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There, Tim, run along and tell Joe to saddle the Rion Colt

There, Tim, run along and tell Joe to saddle the Rion Colt

(DLC/PP-1933:0096). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Trix and Over-the-Moon" by Amelie Rives, Harper's magazine, 119:414 (Aug. 1909).

Garment workers. Upper East Side, N.Y.C. Location: New York, New York (State)

Garment workers. Upper East Side, N.Y.C. Location: New York, New York ...

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

[People making teddy bears in factory]

[People making teddy bears in factory]

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sewing shirts for the army

Sewing shirts for the army

Filed in: Armenia Misc. No. 5887. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

All goods sewed by the Double Thread Sewing Co's. patent process must bear their stamp / J.H. Bufford's Sons, lith., Boston.

All goods sewed by the Double Thread Sewing Co's. patent process must ...

Remarque: hand, needle, two spools of cotton. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 years old girl, Catina Termine finishes the garments and carries them back and forth.  Location: Boston, Massachusettsachusetts.

Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The 13 y...

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

Mrs. Giuseppi (?) and Mrs. Di Angi (?), room 25, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y., finishing pants in dirty kitchen. Work lying around on the floor. Anaemic baby being cared for by neighbor child.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Giuseppi (?) and Mrs. Di Angi (?), room 25, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y.,...

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

Late at night. Sewing tapes on gloves. The boy helps. Family of five sleep in room where the work is done. Location: New York, New York (State)

Late at night. Sewing tapes on gloves. The boy helps. Family of five s...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hopi mending moccasins - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Hopi mending moccasins - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04034wq!9. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mrs. Guadina, living in a rear house at 231 Mulberry St. N.Y., a dirty poverty-stricken home, and making a pittance by finishing pants. On the trunk is the work of four days. She was struggling along, (actually weak for want of food) trying to finish this batch of work so she could get the pay. There seemed to be no food in the house and she said the children had had no milk all day. The father is out of work (sells fish) on account of rheumatism. Three small children and another expected soon.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Guadina, living in a rear house at 231 Mulberry St. N.Y., a dirty...

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

Miss Alice Paul - Public domain portrait photograph

Miss Alice Paul - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H, Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo taken after 3 P.M. February 21st, 1908, Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) by Lewis W. Hine

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo take...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 26-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about ... More

Betsey Price, First year high school at her Club sewing. 4 H Club work, Marlinton, West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia Photo Lewis W. Hine

Betsey Price, First year high school at her Club sewing. 4 H Club work...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5118. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 98. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 97. County not stated ... More

High up on the top floor of a rickety tenement, 214 Elizabeth St., N.Y., this mother and her two children, boy 10 years old and the girl 12, were living in a tiny one room, and were finishing garments. The garments were packed under the bed and on top of it and around the room. Said the make from $1 to $2 a week, and the boys [sic] earns some selling newspapers. I could not get their name.  Location: [New York, New York (State)].

High up on the top floor of a rickety tenement, 214 Elizabeth St., N.Y...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Late at night. Sewing tapes on gloves. The boy helps. Family of five sleep in room where the work is done. Location: New York, New York (State)

Late at night. Sewing tapes on gloves. The boy helps. Family of five s...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The romantic spectacle, Under the polar star written by Clay M. Greene.

The romantic spectacle, Under the polar star written by Clay M. Greene...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The romantic spectacle, Under the polar star written by Clay M. Greene.

The romantic spectacle, Under the polar star written by Clay M. Greene...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Col.  Roosevelt inspecting city work-shop at Schermerhorn Street, Bklyn

Col. Roosevelt inspecting city work-shop at Schermerhorn Street, Bkly...

Photograph showing two women seated at sewing machines in front of Roosevelt, one woman, and a group of men. J202944 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Underwood & Underwood.

Col.  Roosevelt inspecting city work-shop at Schermerhorn Street, Bklyn

Col. Roosevelt inspecting city work-shop at Schermerhorn Street, Bkly...

Photograph showing two women seated at sewing machines in front of Roosevelt, one woman, and a group of men. J202944 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Underwood & Underwood.

Mrs. Tony Racioppo, 260 Elizabeth St., N.Y. 1st floor rear, finishing pants in dirty tenement home. Although it is a licensed house, the whole place is very much run down. The ahllway i.e., hallway is in the same condition as that one at 266 Elizabeth (see photo). Baby had bad cough. Mother said recovering from measles. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Tony Racioppo, 260 Elizabeth St., N.Y. 1st floor rear, finishing ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2828. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Mr. Rothenberg stitching neckties in small inner bed-room. See photo and label 2877.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Mr. Rothenberg stitching neckties in small inner bed-room. See photo a...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SENATE WOMEN SEWING, AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, RED CROSS

SENATE WOMEN SEWING, AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, RED CROSS

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN. MRS. MARY LOGAN TUCKER, SEWING ON BEDDING FOR HOSPITALS

LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN. MRS. MARY LOGAN TUCKER, SEWING ON BEDDING FOR H...

A black and white photo of a woman working on a sewing machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One hundred and fifteen years have failed to dim the keen eyesight of [Mammy Prater] this ex-slave

One hundred and fifteen years have failed to dim the keen eyesight of ...

Photograph shows elderly woman wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair sewing.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Felt slippers fitting room where cut patterns are sewed together for "lasting." West Alhambra, Calif.

Felt slippers fitting room where cut patterns are sewed together for "...

Photograph shows women seated at sewing machines; materials in foreground. J262154 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Philip Brigandi, Los Angeles, Calif. No. 146 - Wool 32. From the series: The Calif... More

Sew for victory / Pistchal. - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Sew for victory / Pistchal. - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Co...

Poster promoting sewing as contribution to the war effort, showing outline of sewing machine with war images. Poster design by Pistchal. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

The caricature reflects the bitter antagonism between Kentucky senator Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson, during the protracted battle over the future of the Bank of the United States from 1832 through 18... More

1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garments in a terribly run down tenement. The father works on the street. The three oldest children help the mother on garments. Joseph, 14, Andrew, 10, Rosie, 7, and all together they make about $2 a week when work is plenty. There are two babies.  Location: [New York, New York (State)]

1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garment...

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

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.)  Location: New York, New York (State)

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For co...

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

Joseph E. Baker - Heel and toe / J.E. Baker ; Armstrong & Co., Boston.

Joseph E. Baker - Heel and toe / J.E. Baker ; Armstrong & Co., Boston.

Elderly woman showing girl how to darn socks. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Working Girls Learning Dressmaking in the Free Evening School. Boston 1915 Exhibit.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Working Girls Learning Dressmaking in the Free Evening School. Boston ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sewing class at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, Augusta, Georgia

Sewing class at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, Augusta, Georg...

African American students sewing in a classroom. No. 14. Exhibited: Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900), images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "... More

Hari shigoto - Public domain portrait drawing

Hari shigoto - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman sewing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full-color woodblock shin hanga print. Forms part of: Japane... More

Mr. Rothenberg stitching neckties in small inner bed-room. See photo and label 2877. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mr. Rothenberg stitching neckties in small inner bed-room. See photo a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2876-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

GIRL SCOUTS. WAR SEWING WITH RED CROSS

GIRL SCOUTS. WAR SEWING WITH RED CROSS

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN. MRS. A.J. HUGHES, SEWING ON BEDDING FOR HOSPITALS

LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN. MRS. A.J. HUGHES, SEWING ON BEDDING FOR HOSPITA...

An old woman sitting at a sewing machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home-making - domestic art, Centralized school

Home-making - domestic art, Centralized school

Girls sewing. J263599 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 18451.

Group of women in sweatshop of Mr. Sentrei, 87 Ridge Street, second inner court. Small girl is Mamie Gerhino, 202 Elizabeth Street. She might have been 14 years old. Photo 5 P.M., February 21, 1908. Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) by Lewis W. Hine

Group of women in sweatshop of Mr. Sentrei, 87 Ridge Street, second in...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 31-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

The caricature reflects the bitter antagonism between Kentucky senator Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson, during the protracted battle over the future of the Bank of the United States from 1832 through 18... More

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.)  Location: New York, New York (State)

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For co...

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

Working Girls Learning Dressmaking in the Free Evening School. Boston 1915 Exhibit.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Working Girls Learning Dressmaking in the Free Evening School. Boston ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Glimpses at the Freedmen - The Freedmen's Union Industrial School, Richmond, Virginia / from a sketch by Jas E. Taylor.

Glimpses at the Freedmen - The Freedmen's Union Industrial School, Ric...

Room of African American women sewing. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 23, 1866 Sept. 22, p. 5. Reference copy filed in: LOT 4422.

[Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit]

[Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit]

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The seamstress - Public domain dedication image

The seamstress - Public domain dedication image

Photograph of a painting signed "Joseph De Camp, 1916" at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 850. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A 3 act Yiddish folk comedy "Dus groise Gevins" (The 200,000) by Sholem Aleichem

A 3 act Yiddish folk comedy "Dus groise Gevins" (The 200,000) by Shole...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dus Groise Gevins" at Memorial High School, Roxbury, Mass., showing three men sewing. Benefit: Boston Bicker Cholim Association. Work Projects Administration ... More

Rose Vetrano, 9 yrs. old, helping her mother on corset-covers, 71 Sullivan St., 3rd floor back.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Rose Vetrano, 9 yrs. old, helping her mother on corset-covers, 71 Sull...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Learning to Embroider in the Free evening school. 1915 Exhibit. October 1909.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Learning to Embroider in the Free evening school. 1915 Exhibit. Octobe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Room in Martini's factory (beading slippers, etc.), 249 Hud[son]. Women are calling for home-work, also delivering it, and learning to do it.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Room in Martini's factory (beading slippers, etc.), 249 Hud[son]. Wome...

Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... More

Men's suit sewing pattern - Public domain architectural plan engraving

Men's suit sewing pattern - Public domain architectural plan engraving

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Torsch & Rea, engravers. Category designation ... More

[Two girls, one reading, one sewing]

[Two girls, one reading, one sewing]

D9087 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Foerster & Co.

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people of Washington, headed by Frederick Douglass, viewing the remains / Sketched by Joseph Becker.

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...

Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More

[Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - sewing class]

[Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - sewing class]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of a cottage - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Interior of a cottage - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American gentleman, sketches of garments exhibited at the Merchant Tailors' National Conventions, 1904

American gentleman, sketches of garments exhibited at the Merchant Tai...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. American Fashion Co., copyright claimant. Category... More

A modern manual training school / Baker & Cornwall, photo.

A modern manual training school / Baker & Cornwall, photo.

Classroom with girls sewing and cooking on right and boys using tools on left. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edit... More

Miss Alice Pavl is shown sewing the thirty-sixth star on the suffrage ratification banner, the stars having been added from time to time as the various states ratified
Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Attaching trouser buttons with automatic button-fastening machine / / OEM photo by Gruber.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Attaching trouser buttons with auto...

Photograph shows employee of Best Coat and Apron Manufacturing Company working with a sewing machine to produce trousers for a uniform. No. D10785. Corresponding negative: LC-USE6-D-010785. Forms part of the F... More

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age 13). One child not working. They go to school and work afternoons and Saturdays on this custom work for father. Feb. 5, 1908. 4:30 P.M. Witness Mrs. Lilliam sic Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 9-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about t... More

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo taken after 3 P.M. February 21st, 1908, Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) by Lewis W. Hine

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo take...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 26-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about ... More

Room in Martini's factory (beading slippers, etc.), 249 Hudson. Women are calling for home-work, also delivering it, and learning to do it. Location: New York, New York (State)

Room in Martini's factory (beading slippers, etc.), 249 Hudson. Women ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2690. "249 Hud[...]" handwritten on caption card (not entirely visible) Credit line: National Child Labor... More

Annie Maier (or Meyer), making Campbell-Kids' pinafores in her basement home, 71 [?] E. 108th St. She was reported to have tuberculosis. Working in the Kitchen. (See also #2715).  Location: New York, New York (State)

Annie Maier (or Meyer), making Campbell-Kids' pinafores in her basemen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Illustration possibly for "Baby's Lullaby Book ... by Charles Stuart Pratt" showing a mother sitting in a chair, sewing, while an infant sleeps in a cradle at her feet

Illustration possibly for "Baby's Lullaby Book ... by Charles Stuart P...

T29496 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on mount: Copyright, 1888, by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Stamped on verso: Copyright Oct 17 1888. Copyright number inscr... More

[Girl teaching children to sew]

[Girl teaching children to sew]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0107). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Clothesline Alley."

"The new home" / by Walter P. Miller, Seattle, Wash.

"The new home" / by Walter P. Miller, Seattle, Wash.

Photograph shows a Native woman sitting at a "New Home" sewing machine at a campsite on the shore of a lake. H47174 U.S. Copyright Office.

Group of sweatshop workers in shop of M. Silverman. 30 Suffolk St., N. Y. Feb. 21, 1908.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Group of sweatshop workers in shop of M. Silverman. 30 Suffolk St., N....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Making dresses for Campbell Kid Dolls in a dirty tenement room, 59 Thompson St., N.Y., 4th floor, front--Romana family. The little boys, 5 and 7 years old, help to break the threads, the older boy, about 12 years old, operates the machine [when] the mother is not using it.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Making dresses for Campbell Kid Dolls in a dirty tenement room, 59 Tho...

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

Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card reports of same. L.W. Hine Location: Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky

Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4106. Hine no. 4108. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Flag shop, Navy Yard, US Navy Photogrpah

Flag shop, Navy Yard, US Navy Photogrpah

Photograph shows busy flag shop with women sitting at sewing machines making flags. Bain negative number LC-B2-4261-3A.

Sewing stars on suffrage flag - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Sewing stars on suffrage flag - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Examiner clipping threads from finished uniforms / / OEM photo by Gruber.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Examiner clipping threads from fini...

Photograph shows employee of Best Coat and Apron Manufacturing Company working with a clipper to produce trousers for a uniform.

Sewing leather facing over seam of a coat, for the Armed forces(?), at the Aero Leather Coat Company / Gruber.

Sewing leather facing over seam of a coat, for the Armed forces(?), at...

Photograph shows employee of Aero Leather Coat Company of Beacon, New York, working with a sewing machine to produce a leather garment for the U.S. Army. No. D010659. Corresponding negative: LC-USE6-D-010659. ... More

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in western Sikkim]

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in...

Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05-2612 and LC-KAN05-2613. Date on slide: "Aug. 71" possibly reflects date of later use or publication. Published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Ali... More

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M. Mar. 6th, a school day, and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week on account of the work. "I like to work, and I like to go to school too." Our investigator reports her as 13 yrs. old, and a truant. The 8 yr. old sister can speak no English and has never been to school. The work was strewn all over the dirty floor.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo taken after 3 P.M. February 21st, 1908, Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford.  Location: New York, New York (State) / by Lewis W. Hine.

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo take...

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

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age 13). One child not working. They go to school and work afternoons and Saturdays on this custom work for father.  Feb. 5, 1908. 4:30 P.M. Witness Mrs. Lilliam [sic] Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age...

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.

Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu - Public domain dedication image

Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a foreign woman using a sewing machine while her husband and children sit together in the background. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations, stamps, etc. on vers... More

Sewing. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Sewing. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Young women sewing with machines and by hand in the sewing class at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Greensboro, N.C. Displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Inside an Indian tepee - Public domain portrait

Inside an Indian tepee - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows a Native woman sitting at a sewing machine inside a tepee with other family members sitting around her. H86136 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card reports of same. L.W. Hine]  Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky]

[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gertrude Belier, 15 years old. Hemming curtains on machine at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Gertrude Belier, 15 years old. Hemming curtains on machine at Boutwell...

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.

The seamstress - Public domain dedication image

The seamstress - Public domain dedication image

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A class in sewing - is a feature of the child welfare work in the old city of Salonica which the Greek authorities are conducting in cooperation with the American Red Cross The Americans are carrying out an active child welfare campaign in Europe.

A class in sewing - is a feature of the child welfare work in the old ...

Filed in: Greece Children General. No. RC-8662. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Sewing - A picture of a sewing poster on a wall

Sewing - A picture of a sewing poster on a wall

Poster promoting occupations related to sewing, such as power machine operator, alteration worker, dress designer, hand finisher, basting trimmer, packer, swatcher, showing a swatch of cloth with needle and thread.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Sewing and turning cuff on trouser leg / / OEM photo by Gruber.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Sewing and turning cuff on trouser ...

Photograph shows employee of Best Coat and Apron Manufacturing Company working with a sewing machine to produce trousers for a uniform. No. D10782. Corresponding negative: LC-USE6-D-010782. Forms part of the F... More

Group in Sweatshop. Mr. Schneider, 87 Ridge Street Shop located in the second inner court. Group just finishing week's work. Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State) Photo 4 P.M. February 21?, 1908. By Lewis W Hine

Group in Sweatshop. Mr. Schneider, 87 Ridge Street Shop located in the...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 30-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Mattie V. Oblinger and Ella Oblinger, December 15, 1872
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fash...

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A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo taken after 3 P.M. February 21st, 1908, Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford.  Location: New York, New York (State) / by Lewis W. Hine.

A group of sweatshop workers. Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk St. Photo take...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group in Sweatshop. Mr. Schneider, 87 Ridge Street Shop located in the second inner court. Group just finishing week's work.  Witness Mrs. Lillian Hosford.  Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo 4 P.M. February 21[?], 1908. By Lewis W Hine.

Group in Sweatshop. Mr. Schneider, 87 Ridge Street Shop located in the...

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

Making clothes for the boys in the army

Making clothes for the boys in the army

Women spinning, weaving, and sewing to make clothing for Confederate soldiers. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 11.

Little Nell and her Grandfather

Little Nell and her Grandfather

96935 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Meeks, Eugene, artist... More

A worker sews all these tucks by hand and completes waist, 48? buttonholes, bones, collars, etc., for $1.65. Location: New York, New York (State)

A worker sews all these tucks by hand and completes waist, 48? buttonh...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2696. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

2 P.M. Workers on gloves, crowded into a small kitchen (photograph very inadequately represents congestion). Dallavalla, 50 McDougal St.  Location: New York, New York (State)

2 P.M. Workers on gloves, crowded into a small kitchen (photograph ver...

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[Eyes and fingers ached with much stitching]

[Eyes and fingers ached with much stitching]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Some People I Met In America" by Philip Gibbs, Harper's magazine, 139:458 (Sept. 1919).

Grande, Philomena, 218 Thompson Street, N.Y.C., making and finishing coats, earns about $1. a day. Jennie, age 13 and Edmond age 9 work steadly and do not get much chance for recreation. Taken by Hiram Myers, Photo, Publicity Dept., N.Y.C.  Location: New York, New York (State) / Hiram Myers Photo Studios.

Grande, Philomena, 218 Thompson Street, N.Y.C., making and finishing c...

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