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Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont. (Not the youngest girls.) Right hand: Tessie McGarth, next Sadio Finnogan, next Bernice Bedard. Two of them look to be under 14. I counted 20 girls like these and younger going in at 7 a.m. Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Noon hour in drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vermont...

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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...

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[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 at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushing into the doorway tried to avoid me. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushi...

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Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works...

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

Noon Hour In an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapo...

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.

Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina

Newberry Mills (S.C.) Noon hour. All are working here. Witness, Sara R...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 383. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... 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. ...

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Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapoli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 130. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

One of the young helpers in Richmond Spinning Mills. Noon-hour. Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

One of the young helpers in Richmond Spinning Mills. Noon-hour. Locat...

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

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

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Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Youngest boy is Willie McIntyre, probably under 14. Was unwilling to be photo'd and had to be taken by snapshot. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Noon hour at Brown Shoe Factory. Youngest boy is Willie McIntyre, prob...

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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...

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

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

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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 ...

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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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2074. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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...

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2780. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2779. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Augustus - Print, Library of Congress collection. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Augustus - Print, Library of Congress collection. Book illustration fr...

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of August, showing farmers harvesting hay, some are gathering sheaves, others transporting hay on wagons, and a group of people, possibly a family, are taking a... More

Marcus Sadeler - Iulius / P. Stephens fecit.

Marcus Sadeler - Iulius / P. Stephens fecit.

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of July, showing farmers with scythes and rakes working in large fields, harvesting hay or grain, transporting hay or grain on a wagon, and two men asleep next ... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 230. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report.) Location: Rossville, Georgia

One of the young girls working in the Richmond Hosiery Co. (See report...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1854. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 228. Caption card records date as Oct. 1914; surrounding cards would suggest 1908?. Credit line: National... More

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

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

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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 ...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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[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 at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Small Boy works...

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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...

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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. Locati...

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Group of boys who work in Suncock (N. H.) Mills. It is a large corporation, employing 1200 hands, but in all the three mills, I found only 1 girl and three boys that seemed to be under 14. Unusual conditions for a large N.H. Mill. Sanitary conditions here are exceptionally good, for this section. I investigated all three mills freely and was unknown and usually unattended by anyone. Location: Suncock, New Hampshire.

Group of boys who work in Suncock (N. H.) Mills. It is a large corpora...

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Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in the Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. Location: Dover, New Hampshire.

Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in th...

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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...

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Noon hour, May 5, 1909, in the drawing-in room of American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vt. In front row are:- Right hand end, Allexina Lavelley; next - Anna Cross; next - Cecile Cauchon. In back row, right-hand, Lena Campbell; next, Albina Seymour. I counted 20 girls (under 14) going in at 7 a.m. Location: Winooski, Vermont / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour, May 5, 1909, in the drawing-in room of American Woolen Co.,...

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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. L...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1436. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Noon hour May 12th, 1910. These girls work 9 to 10 hours a day in Inland Type Foundry. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Noon hour May 12th, 1910. These girls work 9 to 10 hours a day in Inla...

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Doffer boys going to dinner. Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Doffer boys going to dinner. Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Location: T...

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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...

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Doffer boys going to dinner. Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi

Doffer boys going to dinner. Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Location: Tu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. Date based on dates of associated images. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2141. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library o... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2253. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

[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 - Juni...

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1 minute sketch - Public domain dedication image

1 minute sketch - Public domain dedication image

Sketch showing soldiers resting while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 1, [p. 19] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library of Congress).

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1908. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3821. Phrase "before 12 years old" is underlined on the caption card. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-77132. Credit lin... More

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

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

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

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...

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Noon Hour. All these boys (and more) worked in the Quidwick Co. Mill, Anthony, R. I. (a medium sized mill). They went in when the signal was given. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

Noon Hour. All these boys (and more) worked in the Quidwick Co. Mill, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Noon hour at Newberry, (S.C.) Mill. Plenty of youngsters here. Note: In handwriting on the back of this photo it says: "Two of the many small children I found at work at the Newberry Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C." Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., Dec. 3/08

Noon hour at Newberry, (S.C.) Mill. Plenty of youngsters here. Note: I...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, 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...

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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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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

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

Noon Hour, Indianapolis Meat packing House, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Cl...

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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. Locati...

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Noon hour at An Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Noon hour at An Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapo...

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Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. One of the little ones at work there. See photos 500 to 509. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. One of the little ones at work ...

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

Noon hour, June 10, 1909. Parker Mill, Warren, R.I. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

Noon hour, June 10, 1909. Parker Mill, Warren, R.I. Location: Warren,...

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Noon hour, Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. May 17, 1909. Young girls working regularly. A number of others there, some even younger. Location: Dover, New Hampshire.

Noon hour, Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. May 17, 1909. Young girls wor...

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

Noon Hour at Quidwick Mill, Anthony, R. I. Location: Anthony, Rhode I...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Has been working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 9 months. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Ha...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 752. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Little Goldie and her sister going to dinner. (See labels 1848 & 1849.) Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Little Goldie and her sister going to dinner. (See labels 1848 & 1849....

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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...

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1896. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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 photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon-hour Indian Head Cotton Mills. Some of the girls are much younger than these. Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour Indian Head Cotton Mills. Some of the girls are much younger...

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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack, and the force small. 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. 1064. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pass Christian Company. (Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co.) before daybreak and until about 5 P.M. Photos taken at noon in absence of Supt., who permits no photos on account of Child Labor agitation. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All these children were shucking oysters and tending babies at the Pas...

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Charlie going to dinner. See Photo and label 2254. Knitting Mill. Berkley, Virginia June 1911. Berkley, Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Charlie going to dinner. See Photo and label 2254. Knitting Mill. Berk...

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

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 followin...

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

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, 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 or more. (See Hine Report). Location: Lindale, Georgia.

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

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

Noon hour, Dwight Mfg. Co. This represents the average age of the children, not many of whom are under 14, and very few under 12. The mill has a good reputation. Location: Alabama City, Alabama.

Noon hour, Dwight Mfg. Co. This represents the average age of the chil...

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Sunday - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sunday - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sketch showing soldier in bed while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

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, M...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4211. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3821. Phrase "before 12 years old" is underlined on the caption card. Reproduction no. LC-USZ62-77132. Credit lin... More

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...

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Noon Hour. All these boys (and more) worked in the Quidwick Co. Mill, Anthony, R. I. (a medium sized mill). They went in when the signal was given. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island.

Noon Hour. All these boys (and more) worked in the Quidwick Co. Mill, ...

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Noon hour, Republic Iron & Steel Company, Muncie, Ind. A few of the boys go home. Location: Muncie, Indiana.

Noon hour, Republic Iron & Steel Company, Muncie, Ind. A few of the bo...

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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...

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[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...

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[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...

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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...

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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...

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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

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushing into the doorway tried to avoid me. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushi...

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A few of the youngsters in King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. Taken at noon, Jan. 14, 1909. A party of us under the guidance of the Vice President had been shown through the mill but no evidences of these children were to be seen. See also photos #501, 502. Location: Augusta, Georgia

A few of the youngsters in King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. Taken at noon, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 500. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1735. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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

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

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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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2179. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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 Nashawe...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2780. Hine no. 2788. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

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 Nashawe...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2780. Hine no. 2782. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Young girls working in Seaconnet Mill. The boys and men had just been hauling the girls around and pawing them over in "rough house" as these noon hours sometimes are. Some of the girls make advances to strangers. A very young girl (surely under 14) was helping her mother but refused to pose. Seaconnet Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Young girls working in Seaconnet Mill. The boys and men had just been ...

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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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 40. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

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,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 228. Caption card records date as Oct. 1914; surrounding cards would suggest 1908?. Credit line: National... More

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