pickers in Peerless Oyster Co., working during the s...

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

Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers are: Kendall Hoffer, 4 Ave. & C St., said was 12 yrs. old and makes $3 to $5 a week. Sam. Mc Adams, A St., 12 years old. Working a long time. Makes a dollar a day some times. Tom Brantley, 7th Ave., said 13 years old, but like the rest he did not appear to be. Irving Williams said he was 15, but? Boys all said none under 12 can work. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2006. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. All work. Location: McCom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2084. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many.  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia Group of s...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Noon hour, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work.  Location: Winona, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Winona (Miss.) Cotton Mills. All work. Location: Winona, M...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour. Two of the young doffer-boys working in the Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss.  Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Noon hour. Two of the young doffer-boys working in the Laurel Cotton M...

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

Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl running is one of the workers.  Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl running is...

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

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, witness.]  Location: [New Bedford, Massachusetts]

[Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas

Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3603. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour - Merchants Mill. Girls flirting with passersby.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour - Merchants Mill. Girls flirting with passersby. Location: ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kerr Thread. Young workers on Ball Ground at noon. Two leagues - Junior and Senior. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Kerr Thread. Young workers on Ball Ground at noon. Two leagues - Junio...

In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4212. Hine no. 4215. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More

Noon hour, Quidwick Mill, Anthony, R.I. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island

Noon hour, Quidwick Mill, Anthony, R.I. Location: Anthony, Rhode Islan...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 666. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Noon Hour at Borden Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4275. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island

One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 668. Hine no. 669. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr. / / William S. Mount 1836 ; painted by W.S. Mount ; engraved by Alfred Jones.

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread Ball field at noon hour. See 4212. Location: Fall River, ...

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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here.  Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, M...

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

Boy going home to lunch from Singer Mfg. Co., Said he was 15 years old. Question? Been there one year.  Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Boy going home to lunch from Singer Mfg. Co., Said he was 15 years old...

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

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr. / / William S. Mount 1836 ; painted by W.S. Mount ; engraved by Alfred Jones.

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour.  Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. Location: Huntsville, ...

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[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Noon Hour in a Furniture Factory, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper.  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon Hour in a Furniture Factory, Indianapolis. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N...

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

Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregular work.) This is the middle of the morning. Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga.  Location: Macon, Georgia.

Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregul...

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

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and the force small.  Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters ...

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

Noon-hour card game--Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Noon-hour card game--Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Mas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1175. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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