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These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M., alone, Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work. Standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters; they appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old (See report.) Where they disappeared, I never found out. They were the size of the smallest boy on right of photo 190., i.e., 1907?. Location: Athens, Tennessee

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1906. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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...

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Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

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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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2031. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

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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...

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Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the mills during working hours and saw this young girl and six others like her working in the spinning and weave rooms. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the...

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Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, May 22, 1909. Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Location: Manche...

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Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lunch. (Couldn't get inside.) Location: Muncie, Indiana.

Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lu...

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Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lunch. (Couldn't get inside.) Location: Muncie, Indiana.

Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, 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

[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

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Noon hour, Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Ca...

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 ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R. I. All of them work in the mill. Note the boy nearest. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

Noon hour ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R. I. All of them w...

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Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 hours a day. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 ho...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1429. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Dangerous Noon-hour Recreation. Doffer boys and others from Pacific Mill[s]. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Dangerous Noon-hour Recreation. Doffer boys and others from Pacific Mi...

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Boys going to lunch. They work in Inland Type Foundry. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Boys going to lunch. They work in Inland Type Foundry. Location: St. ...

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

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. 2085. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, McComb, Miss. Location: McComb, Mississ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2083. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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

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

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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...

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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...

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

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

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

Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young workers. Kerr Thread - Noon. 14-16 year old workers. Location: ...

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

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...

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[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here but not in evidence this noon.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].

[The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room. Small girls are employed here b...

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 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...

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

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

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Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

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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

[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. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home to dinner. Location: Muncie, Indiana.

Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home ...

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Lunch hour. Singer Mfg. Co., The boys works there: girl carries lunch. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Lunch hour. Singer Mfg. Co., The boys works there: girl carries lunch....

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World Furniture Company noon hour, Evansville, Ind. Boy at left hand end was running Machine Composed of two Unguarded Circular Saws. The board he was pushing stuck and he gave it an impatient shove. Had he slipped, both hands and arms would have gone into the edges of the saws, (full force) which were turned toward him. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

World Furniture Company noon hour, Evansville, Ind. Boy at left hand e...

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Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Locatio...

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

Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 hours a day. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Noon, May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Foundry, 9 to 10 ho...

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he had been doffing there four years. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he ha...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1803. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour. Two of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Noon hour. Two of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Mi...

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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 child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vanished meal; or, the mystery of the bankers' lunch club / L.M. Glackens.

The vanished meal; or, the mystery of the bankers' lunch club / L.M. G...

Illustration shows three steel workers sitting on a girder eating the lunch that they pilfered from a table through an open window in a bankers' club room adjacent to the building they are constructing. The "C... More

Young workers, (adolescents and younger). Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to work. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Young workers, (adolescents and younger). Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashaw...

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

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Locati...

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

Doughboys of 89th Div. resting before review, Treves, Germany

Doughboys of 89th Div. resting before review, Treves, Germany

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19229. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1763. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... 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 ...

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 at Riverside Cotton Mill, Danville, Virginia June 2, 1911. All work. Not very many under fourteen. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Noon-hour at Riverside Cotton Mill, Danville, Virginia June 2, 1911. A...

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An Enforced Rest. Harry Swope, aged 15, 426 Elm St., Newport, Ky., Carrying heavy bundles of paper for a News & Sta'y Co. Location: Newport, Kentucky.

An Enforced Rest. Harry Swope, aged 15, 426 Elm St., Newport, Ky., Car...

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

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the mills during working hours and saw this young girl and six others like her working in the spinning and weave rooms. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour, Avondale Mills. The next day, Nov. 24th, I went through the...

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

Noon hour on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dinning room. (See report July 10, 1909). Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Noon hour on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dinning r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunch. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Curled up in a doffing box, eating his lunc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, 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.

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

[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

[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, Ivey mill, Hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. Photo by ...

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 281. After "photo by" the text is cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection... More

Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 380. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Newberry Mills, (S.C.) Noon hour. Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. L...

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

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Noon hour, May 19, 1909. Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersw...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 768-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Locatio...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, 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: Huntsvil...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1768. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mill at noon. And at 9 A.M., although when I went through the mill at 7 A.M. alone Dec. 9th, I saw six little girls industriously at work standing on boxes so they could reach and helping their mothers and sisters. They appeared to be about 5 and 7 years old. (See report.) Location: Athens, Tennessee.

These were all the young children I could get at the Athens Hosiery Mi...

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

Noon May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Factory. 9 to 10 hours a day. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Noon May 12th, 1910. Girls working in Inland Type Factory. 9 to 10 hou...

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Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

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

Noon hour, May 18 ?, 1909. Going to work in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Noon hour, May 18 ?, 1909. Going to work in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Some...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 804. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 800. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3821. Hine no. 3821-A. Phrase "before 12 years old" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National C... More

Noon hour on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dining room. (See report July 10, 1909). Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Noon hour on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dining ro...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 851. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

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

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

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

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. ...

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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. ...

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Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Little boy in front always gets jollied and he answers the men back as tough as you please. Father in saloon. Boy went in to get money. Saloon on Pleasant St. in Flint Village. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Little boy in front always gets jollied and h...

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Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Little boy in front always gets jollied and he answers the men back as tough as you please. Father in saloon. Boy went in to get money. Saloon on Pleasant St. in Flint Village. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Little boy in front always gets jollied and h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, 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

Landscape with natural bridge - Public domain book illustration

Landscape with natural bridge - Public domain book illustration

Print shows travelers resting in the foreground with a low natural bridge formation over what was once a riverbed, in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. T... More

Puck magazine cover - A little suggestion / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - A little suggestion / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President McKinley taking a break to smoke a cigar while a wax figure sits at his desk to suggest that he is hard at work reviewing applications from office seekers who are clamoring in the backgrou... More

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

Noon Hour Meal at an Indianapolis Packing House, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. ...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour, May 26, 1909. These boys and many smaller ones work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire

Noon hour, May 26, 1909. These boys and many smaller ones work in Amos...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 792. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1909. A number of young boys and girls work regularly (during school hours) as "helpers" to mother, father or sister. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1...

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. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See #730.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been workin...

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 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1065. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

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

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

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

Noon hour Brown Shoe Factory. Note young girl in photo - not the youngest employed there. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Noon hour Brown Shoe Factory. Note young girl in photo - not the young...

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Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work ...

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

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1839. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. Spinning room Overseer and his flock. He said, "Every one of 'em works or helps." I saw them all working in the morning and when the whistle blew at noon they all went in to work. See photos 1490 to 1495. Also 2091 to 2100 (and labels). Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. Spinning room Overseer and his ...

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Homestead, Fla. Negro tomatoe [sic] pickers resting during lunch hour

Homestead, Fla. Negro tomatoe [sic] pickers resting during lunch hour

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-50633-E. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1597.

5 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

5 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing soldiers resting in field while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 3, [p. 17] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

Joe, 10 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

Joe, 10 minute break - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing a soldier resting while wearing his helmet while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 1, [p. 3] Victor A. Lundy Arch... More

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 on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dining room. (See report July 10, 1909). Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Noon hour on berry farm, Bottomley's near Baltimore, Md. The dining ro...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 851. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 756. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lunch. (Couldn't get inside.) Location: Muncie, Indiana

Noon Hour, Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind. A few go home to lu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 206. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... 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

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