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Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, "I ravels and picks up." Small boy in another mill said, " Over in Mill they work em so little they have to stand em up on boxes to reach." These children were well dressed for workers. Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl ...

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

Workers in More-Jones Glass Co., Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in middle is Harry Simpkins, 52 South Ave. (dirty, noisome conditions). See him in photos 978 & 979. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Workers in More-Jones Glass Co., Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in middle i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 973. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

8 A.M. A cold and windy day. Small boy, Paul Zozzaro, 9 years old, begins at 7 A.M. daily. Then goes to school. Sells after school until 6 P.M. and later. Older brother, Tony, gets up at 5 every morning and sells before school. Then after school again. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

8 A.M. A cold and windy day. Small boy, Paul Zozzaro, 9 years old, beg...

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

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. February 12,1908. Small boy in centre of group is Joseph Levite, 83 Hester Street, 13 years old. Small boy on his right and below is Abraham Jachnes (See photo # 22[A]) Location: New York, New York (State)

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. Fe...

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Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Has been working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 9 months. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Ha...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 752. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cent...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1987. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Resting with the load at the head of the slope. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co., Small boy is Jo Puma, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Jo's mother showed me the passport which shows Jo to be 14 years old, but he has no school certificate, although working inside the mine. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania

Resting with the load at the head of the slope. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1923. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Otis Mehaffy. 4 years in mill. Small boy "helps sister" Saturdays and after school. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Otis Mehaffy. 4 years in mill. Small ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 333. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charles Bailey, 316 Scholum St., Is he Fourteen years old?. Location: South Bend, Indiana

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charles Bailey, 316 Scholum St., Is he Fourteen years old?. Location: South Bend, Indiana

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursday, May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1359. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Small boy standing outdoors with dog. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Small boy standing outdoors with dog. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4800. No descriptive caption on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Lib... More

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on other two, and is usually crowded like this. Small boy in front is Jo Pume, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1925. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collec... More

Team work. Older brother makes smaller boy do the work. Small boy said he was 9 years old. Appears to be 7. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Team work. Older brother makes smaller boy do the work. Small boy said...

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Team work. Older brother makes smaller boy do the work. Small boy said he was 9 years old. Appears to be 7. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Team work. Older brother makes smaller boy do the work. Small boy said...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1382. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Night scene in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in middle distance of Photo. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Night scene in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in mi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 971. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg sic, S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook, works in spinning room #2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at 35 cents a day now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birth day June 25th, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The other boys are questionable. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg sic, S....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2997. City recorded at top of caption card as "Spartenberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collecti... More

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on other two, and is usually crowded like this. Small boy in front is Jo Pume, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1925. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collec... More

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. February 12,1908. Small boy in centre of group is Joseph Levite, 83 Hester Street, 13 years old. Small boy on his right and below is Abraham Jachnes (See photo # 22A) Location: New York, New York (State)

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. Fe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 19-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on other two, and is usually crowded like this. Small boy in front is Jo Pume, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1925. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collec... More

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate Co.) Small boy on left end is Mike Murphy, ten years old, and from Baltimore. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1985. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charles Bailey, 316 Scholum St., Is he Fourteen years old?. Location: South Bend, Indiana

Going home to lunch! Two boys from Singer Mfg. Co., Small boy -- Charl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Small boy standing outdoors. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Small boy standing outdoors. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4801. No descriptive caption on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Lib... More

2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme left, Sam, 10 yrs. old - "I've got to support the family," he said. Small boy on right centre his broth[er], William 12 years old. Behind him another brother, 14 years old. This last has trachoma, and was excluded from school because of it. Sam had it recently. Mother wants these children to work because they bother her. Sam and William have been selling 2 and 5 years respectively. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey.

2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme le...

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Resting with the load at the head of the slope. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co., Small boy is Jo Puma, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Jo's mother showed me the passport which shows Jo to be 14 years old, but he has no school certificate, although working inside the mine. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania

Resting with the load at the head of the slope. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1923. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More