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Demain, il y aura du tabac et des cigarettes; un peu de patience, fumeurs, et restreignons - nous pour aujourd'hui

Demain, il y aura du tabac et des cigarettes; un peu de patience, fume...

Two men arguing with two children standing behind a policeman. Translation of title: Tomorrow there will be some tobacco and some cigarettes. Smokers, a little patience, and let's restrain ourselves today. Sig... More

Evening recreation of the "Young Holy Ghosters" - Ages 15 - 25, average is 18 - all mill workers - all Portuguese. Whole House on George Street. Great need of leadership. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Evening recreation of the "Young Holy Ghosters" - Ages 15 - 25, averag...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4341. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Couple lighting cigarettes - Public domain dedication image

Couple lighting cigarettes - Public domain dedication image

A fashionably dressed man and woman smoke cigarettes. The man, standing behind the woman, bends to light her cigarette with his.

Draws easy / J.G. Brown 1873; Bencke & Scott, Chromolith., N.Y.

Draws easy / J.G. Brown 1873; Bencke & Scott, Chromolith., N.Y.

Print shows a young boy, wearing tattered clothing, smoking a cigar. E7175 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the jear [sic] 1874 by John Snedecor in the Office of the Librarian of ... More

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap reading "PIKE" with cigar in mouth and holding musket and sword]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap reading "PIKE" w...

Case: Leather geometric scroll. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist ... More

[Sugoroku game], Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

[Sugoroku game], Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing three scenes from part of a Sugoroku game board (?): a Japanese woman and man walking near a bridge; a foreign man smoking a pipe; and Japanese women, possibly geishas, entertaining forei... More

Where there's smoke there's fire

Where there's smoke there's fire

Full-length illustration of a fashionably dressed flapper standing with one hand on her hip and a cigarette in the other hand. A stream of smoke from the cigarette forms a curving, twisting, decorative line. I... More

[Man with cigar ice skating] / A.B.F.

[Man with cigar ice skating] / A.B.F.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

This boy has been working in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren , R.I., one year. June 10, 1909.  Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

This boy has been working in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren , R.I., one year....

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

[Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M.]  Location: Springfield, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M.] Locatio...

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

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of these youngsters smoke.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of...

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

11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jeffe...

A group of young men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yonehisa Yamagami, electrician, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Yonehisa Yamagami, electrician, Manzanar Relocation Center, California...

Yonehisa Yamagami, bust portrait, facing slightly right, a cigarette holder between his teeth. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-61. Gift; Ansel Adams;... More

Hara, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Hara, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two women and a man walking behind a group of travelers on the Tōkaidō Road, with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Sanki fukaku katachi o kuzusu no fuji

Sanki fukaku katachi o kuzusu no fuji

Print shows two men carrying swords, one also carries a rifle, stopping on a path to light their pipes, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with canteens playing cards and smoking in front of painted backdrop showing landscape with houses and trees]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with canteens playing car...

Case: Berg, no. 3-151. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library o... More

[Lotta Crabtree, half-length portrait, facing right, holding cigar]

[Lotta Crabtree, half-length portrait, facing right, holding cigar]

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Select - manufactured of the best quality of vuelta abajo tobacco

Select - manufactured of the best quality of vuelta abajo tobacco

Illustration shows a young woman seated on a veranda and a man standing before her with an open box of Select tobacco products; both are smoking. Copyright by Strobridge & Co.

Edward Miner and family in front of farmhouse near Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska

Edward Miner and family in front of farmhouse near Sargent, Custer Cou...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bunch of pioneers from near Gates, Custer County, Nebraska.

Bunch of pioneers from near Gates, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: Among them is T.J. Butcher, freighting from Kearney before the railroad came to Broken Bow. Picture taken 1886, Custer County. Inscription on photo: "Middle Loup pioneers 1885 freighting from K... More

[Waiting for an opportunity to disturb the peace]

[Waiting for an opportunity to disturb the peace]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Miss Moffett" by Marguerite Merington, Harper's magazine, 96:713 (April 1898).

The turtle F. Ziegfeld Jr's production.

The turtle F. Ziegfeld Jr's production.

48685 U.S. Copyright Office At head of title: Manhattan Theatre, 33rd St. and Broadway. Brady & Ziegfeld, managers. Caption: I'm not so slow. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N... More

[Two men sitting in one chair, one man's leg over the other's, both smoking]

[Two men sitting in one chair, one man's leg over the other's, both sm...

2936 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3558. Title devised. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Libr... More

[Forester at home] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Forester at home] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Belle Archer's new comedy drama, Jess of the Bar Z

Belle Archer's new comedy drama, Jess of the Bar Z

D16729 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The kid. Created and "copyright, 1900, by the U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Fred E. Wright. No. 4856. Forms part of: Theatric... More

Edward S. Curtis - Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock)

Edward S. Curtis - Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock)

Indian smoking pipe on flat rock. H104322 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2509-07.

Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward F. Brown Wilmington, Delaware.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edwa...

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

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works. Location: Schene...

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

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working, (see previous lists of names).  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was worki...

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

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 Fulton St. and John Neary, 211 Lakeview Ave., front row. Left hand, Robert Magee (see #2617). Right hand, Michael Keefe (see #2602). Middle, John Risheck. 391 Adams St., back row. Cornelius Hurley (see #2602).  Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 F...

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

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swifts' Pool Room. Saturday P.M. A common sight any day. Educational influences bad: stories and remarks will not bear repetition. Mill boys and men.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swift...

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

Lorenza Digiovanna is one of several occupants of loft apartments created in one of Biddeford, Maine's, previously bustling, then abandoned, mills, who break from the day's routine for a smoking break outside in rather crude surroundings

Lorenza Digiovanna is one of several occupants of loft apartments crea...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Goldes woman, wife of village chief, smoking pipe

Goldes woman, wife of village chief, smoking pipe

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 807. Similar to lantern slide W7-1150. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars in mouths in front of American flag, one in 6th Army of the Potomac forage hat]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars in mouths in ...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21 Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress... More

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, S...

D6400 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt & Co., Tampa, Fla. There boys looked under 14. Work was slack and youngsters were not being employed much. Labor told me in busy times many small boys and girls are employed. Youngsters all smoke (see 565). Witness Sara R. Hine.  Location: Tampa, Florida.

Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt & Co., Tampa, Fla. There boys looked u...

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

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each others' mouths]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each ot...

Photograph shows uniform of soldier on right with blue chevrons of an Infantry Sergeant. Case front: Berg, no. 1-129. Case back: Berg, no. 3-259. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Lil... More

Where there's smoke there's fire

Where there's smoke there's fire

Full-length illustration of a fashionably dressed flapper standing with one hand on her hip and a cigarette in the other hand. A stream of smoke from the cigarette forms a curving, twisting, decorative line. I... More

The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow.

The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow.

Caption: Hurled by highbinders through the rat pit's double trap. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8766. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library... More

[Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M.]  Location: Springfield, Massachusetts. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M.] Locatio...

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

[Six unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars and pipe] / M. P. Simons, photographer, no. 1320 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

[Six unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars and pipe] / M...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Jūsan, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Jūsan, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman offering a lighted pipe to her lover reclining on a bed nearby, also, from an adjoining room, a man (probably her husband) peeking from beneath a small table with a portion of a bird (rooste... More

Hibachi o kakomu gonin no otoko, Shunsh Katsukawa

Hibachi o kakomu gonin no otoko, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows five men relaxing around a hibachi; a shamisen rests on a platform in a room to the rear, and a standing screen with various symbols is in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information com... More

[A traveler, seated, wearing a robe, boots, and rounded-top conical hat, smoking a long pipe; a small bag is on the ground next to his feet]

[A traveler, seated, wearing a robe, boots, and rounded-top conical ha...

Attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Reudy Cressman, dealer in imported and domestic segars of superior brands, for sale, wholesale and retail, Spanish labels, brands and all articles of the trade Boerum, Engraver & Printer, 160 Callowhill St

Reudy Cressman, dealer in imported and domestic segars of superior bra...

Print shows an advertisement in the form of a $100 denomination bank note for Reudy Cressman's establishment at "No. 318 Vine St., Below Ninth St., Philad'a", "dealer in imported and domestic" cigars and other ... More

Puck magazine cover - A little suggestion / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - A little suggestion / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President McKinley taking a break to smoke a cigar while a wax figure sits at his desk to suggest that he is hard at work reviewing applications from office seekers who are clamoring in the backgrou... More

Peggy is earning what Paddy is burning--a typical Irish home

Peggy is earning what Paddy is burning--a typical Irish home

Man, with holes in knees of pants, sitting smoking pipe, and woman, standing in front of doorway, knitting. H19431 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. No. 12616.

Heredity - Print, Library of Congress collection

Heredity - Print, Library of Congress collection

18010 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. Steinigans, William J... More

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoking rights for men and women in public places, snaped [sic] as she "puffed" a cigarette at the Chevy Chase Club, Washington's most exclusive country club

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoki...

Photograph shows Sarah Anderson sitting in a rocking chair, lighting a cigarette. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years. Began when I was six years old for 5 cents a day. Lately I was workin $1.25 a day but got to spittin blood and had to quit." He was truely "scrapped" and of little use to himself or the world. Roy Hammett, Spartanberg, S.C. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2962. City recorded on caption card as "Spartanberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Lib... More

Men on the March Pipes & Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A. ; printed by The Avenue Press, Ltd., Bouverie St., London, England.

Men on the March Pipes & Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn, ...

Poster showing soldiers smoking pipes and cigarettes as they march past a damaged church. Text continues: £5 subscribed to the League will provide each man in a regiment at the front with one ounce of tobacco, ... More

Debutantes in silhouette - Public domain  print

Debutantes in silhouette - Public domain print

Miss Ester Cochran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Cochran of New York, seated by window, lighting a cigarette. National Photo Company Collection.

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of these youngsters smoke. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1800. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1229. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress,... More

Tobae mitate ryūgen sennin - Public domain  drawing

Tobae mitate ryūgen sennin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending in a plume of smoke coming from a box on the ground next to him; a child(?) gestures toward the dragon. Title and other descriptive... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat and slouch hat smoking pipe]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat and slouch hat smoking...

Case: Leather ornate circle floral design with scroll embellishments. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettys... More

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, S...

D6400 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap reading "PIKE" with cigar in mouth and holding musket and sword]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap reading "PIKE" w...

Case: Leather geometric scroll. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The brighter side of Hell. The anti-tobacco crank jumping through smoke rings

The brighter side of Hell. The anti-tobacco crank jumping through smok...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 69:914 (May 24, 1917).

[U.S. Marine smoking pipe as drawn by Japanese artist]

[U.S. Marine smoking pipe as drawn by Japanese artist]

Drawing is the last scene on the "American Doll Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by contemporary Japanese artist.

Arnold Genthe - Pipe dreams, Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - Pipe dreams, Chinatown, San Francisco

Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 129. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Man lighting cigarette for another on city street

Man lighting cigarette for another on city street

Title devised by cataloger. "G 3411" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034415. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The result - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The result - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph showing boys sick as a result of smoking. H86552 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.W. Kelley. No. 3.

Saint Nicotinus - Print, Library of Congress collection

Saint Nicotinus - Print, Library of Congress collection

66023 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. Ullman Mfg Co., copyr... 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

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1291. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner lot behind bill-board. Jefferson St. near Olive. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper,. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner l...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1367. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... More

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works until 11 P.M., usually, but all night when they are busy (See report of L.W.H.) Note sign above his head.  Location: Tampa, Florida.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works unti...

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

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, M...

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

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept. 11, 1911. All work. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2230. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each others' mouths]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each ot...

Photograph shows uniform of soldier on right with blue chevrons of an Infantry Sergeant. Case front: Berg, no. 1-129. Case back: Berg, no. 3-259. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Lil... More

Dance Sketch entitled The bal masque - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Sketch entitled The bal masque - Public domain musical sheets

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A  musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

A musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Private William B. Todd of Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalryalry Regiment with Colt Army revolver and smoking a cigar

Private William B. Todd of Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalryalry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier. Case: Berg, no. 2-40S. Written on paper behind image: Miss M. E. Burke, William B. Todd, Company E, 9th VA CAV.; Col. Beale; Wm. H. F. Lee's B. Gift; Tom Liljen... More

Minnie Palmer - Public domain portrait print

Minnie Palmer - Public domain portrait print

Full length portrait, standing, facing left; with cigarette in mouth, wearing band conductor's uniform and holding baton behind her. Copyright by B.J. Falk. Unprocessed in PR 6 CN268

[Two Chinese men, on narcotics in opium den]

[Two Chinese men, on narcotics in opium den]

H127632 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-41933. Wittemann Collection.

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1169. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of Gen'l Porter's staff - Public domain portrait photograph

Group of Gen'l Porter's staff - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the staff of Gen. Fitz-John Porter posing in front of a tent with drinks, pipes, and a dog during the Peninsular Campaign, Virginia; Lieutenant William G. Jones and Lieutenant George A. Custer ... More

2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State)

2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 18-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

An  original Ethiopian sketch entitled Oratory

An original Ethiopian sketch entitled Oratory

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

An  original Ethiopian sketch entitled Oratory

An original Ethiopian sketch entitled Oratory

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Don't be a slacker, send some tobaccer (to the boys in France)

Don't be a slacker, send some tobaccer (to the boys in France)

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
A  musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

A musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following names and others: Mose Fournier, 297 Worcester St.; in Mr. Karnes' room. Wilfred Croteau lives on Worcester St., in front of Police Station. Doffer in Mr. Baker's twisting room. Paul Phaneuf, 189 Franklin St., in Mr. Karnes' spinning room. Leo La Francis, 12 Quebec St. In beaming room. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following name...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from photo and label for Hine no. 2356. Hine no. 2357. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2720. Hine no. 2791. Handwritten card refers only to #2720. The smaller boy appears to be the same in both ima... More

2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State)

2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 18-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jeffe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1384. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Buster and Tige here again It probably was good for the lad! R.F. Outcault

Buster and Tige here again It probably was good for the lad! R.F. Outc...

A twelve frame comic strip that begins, in frames 1-6, with Buster getting hit in the head with a snowball thrown by a bully; Buster then makes friends with the bully and proposes an amusement, setting him up t... More

Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt & Co., Tampa, Fla. There boys looked under 14. Work was slack and youngsters were not being employed much. Labor told me in busy times many small boys and girls are employed. Youngsters all smoke (see 565). Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Tampa, Florida

Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt & Co., Tampa, Fla. There boys looked u...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
The  yachting party a vaudeville act in three scenes
A  musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

A musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

A  musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

A musical comedy in one act and three scenes entitled Melodyland

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

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