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[Exterior view of the (Imperial Military) Medical School (seacoast)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

[Exterior view of the (Imperial Military) Medical School (seacoast)] /...

Trains and tracks at the Imperial Military Medical School. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 43. No. 560. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher po... More

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4 with officers of 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery]

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Seacoast with cliffs and cypress trees in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast with cliffs and cypress trees in the Carmel, California area

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Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning ...

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 a.m., work all day and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles[?], Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim Sunday morning. They all work. Even the smallest makes $.50 to $1.00 a day. They all said they cut their fingers a good deal, "and then the salt makes 'em 'pickle-sores." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim S...

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. L...

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Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me., mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, and also cartons. Her mother said, "Some of the children cut their fingers half off." Her father and grandfather are in the factory. She lives in Grand Manan in the winter with her aunt, father and mother live here. She says she earns $2.00 some days packing, not so much when she cartons. "Only made $1.70 all last week." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

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Some of the young cartoners in work room, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Five year old Preston working also. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Some of the young cartoners in work room, Seacoast Canning Co., Factor...

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Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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A group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canneries, #4., not the youngest. Location: Eastport, Maine.

A group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canneries, #4., not the younges...

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Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Packs some with her mother. Mother and two sisters work in factory. One sister has made $7 in one day. During the rush season, the women begin work at 7 a.m., and at times work until midnight. Brother works on boats. The family comes from Perry, Me., just for the summer months. Work is very irregular. Nan is already a spoiled child. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Sea...

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Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Packs some with her mother. Mother and two sisters work in factory. One sister has made $7 in one day. During the rush season, the women begin work at 7 a.m., and at times work until midnight. Brother works on boats. The family comes from Perry, Me., just for the summer months. Work is very irregular. Nan is already a spoiled child. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Sea...

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Akka (Acre, Accho). Nakura. The gateway to Palestine. British frontier post on the seacoast

Akka (Acre, Accho). Nakura. The gateway to Palestine. British frontier...

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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

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[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4, right bank of Wormley's Creek]

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Three young cutters who work in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. They work at night when the rush is on. Youngest is Rob Collins, 10 years old; next is Dan Collins, 11 years; next is Milton Shannon. All live on South Clark Street. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three young cutters who work in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, ...

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner in the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner in the summer, Seacoast Canning Co.,...

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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...

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4 with officers of 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery]

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4, right bank of Wormley's Creek]

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Seacoast with cliffs and cypress trees in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast with cliffs and cypress trees in the Carmel, California area

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Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They work regularly whenever there are fish. (Note the knives they use.) Back of them and under foot is refuse. On the right hand is Grayson Forsythe, 7 years old. Middle is George Goodell, 9 years old, finger badly cut and wrapped up. Said, "the salt gets unto the cut." Said he makes $1.50 some days. Left end, Clarence Goodell, 6 years, helps brother. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...

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Three young cutters who work in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Ages 10 to 12. Work regularly. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three young cutters who work in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Ages...

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Akka (Acre, Accho). Nakura. The gateway to Palestine. British frontier post on the seacoast

Akka (Acre, Accho). Nakura. The gateway to Palestine. British frontier...

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Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used in cutting. Some of the children used a knife as large as this. Minnie works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, also cartons. She says she earns $2.00 some days, packing. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used...

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Cypress trees and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Cypress trees and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother pack in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. Walter Omar, 8 years old, 4 Clark Street, cuts. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother ...

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Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many of them come from neighboring towns, such as Perry. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many ...

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Some of the cartoners, not the youngest, at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. (See Hine report.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Some of the cartoners, not the youngest, at Seacoast Canning Co., Fact...

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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...

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer, Seacoast Canning ...

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Three young cutters who work in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Ages 10 to 12. Work regularly. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three young cutters who work in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Ages...

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Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Types of 12" Mortars for seacoast - Watervliet

Types of 12" Mortars for seacoast - Watervliet

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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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Five year old Preston, a young cartoner in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. I saw him at work different times during the day--at 7 a.m., in the afternoon, and at 6 p.m., and he kept at it very faithfully for so young a worker. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Five year old Preston, a young cartoner in Seacoast Canning Co., Facto...

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Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 360 Autographed in ink: Gen. M. C. Meigs USA. Map of the coast from Bull's Bay, South Carolina, to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, showing forts, drainage, roads, railroads... More

Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia /

Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia /

Map of the coast from Bull's Bay, South Carolina, to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, showing forts, drainage, roads, railroads, and towns. "References" at the bottom center of the map give dates on which forts were cap... More

[Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

[Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Five year old Preston, a young cartoner in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. I saw him at work different times during the day--at 7 a.m., in the afternoon, and at 6 p.m., and he kept at it very faithfully for so young a worker. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Five year old Preston, a young cartoner in Seacoast Canning Co., Facto...

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Yorktown, Virginia. 13-inch seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4

Yorktown, Virginia. 13-inch seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Three young cartoners working in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Others still younger. See report. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three young cartoners working in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Oth...

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Housing conditions in settlement at Seacoast Cannery #7, Eastport, Me., not very good. This is the home of the Goodell family. They live here all the year in these temporary quarters. The father works in the mill nearby. Four or five of the children are in the canneries. Clarence, 8 years; George, 9 years; Lottie, 12 years; "Makes a couple of dollars some days"; Violet, 15 years, "has made four dollars a day packing at times," (see upper window). Location: Eastport, Maine.

Housing conditions in settlement at Seacoast Cannery #7, Eastport, Me....

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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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Monitor map, showing the whole seacoast from Chesapeake Bay, down to Savannah harbor, and the whole country between Richmond & Savannah, with map on large scale of the harbor of Charleston.

Monitor map, showing the whole seacoast from Chesapeake Bay, down to S...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 45 Shows towns, roads, railroads, forts, and rivers. Inset: Williams, W. A. Sketch of Charleston harbor. Scale ca. 1:71,000. 24 x 25 cm. Description derived from pu... More

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They work regularly whenever there are fish. (Note the knives they use.) Back of them and under foot is refuse. On the right hand is Grayson Forsythe, 7 years old. Middle is George Goodell, 9 years old, finger badly cut and wrapped up. Said, "the salt gets unto the cut." Said he makes $1.50 some days. Left end, Clarence Goodell, 6 years, helps brother. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...

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Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used in cutting. Some of the children used a knife as large as this. Minnie works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, also cartons. She says she earns $2.00 some days, packing. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used...

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Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

Beach and seacoast in the Carmel, California area

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Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many of them come from neighboring towns, such as Perry. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many ...

Group of young cutters, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2, waiting for more fish. They all work, but they waste a great deal of time as the adults do also, waiting for fish to arrive. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of young cutters, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2, waiting for ...

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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

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Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. "I aint very fast--only about five boxes a day. They pay five cents a box." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1...

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Some of the young cartoners in work room, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Five year old Preston working also. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Some of the young cartoners in work room, Seacoast Canning Co., Factor...

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Group of young cutters, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2, waiting for more fish. They all work, but they waste a great deal of time as the adults do also, waiting for fish to arrive. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of young cutters, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2, waiting for ...

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