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STERLING, U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection

STERLING, U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the U.S.S. warship Sterling at anchor in the Hudson River, near the New York Navy Yard during the Presidential Naval Review on Oct. 3, 1911. The Sterling was recommissioned in February 1916. (S... More

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near St...

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[Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / [Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915]

[Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018.] Loc...

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Keystone Works, Sterling, Ill.

Keystone Works, Sterling, Ill.

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Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job for such a child.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 23/15.

Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job f...

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Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He works from 6 A.M. to 6:30 P.M., with about half an hour for lunch. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2215

Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4012. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

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[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

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Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

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STERLING, J.A. REPRESENTATIVE - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

STERLING, J.A. REPRESENTATIVE - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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A Giddings beet-puller, drawn by 4 horses. The two knives pass along the sides of the beet rows and loosen the soil -- but they do not pull the beets -- the workers finish pulling by hand, often with some extra exertion. A kind of hand plow puller is often used on small farms. Near Sterling, Oct. 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

A Giddings beet-puller, drawn by 4 horses. The two knives pass along t...

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(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine., Oct. 2215

(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a g...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4011. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

[This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December 6. Compare photograph 4042 showing attendance on October 25 - 7 weeks after school opened.]  Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / L.W. Hine.

[This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on Decembe...

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(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine., Oct. 22/15.

(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a g...

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Farmhouse and cane near Sterling. Loudoun County, Virginia

Farmhouse and cane near Sterling. Loudoun County, Virginia

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Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling...

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[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

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INDIANS, AMERICAN. HIGH PIPE; CHARLES TACKETT; HOLLOW HORN BEAR, JR.; WILLIAM THUNDERHAWK; SENATOR STERLING OF SOUTH DAKOTA; EUGENE LITTLE; RUBEN QUICK BEAR; HENRY HORSE LOOKING; SILAS STANDING ELK

INDIANS, AMERICAN. HIGH PIPE; CHARLES TACKETT; HOLLOW HORN BEAR, JR.; ...

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Seven-year-old Maggie Wohn pulls and piles the beets. See preceding photos.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

Seven-year-old Maggie Wohn pulls and piles the beets. See preceding ph...

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Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Neb[raska] 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine Oct. 22/15.

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the fa...

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A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

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The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who moved here six years ago from South Nebraska and owns four hundred acres now. In the distance is the home of a Russian who rents land from him and another who works on contract. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who move...

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[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

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STERLING, U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection

STERLING, U.S.N.. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the U.S. S. warship Sterling at anchor in the Hudson River, near the New York Navy Yard during the Presidential Naval Review on Oct. 3, 1911. The Sterling was recommissioned in February 1916. (... More

These eight pupils are all that are attending out of 160 Russian Children that should be in the Lincoln School, Sterling, Colo. As soon as the beet work commenced they dropped out. Photo taken 8 weeks after school opened. Location: Sterling, Colorado / by Lewis W. Hine., Oct 21, 1915.

These eight pupils are all that are attending out of 160 Russian Child...

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Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets. See 4018.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets....

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The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who moved here six years ago from South Nebraska and owns four hundred acres now. In the distance is the home of a Russian who rents land from him and another who works on contract. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who move...

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[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

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This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do family, but kept out of school to work. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.

This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on th...

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Beet workers home after a few prosperous years near Sterling, adjacent to the home shown in 3950. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

Beet workers home after a few prosperous years near Sterling, adjacent...

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Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9 children and some hired help. Only one child in school (see 4042). This is 6 yr. old Lena, who works some too. The 8 yr. old boy pulls and piles beets. 9 and 12 yr. old boys run the pulling machine, (the mother said, "We all got to do all we can.") 11 yr. old girl piles and tops and does housework. 13 yr. old girl piles and tops. Says she hasn't hurt herself with the knife this year, but did last year. The whole family begins work from 5 to 6 A.M. and works until 6 P.M. and after, with time off for dinner. Pedroni has been living here for 20 yrs., owns several hundred acres, about 100 in beets. Is said to be well-to-do.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 25/15.

Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9...

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"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stroke. - the girl, #1, - the boy, #2. Reiber family, two adults & two children work, two babies at home in the shack. Father expects to clear $350. Began in May. Will finish in mid Nov., "Then we'll go off on a ranch and the children can go to school." Farm near Sterling, Oct. 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stro...

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Conrad Helmut's two girls, 6 and 8 yrs. old, pulling beets, near Sterling, Colo. The ground was hard and the little ones tugged away at the beets steadily. There are three smaller children left alone in the shack at the far end of the field. Father said he will clear about $200 this season, -two parents and these two children. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine. Oct. 21/15.

Conrad Helmut's two girls, 6 and 8 yrs. old, pulling beets, near Sterl...

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Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He works from 6 A.M. to 6:30 P.M., with about half an hour for lunch. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 22/15.

Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He...

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INDIANS, AMERICAN. HIGH PIPE; CHARLES TACKETT; HOLLOW HORN BEAR, JR.; WILLIAM THUNDERHAWK; SENATOR STERLING OF SOUTH DAKOTA; EUGENE LITTLE; RUBEN QUICK BEAR; HENRY HORSE LOOKING; SILAS STANDING ELK

INDIANS, AMERICAN. HIGH PIPE; CHARLES TACKETT; HOLLOW HORN BEAR, JR.; ...

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[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."].  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near S...

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Katie Wohn, twelve-year-old topper. Said she cut a hole in her leg recently with the hook on the end of the knife. See Hine report. Photo Oct. 22/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

Katie Wohn, twelve-year-old topper. Said she cut a hole in her leg rec...

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The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near Starling. See also 3953. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near ...

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[Nine year old Mollie Keller and her two sisters, 10 and 13 yrs old, pulling beets. The overalls are used by many girls and women. They said they begin sometimes at 5 A.M., usually about 6 or 7, -and work until 6 P.M. with an hour off at noon. An 8 yr old sister works some. These 4 children, with the father and mother, work a large plot of beets on contract for W.E. Damm, near Sterling Colo. Mr. Damm said this family would make from $800 to $900 this season, with two or three hundred dollars out for expenses]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / [Photo by Hine. Oct. 21/15]

[Nine year old Mollie Keller and her two sisters, 10 and 13 yrs old, p...

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Children belonging to families of Stark and Schwartz, beet workers near Sterling, Colo. The 6, -8, and 9 yr. olds pull and pile, two 12 yr. olds pull and top. Family, including children, work from 5 A.M. to 6 P.M., with only half an hour for lunch, a work-day of over 12 hours. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2215

Children belonging to families of Stark and Schwartz, beet workers nea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4021. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compa...

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Some of the shacks in "St. Petersburg," the district in which the beet-workers live in Sterling. Some have to rent even these poor shacks, but many have their own cottages and some buy their farms in a few years. Location: Sterling, Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.

Some of the shacks in "St. Petersburg," the district in which the beet...

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Some of the shacks in "St. Petersburg," the district in which the beet-workers live in Sterling. Some have to rent even these poor shacks, but many have their own cottages and some buy their farms in a few years. Location: Sterling, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Some of the shacks in "St. Petersburg," the district in which the beet...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3996. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

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Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack -- beet workers near Sterling, Colo. They all work from 5:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with about an hour for lunch. The 6 and 8 yr. olds pull and pile, -10 and 12 yr. olds pull and top. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 22/15.

Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack -- beet workers near Sterling,...

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8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets. See 4018.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets....

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STERLING, FREDERICK A. - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

STERLING, FREDERICK A. - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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STERLING, THOMAS. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

STERLING, THOMAS. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

A. J. Gallup House, Sterling, Windham County, CT

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[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."].  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near S...

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STERLING, BRUCE F., HONORABLE - Public domain portrait photograph

STERLING, BRUCE F., HONORABLE - Public domain portrait photograph

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STERLING, BRUCE F., HONORABLE - Public domain portrait photograph

STERLING, BRUCE F., HONORABLE - Public domain portrait photograph

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[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / L.W. Hine.

[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Comp...

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This is the total attendance (2 pupils) at Sanders School, #30, near Sterling, Logan Co., Colo., October 25, 1915, seven weeks after school opened. The total enrol[l]ment will reach 15 or 17 after beet work is over. Sept, 6, school opened with 12 pupils. Low attendance will continue for several weeks. The teacher, Miss Allison, says that out of 8 months of school, many of the children will get only four months schooling on account of beet work. The 2 pupils are, Harold, a 9 yr. old American boy whose family hires beet-workers, and 6 yr. old Lena, who belongs to an Italian family with 9 children, Padroni. (See 4043).  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

This is the total attendance (2 pupils) at Sanders School, #30, near S...

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This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December 6. Compare photograph 4042 showing attendance on October 25 - 7 weeks after school opened.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December...

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Shack in which the Reibers live, 10 x 15 ft. with a small shed attached. See other photos.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

Shack in which the Reibers live, 10 x 15 ft. with a small shed attache...

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DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN OUTSIDE WILLARD HOTEL, WITH SOME OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: 2ND FROM LEFT, R.W. WOOLLEY OF COM.; RIGHT FRONT, HOLDING OVERCOAT, ROLAND MARSH; 3RD FROM RIGHT REAR, EDWARD E. GROSSCUP; 2ND FROM RIGHT REAR, C.S. VROOMAN; RIGHT REAR, BRUCE STERLING OF PENNSYLVANIA

DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN OUTSIDE WILLARD HOTEL, WITH SOME OF DEMOCRAT...

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Dunay Homestead (Doorway), Sterling, Windham County, CT

Dunay Homestead (Doorway), Sterling, Windham County, CT

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[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."].  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / Photo by Hine. Oct. 22/15.

[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near S...

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"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stroke. - the girl, #1, - the boy, #2. Reiber family, two adults & two children work, two babies at home in the shack. Father expects to clear $350. Began in May. Will finish in mid Nov., "Then we'll go off on a ranch and the children can go to school." Farm near Sterling, Oct. 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stro...

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Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'."  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with th...

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Wohn family, near Sterling Colo. See photos and labels preceding.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

Wohn family, near Sterling Colo. See photos and labels preceding. Loc...

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Houses at crossroads, two miles west of Sterling

Houses at crossroads, two miles west of Sterling

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets. See 4018. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

8 and 10 year old children of Walker family pulling and pilling beets....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4017. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who moved here six years ago from South Nebraska and owns four hundred acres now. In the distance is the home of a Russian who rents land from him and another who works on contract. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July 1915. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

The home of a prosperous beet grower near Sterling, Colorado, who move...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3946. Copy neg includes #3945. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress,... More

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack -- beet workers near Sterling, Colo. They all work from 5:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with about an hour for lunch. The 6 and 8 yr. olds pull and pile, -10 and 12 yr. olds pull and top. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 22/15.

Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack -- beet workers near Sterling,...

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Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Locati...

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Children belonging to families of Stark and Schwartz, beet workers near Sterling, Colo. The 6, -8, and 9 yr. olds pull and pile, two 12 yr. olds pull and top. Family, including children, work from 5 A.M. to 6 P.M., with only half an hour for lunch, a work-day of over 12 hours. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 22/15.

Children belonging to families of Stark and Schwartz, beet workers nea...

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

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Locati...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4034. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4002. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

A Giddings beet-puller, drawn by 4 horses. The two knives pass along the sides of the beet rows and loosen the soil -- but they do not pull the beets -- the workers finish pulling by hand, often with some extra exertion. A kind of hand plow puller is often used on small farms. Near Sterling, Oct. 2315. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

A Giddings beet-puller, drawn by 4 horses. The two knives pass along t...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4028. Phrase "do not" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collec... More

This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet. This is the ten-year-old Walker boy, (see label 4018) belonging to a well-to-do family, but kept out of school to work. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915

This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4033. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Locati...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title information from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4034. Hine no. 4035. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More

Two families, including boy of 8 yrs. and girl of 10 yrs., working on farm of Frank Herdenreder, near Sterling, Colo. They work from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. usually. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine. Oct. 2215

Two families, including boy of 8 yrs. and girl of 10 yrs., working on ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4010. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4002. Hine no. 4003. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4005. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Locati...

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

Luft family, farm near Sterling. Mother, 9 yr. old Amelia, and 12 yr. old Mary working while father hauls the beets to factory. "Amelia she not work all time, she wash dishes and tend baby." 7 children. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2315

Luft family, farm near Sterling. Mother, 9 yr. old Amelia, and 12 yr. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4032. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Jake is ten yrs old, Marie is 13, but neither could spell own name. Scheler family, near Sterling. The boy said he had recently stuck the hook into his knee while topping. Six in the family, four work. Another family with them, 2 adults. Working 50 acres of beets. Farm near Sterling. Oct. 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine.

Jake is ten yrs old, Marie is 13, but neither could spell own name. Sc...

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

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are "hooked" by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4002. Hine no. 4004. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 2115

Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4005. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

KERR STERLING - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

KERR STERLING - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado L.W. Hine

This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compa...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4059. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Wohn family, near Sterling Colo. See photos and labels preceding. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

Wohn family, near Sterling Colo. See photos and labels preceding. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4014. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Nebraska 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine Oct. 2215

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the fa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4018. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

[Seven-year-old Maggie Wohn pulls and piles the beets. See preceding photos.]  Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado].

[Seven-year-old Maggie Wohn pulls and piles the beets. See preceding p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ten-year-old Mollie Schuman left alone at the shack with all these babies and the adults far off in the field, out of sight. Mollie tops and piles too. Nine persons live in this one-room shack, 10 x 14 feet, and still it is neat. Near Sterling, Oct 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine.

Ten-year-old Mollie Schuman left alone at the shack with all these bab...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Retired railroad engineer who owns twenty-five acre farm. Raises corn and wheat near Sterling, Virginia

Retired railroad engineer who owns twenty-five acre farm. Raises corn ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done.". Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine. Oct. 2215

The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near St...

In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4020. Hine no. 4022. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

Domenico Cimarosa. Matrimonio segreto. Libretto. German

die Musik ist von Cimarosa. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. P. 9 misnumbered as 6. Libretto by G. Bertati--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

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