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The greatest department store on earth; - and every day a bargain day / J.S. Pughe.

The greatest department store on earth; - and every day a bargain day ...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing behind the counter at "Uncle Sam's Department Store" where there is a "Great Sale Now Going On Inside"; the store is filled with representatives of "Germany, England, France, Russ... More

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4654. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, displaying his wares]

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, di...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: back only, mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.16). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection... More

Abraham & Straus Co.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Abraham & Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest wor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children.  Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Rei...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blaney's extravaganza success, A female drummer

Blaney's extravaganza success, A female drummer

72241 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Blaney and Vance, managers. Caption: Reception of "female drummer" at salesladies ball. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." ... More

Puck magazine cover - Enough / Frank A. Nankivell 1902.

Puck magazine cover - Enough / Frank A. Nankivell 1902.

Illustration shows two men, one a bookseller questioning a new salesman about whether he can talk about a book in the historical novel genre without having read it. The new salesman suggests that they are all e... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest wor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.]  Location: [Mobile, Alabama]

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Week's work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually. Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3340. Date not recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333 (same location). Credit li... More

The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph /

The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison busi...

It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes i... More

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, displaying his wares]

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, di...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: back only, mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.16). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection... More

Caricature, Small praise / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Small praise / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a salesman telling an old farmer that the "Reaper" on display will do as much work as "five hired-men"; the old farmer responds that he can do more than that by himself. Caption: Agent This... More

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. 1 was 9, other 11. Youngest work for $3. a week.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Weeks work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually. Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3323. No date recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333 (same location). Credit lin... More

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.]  Location: [Mobile, Alabama]

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abraham & Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Abraham & Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1313. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A car load  of groceries being distributed to local salesmen for a box car grocery firm in Sumner, Nebraska, .

A car load of groceries being distributed to local salesmen for a box...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Local salesmen representing a box car grocery firm distributing groceries

Local salesmen representing a box car grocery firm distributing grocer...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rosalie Jones as an auto salesman

Rosalie Jones as an auto salesman

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph of a truck, pickup truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Creed selling bakery goods.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Le...

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

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.  Location: Mobile, Alabama.

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the ho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Weeks work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

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

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4654. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.  Location: Mobile, Alabama.

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the ho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

South Sea Conchological Co. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

South Sea Conchological Co. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Two men in booth selling conch shells. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1317. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wanamaker's, 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's, 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small. Location: Mobile, Alabama

9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the ho...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3802. Hine no. 3834. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Mary Creed selling bakery goods.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Mary Creed selling bakery goods. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Le...

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

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The youngest girls working in the store and illustrate how well the law is being enforced in all the department stores here.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The younge...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cashboys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Week's work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually. Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3338. Date not recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333 (same location). Credit li... More

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The youngest girls working in the store and illustrate how well the law is being enforced in all the department stores here. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The younge...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3693. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1318. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Abraham Straus Co.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Abraham Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.]  Location: [Mobile, Alabama].

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection
Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Caricature of man riding on rocket with items to sell to gold miners. Copyright by A. Donnely. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1320. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection
Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1321. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The youngest girls working in the store and illustrate how well the law is being enforced in all the department stores here. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The younge...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3697. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Rei...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3871. Hine no. 3872. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1318. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection
Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph /

The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison busi...

It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes i... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. One was 9, he said, and other 11. You[n]gest work for $3. a week.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest wor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3694. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama

Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Rei...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3871. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Mary Creed, 14 years old. Selling cigars in store of Mrs. Breslin, 817 Harrison Avenue. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mary Creed, 14 years old. Selling cigars in store of Mrs. Breslin, 817...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4655. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Abraham Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Abraham Straus Co. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1314. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1319. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wanamaker's, 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Wanamaker's, 8:30 A.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1316. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Week's work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cashboys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Week's work consists of nearly 65 hours, usually.  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number...

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

Mary Creed, 14 years old. Selling cigars in store of Mrs. Breslin, 817 Harrison Avenue. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Mary Creed, 14 years old. Selling cigars in store of Mrs. Breslin, 817...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4655. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The youngest girls working in the store and illustrate how well the law is being enforced in all the department stores here.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The younge...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. 1 was 9, other 11. Youngest work for $3. a week. Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as ca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3342. Date not recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333 (same location). Credit li... More

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest wor...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3692. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Walter Smith], Library of Congress narratives collection