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In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, running home from the factory all alone, her hand and arm bathed with blood, crying at the top of her voice. She had cut the end of her thumb nearly off, cutting sardines in the factory, and was sent home alone, her mother being busy. The loss of blood was considerable, and might have been serious. (See succeeding photos.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, run...

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

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. The Boss would not let nine year old Minnie pose, although she works with her mother, packing even far into the night. (See #2439.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. Th...

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2453, and label.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...

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Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

Mezashi to tatamiiwashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Mezashi to tatamiiwashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows sardines on a short rod. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pêche aux sardines /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Pêche aux sardines /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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Packages for prisoners of war and internees. Americans taken prisoners of war or interned by Germany and Italy regularly receive standard American Red Cross food packages, shown here stacked like bricks in the International Red Cross warehouse at Geneva, Switzerland. U.S. prisoners of war receive one package a week as soon as the Red Cross is notified of their capture and location. Internees receive one package every two weeks. As of December 9, 1942, Germany and Italy had reported 243 American prisoners of war and 1512 interned civilians. Each package weighs eleven pounds and contains evaporated milk, buscuits, cheese, cocoa, sardines, pork, beef, chocolate bars, sugar, coffee, powered orange concentrate, prunes, cigarettes and smoking tobacco

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. Americans taken prisoners...

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"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2353, and label.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...

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"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2453, and label.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...

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Salonika, where the Black Sea boats meet, is a great trading center for the Near East This forest of masts is located at the pier set aside for small fishing and trading craft that ply between Salonika and the Isles of Greece. Goods bartered are largely products of the region; rugs, sardines, fruit and olive oil. American stuffs transhipped at Salonika have been relief supplies of the American Red Cross and foodstuffs.

Salonika, where the Black Sea boats meet, is a great trading center fo...

Filed in: Greece Transportation. No. RC-12507. On mount: Transportation, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Victory food from American waters. Captain John Riberia, on the fishing trawler Old Glory, checks a sea chart in his cabin. His catch will be rosefish, a variety many housewives will substitute for canned sardines, salmon and mackerel, which are needed for the armed forces

Victory food from American waters. Captain John Riberia, on the fishin...

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Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work...

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Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. The Boss would not let nine year old Minnie pose, although she works with her mother, packing even far into the night. (See #2439.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. Th...

Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of them works putting cans of sardines into paper cartons. Eleven out of the fourteen were under twelve years. Several from eight to ten. Smallest girl in front is Erna Hamilton, eight years old. (See family story #2453.) The older girls, from twelve to fourteen years, earn several dollars a day. One fourteen year old girl said she made $3 to $4 when she packed all day and in the evening. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of ...

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Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of them works putting cans of sardines into paper cartons. Eleven out of the fourteen were under twelve years. Several from eight to ten. Smallest girl in front is Erna Hamilton, eight years old. (See family story #2453.) The older girls, from twelve to fourteen years, earn several dollars a day. One fourteen year old girl said she made $3 to $4 when she packed all day and in the evening. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of ...

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George Goodell, going home Sunday morning, after cutting a few boxes of sardines. When the work rushes, they have to work Sundays and nights, even the little ones. (See other photos.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

George Goodell, going home Sunday morning, after cutting a few boxes o...

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