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Interior of a woolen factory, Leicester, England

Interior of a woolen factory, Leicester, England

Women working at sewing machines in factory. J266532 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13168.

[Old woman with sewing] - Public domain portrait drawing

[Old woman with sewing] - Public domain portrait drawing

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137).

As she sews, America reaps - Posters Yanker Poster Collection

As she sews, America reaps - Posters Yanker Poster Collection

Handbill showing women sewing with sewing machine. "As seen in The New York Times Magazine March 26, 1972." Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Published in: Prop art / Gary Yanker. New York : Darien House, 1972.

Annie Maier (or Meyer), making Campbell-kids' pinafores in her basement home. 71 E. 108 Street. She was reported to have tuberculosis. Working in the kitchen. (see also No. 2713). Location: New York, New York (State)

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2715. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

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

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Lo...

Public domain photograph of cabinet furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl., N.Y.C. They all work until 9 P.M. when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week. Father works on street, when he has work. Jennie was a truant, "I staid home 'cause a lady was comin'.-".  Location: [New York, New York (State)].

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father...

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

[Women in various occupations] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Women in various occupations] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Making caps / Th. Nast. wood engraving, Library of Congress

Making caps / Th. Nast. wood engraving, Library of Congress

Woman sewing soldiers' caps. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 489 (1866 May 12), p. 293.

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

GIRL SCOUTS. SCOUTS SEWING - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

GIRL SCOUTS. SCOUTS SEWING - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, West Virginia.  Location: [Pocahontas County]--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewi...

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

Now I'm satisfied Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Now I'm satisfied Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Departmen...

Poster shows a woman sitting in a rocking chair while sewing by hand near a table with a lamp. Gift; Lester Beall.

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2713. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2884. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... 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

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.

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

[Dresses, possibly made by students in a Washington, D.C. school, on display]

[Dresses, possibly made by students in a Washington, D.C. school, on d...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 192. In album: "2nd Division."

Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit

Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit

Title devised by cataloger. Jacket title: R & B. "Singer" on sewing machine; woman sewing paper. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 40189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

NAVY LEAGUE OF U.S. SEWING KIT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

NAVY LEAGUE OF U.S. SEWING KIT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain photograph related to US navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pallagi (?) family finishing pants, 17 Monroe St., N.Y., 2nd floor front. None of them spoke any English. A neighbor's child said the young girl is 13 yrs. old. Photo taken at 2:45 P.M. Mar./6/12, a school day. In the next apartment, a 12 yr. old girl was finishing pants and explained, "I came home with the toothache."  New York, New York (State)

Pallagi (?) family finishing pants, 17 Monroe St., N.Y., 2nd floor fro...

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

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[?] butto...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Patch-work, Harry Whittier Frees photo of dressed up animal

Patch-work, Harry Whittier Frees photo of dressed up animal

Photograph shows a puppy wearing a dress and sewing a patch on the pants of a tiny puppy on her lap. J193647 U.S. Copyright Office.

While Mother made the sailor suit I was set to work on the doll dress

While Mother made the sailor suit I was set to work on the doll dress

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Letter to Delineator Readers from the Editor" Delineator, 90:1 (Feb. 1917).

Bessie Blitch, 15 years old. Sewing curtains on machine at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Lewis W. Hine. (Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager.) Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Bessie Blitch, 15 years old. Sewing curtains on machine at Boutwell, F...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4727. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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

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

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

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Loc...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 28-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... 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...

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

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.

War views. No. 1501, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - writing to friends at home

War views. No. 1501, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - writing to frien...

Stereograph shows Boston Light Artillery soldiers in camp at Relay House in Maryland sitting at a long table, writing letters, as one soldier, in the foreground, appears to be sewing. No. 1501. Date of photogr... More

American dress chart, front of lady's dress

American dress chart, front of lady's dress

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

New York City--The sewing-room at A.T. Stewart's, between Ninth and Tenth Streets, Broadway and Fourth Avenue / Hyde.

New York City--The sewing-room at A.T. Stewart's, between Ninth and Te...

Large number of women sewing at long tables. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1875 April 24, p. 109.

Birth of our nation's flag - Public domain portrait print

Birth of our nation's flag - Public domain portrait print

27358 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. Husgerber, C. H. Cate... More

[A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

[A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Making the flag] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Making the flag] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[And really sew on some article of clothing]

[And really sew on some article of clothing]

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Some of our Wise Virgins" by Lillie Hamilton French, Century, 63:325 (Jan. 1902).

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....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 27-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A Busy Hour--The steamer Class in the Hancock School. Boston 1915 Exhibit.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

A Busy Hour--The steamer Class in the Hancock School. Boston 1915 Exhi...

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

Mrs. Tony Racioppo, 260 Elizabeth St., N.Y. 1st floor rear, finishing pants in dirty tenement home. Althou[gh] 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 ...

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

RED CROSS GARMENT DIVISION. MISC. VIEWS OF WORK ROOMS AND WOMEN SEWING, KNITTING, ETC.

RED CROSS GARMENT DIVISION. MISC. VIEWS OF WORK ROOMS AND WOMEN SEWING...

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

RED CROSS GARMENT DIVISION. MISC. VIEWS OF WORK ROOMS AND WOMEN SEWING, KNITTING, ETC.

RED CROSS GARMENT DIVISION. MISC. VIEWS OF WORK ROOMS AND WOMEN SEWING...

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

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

Bessie Blitch, 15 years old. Sewing curtains on machine at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Lewis W. Hine. (Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager.)  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Bessie Blitch, 15 years old. Sewing curtains on machine at Boutwell, F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, 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.

Refugees in front of the ruins of the temple of Thesus [i.e. Theseus]

Refugees in front of the ruins of the temple of Thesus [i.e. Theseus]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Athens, classical Greece, ancient world, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3255. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... 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.

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl., N.Y.C. They all work until 9 P.M. when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week. Father works on street, when he has work. Jennie was a truant, "I staid home 'cause a lady was comin'.-".  Location: [New York, New York (State)].

11:30 A.M. Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 886. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... 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.

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Mattie V. Oblinger and Ella Oblinger, December 15, 1872
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Mattie V. Oblinger and Ella Oblinger, December 15, 1872
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 10, 1873
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...

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

Letter from Stella Oblinger to Laura I. Oblinger, Sadie Oblinger, and Nettie Oblinger, September 9-11, 1887
Letter from Stella Oblinger to Laura I. Oblinger, Sadie Oblinger, and Nettie Oblinger, September 9-11, 1887
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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2821. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 4914. "Hiram Myers Photo Studios" recorded upper left corner of caption card. "Photo sent to Dr. Stern" noted on card. Attached to caption car... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Settlement Providence, R.I. The Director is holding a newly-arrived deserted baby. Location: Providence, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Set...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3174. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 886. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Lo...

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

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 10, 1873
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 photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Letter from Estella Stilgebouer to Laura I. Oblinger, Sadie Oblinger, Nettie Oblinger, Lillie Oblinger, Maggie Oblinger, February 14, 1894
6 P.M. Callabria family, 647 E. 12th St., N.Y. (see schedule) Mother finishes clothing. The children paste needle packages onto cards and said they all work at times until 10 or 11 P.M. They are 9, 12, 14 and 15 years old and all go to school. They are undersized. The baby in the cart is one month old. Location: New York, New York (State)

6 P.M. Callabria family, 647 E. 12th St., N.Y. (see schedule) Mother f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2826. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

6 P.M. Callabria family, 647 E. 12th St., N.Y. (see schedule) Mother finishes clothing. The children paste needle packages onto cards and said they all work at times until 10 or 11 P.M. They are 9, 12, 14 and 15 years old and all go to school. They are undersized. The baby in the cart is one month old.  Location: New York, New York (State)

6 P.M. Callabria family, 647 E. 12th St., N.Y. (see schedule) Mother f...

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

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4726. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Letter from Estella Stilgebouer to Laura I. Oblinger, Sadie Oblinger, Nettie Oblinger, Lillie Oblinger, Maggie Oblinger, February 14, 1894
Letter from Estella Stilgebouer to Laura I. Oblinger, Sadie Oblinger, Nettie Oblinger, Lillie Oblinger, Maggie Oblinger, February 14, 1894
Home sweet home - Print, Library of Congress collection

Home sweet home - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Family. P... More

U.S.S. Richmond, forecastle - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Richmond, forecastle - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Bar tacking (reinforced sewing) belt loops on trousers / / OEM photo by Gruber.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Bar tacking (reinforced sewing) bel...

Photograph shows employee of Best Coat and Apron Manufacturing Company working with a sewing machine to produce trousers for a uniform. No. D10784. Corresponding negative: LC-USE6-D-010784. Forms part of the F... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 15-C. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 10, 1873
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 10, 1873
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Settlement Providence, R.I. The Director is holding a newly-arrived deserted baby.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Set...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, 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

A hint from the world's fair - why not have a "bureau of public comfort" in every large city? / F. Opper.

A hint from the world's fair - why not have a "bureau of public comfor...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a place for Republican's to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election with such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evart... More

Garment Workers on East Side 4:30 P.M. Vincenzie, 14 years old. Jovannina, 9 years old. Michael, 5 years old.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Garment Workers on East Side 4:30 P.M. Vincenzie, 14 years old. Jovann...

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

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 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 1306. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Betsay i.e., Betsey Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Betsay i.e., Betsey Price, - First year High School at her club sewing...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5117. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 97. County not stated on caption card; based on captions for other photos tak... 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 County 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5063. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 43. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein 30 Suffolk St. Witness Mrs. L. Hosford. Loc...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 28-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Settlement Providence, R.I. The Director is holding a newly-arrived deserted baby. Location: Providence, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Sewing class in Sprague House Set...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3174. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Mattie V. Oblinger and Ella Oblinger, December 15, 1872
Letter from Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, November 24, 1874
Beatrice was making an angel - Drawing. Public domain image.

Beatrice was making an angel - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0030). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Play's the Thing" by Albert W. Vorse, Scribner's magazine, 26:169 (Aug. 1899).

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.

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 14, 1874
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger and Mattie V. Oblinger to Thomas Family, December 14, 1874
U.S.S. Richmond, forecastle, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. Richmond, forecastle, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Pu...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020924. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Every soldier his own sewing society

Every soldier his own sewing society

Soldier, seated, outside tent, mending uniform. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making the flag - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Making the flag - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Photograph of a photo of a painting signed "J.L.G. Ferris." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090422. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2779-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Operating automatic buttonhole making machine / / OEM photo by Gruber.

Best Coat and Apron Mfg. Company : Operating automatic buttonhole maki...

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

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