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Cuba's choice / Keppler. - A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman

Cuba's choice / Keppler. - A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a wo...

Illustration shows a young woman wearing a hat labeled "Cuba", standing, with her arms crossed, trying to decide which of three paths to choose; the first path, labeled "Reciprocity" leads to an angry "Beet Sug... More

Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws ..., Political Cartoon

Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws ..., Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows Republican House Speaker Sereno Payne as a messenger delivering a sheet of paper "Cuban relief. U.S. labor laws. U.S. immigration law. 20% reduction reciprocity. April 1, '02" to a barefoot man "... More

The Conversion of Littlefield - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Conversion of Littlefield - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Republican Charles Edgar Littlefield swinging a club "Anti-trust" over "Tariff." Theodore Roosevelt holds Littlefield's arm. Roosevelt wears a sword "Reciprocity" and Littlefield has "Intact high ... More

"I don't never git no rest." This is the attitude that Henry, a six-year old beet worker takes toward life on a Wisconsin farm. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915. Location: Wisconsin

"I don't never git no rest." This is the attitude that Henry, a six-ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3955. No specific Wisconsin location recorded on caption card. Phrase "git no rest" is underlined on the ca... More

Barbara Lieber, nine-year old beet worker hoeing with her eleven-year old sister on a Wisconsin farm near St. John. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915.  Location: St. John [vicinity], Wisconsin.

Barbara Lieber, nine-year old beet worker hoeing with her eleven-year ...

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

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-C Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Estate Susannaberg, Windmill, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Estate Susannaberg, Windmill, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The Windmill Tower of Estate Susannaberg is the second oldest on the island of Saint John. Erected between 1780 and 1800 by an unknown builder, the mill is in ruinous condition today. The wooden... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junction of Rts. 418 & 111, Victoria, Agaudilla Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junct...

Significance: Hacienda La Concepcion was established on the old banks of the Culebrinas River by the family of Dona Eulalia Quinones. In 1868, her husband, Jose Nestor Cardona, installed the steam engine and m... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy, on horseback, and Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, on foot, driving cattle labeled "High Protectionist, Senatorial Pledge Breaker, [and] Beet Sug... More

All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a farmer near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The children are brought out from the nearby town to work the beets. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915.  Location: Fond du Lac [vicinity], Wisconsin.

All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a...

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

Cuba's opportunity / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cuba's opportunity / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a wall labeled "Tariff Wall" on the U.S. coastline, it has two gates, one labeled "Annexation" and the other labeled "Reciprocity". A woman labeled "Cuba", holding a bundle of "Raw Sugar" can... More

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

"Oh, Mother, may I go out to swim?" / Frank A. Nankivell 1906.

"Oh, Mother, may I go out to swim?" / Frank A. Nankivell 1906.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam dressed as a woman holding a switch of bound rushes in his left hand, talking to a young girl labeled "Philippines"; they are standing on a beach with the water labeled "Free Trade ... More

All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a farmer near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The children are brought out from the nearby town to work the beets. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July, 1915.  Location: Fond du Lac [vicinity], Wisconsin.

All these children were working in the sugar beets for Louis Startz, a...

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

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Significance: As the first project built by the U.S. Reclamation Service in Utah, the Strawberry Valley Project had a major impact on the State. It represents the beginning of Federal assistance in water devel... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

As the tariff-war must end / Keppler.

As the tariff-war must end / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled "U.S. Duty on Russian Sugar." Caption: Uncle Sam (to ... More

Beet workers, ten years, twelve years, fourteen years and eighteen years, hoeing for father, Jacob Dill, in Sugar City, Colorado. They moved here ten years ago from Southern Russia, work all summer and after the topping is over in the fall they go to school. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July, 1915. Location: Sugar City, Colorado

Beet workers, ten years, twelve years, fourteen years and eighteen yea...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3940. Hine no. 3941. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-C Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction

[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 ...

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

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Ingenio Trinidad propiedad del Sõr. Dn. Esteban Oviedo / / dibujado y litogrdo. por Edo. Laplante ; litografia de L. Marquier.

Ingenio Trinidad propiedad del Sõr. Dn. Esteban Oviedo / / dibujado y ...

Illustration showing sugar refinery plant in Trinidad, Cuba. Illus. in: Los ingenios : coleccion de vistas de los principales ingenios de azucar ... de Cuba ... / por Justo G. Cantero. Habana : Impreso en la li... More

The sweetest spot on earth--sugar levee--New Orleans, La.

The sweetest spot on earth--sugar levee--New Orleans, La.

Stereograph showing men working among thousands of barrels of sugar; man in foreground tasting sugar from barrel; smoke from steamboat in background. H25722 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & ... More

Godchaux sugar refinery, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

Godchaux sugar refinery, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisia...

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

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-C Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

[Cuba and the U.S. sugar trust profits]

[Cuba and the U.S. sugar trust profits]

Cartoon shows a man "Cuba" lying on the ground tied with ropes "Platt Amendment" and "Dutch Standard [paragraph] 209." The head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by bags... More

Old sugar mill at finca near Havana, Cuba

Old sugar mill at finca near Havana, Cuba

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Family of John H. Children 8, 10, 13, 15 yrs. old pulling and picking beets on farm at Iliff[?] Ten members of the family. They will make about $900 this season but have very heavy expenses so will only clear about $200 or $300.  Location: Iliff, Colorado.

Family of John H. Children 8, 10, 13, 15 yrs. old pulling and picking ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family live in this roomy shack, well-furnished, with a good range, organ, etc. They own a good home in Ft. Collins, but late in April they moved out here, taking contract for nearly 40 acres of beets, working their 9 and 10 yr. old girls hard at piling and topping (altho[ugh] they are not rugged) and they will not return until November. The little girl said, "Piling is hardest, it gets your back. I have cut myself some, topping." The older girl said, "Don't you call us Russians, we're Germans," (although they were most of them were born in Russia). Family been in this country eleven yrs. (See photo 4041.)  Location: Ft. Collins [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 30/15.

A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family...

Public domain photograph of a home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plantation Rosario, modern sugar mill, Aguacate, Cuba

Plantation Rosario, modern sugar mill, Aguacate, Cuba

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Lime Kiln, 2.65 mi. N. of Rte 2 bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Lime Kiln, 2.65 mi. N. of Rte 2 bridg...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

[The Strenuous Resolve] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[The Strenuous Resolve] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Rider dress, holding a scroll labeled "message," riding a fish labeled "Congress." The fish bites into the island of "Cuba inherited problem." Henry Thomas Oxnard, fou... More

12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work. "The boys can keep up with me all right, and all day long," the father said. Begin at 6 A.M. and work until 6 P.M. with hour off at noon. Several smaller children not work. See Hine Report for studies of amount of work done by these and other children. Oct. 30/15.  Location: Ft. Collins [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine.

12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The f...

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

Estate Whim, Windmill, Centerline Road, Whim, St. Croix, VI

Estate Whim, Windmill, Centerline Road, Whim, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The date of construction of the Windmill, Estate Whim has not been ascertained. A windmill is shown on the identical site on the detailed Oxholm survey of Frederiksted & surroundings dated 1778. ... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Unloading cane at a modern mill

Unloading cane at a modern mill

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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...

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

A representation of the sugar-cane and the art of making sugar

A representation of the sugar-cane and the art of making sugar

Print shows sugarcane processing, probably in the West Indies, with a white overseer directing Natives at a press(?) and boiling operation. Illus. from: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure .... Lo... More

Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Cro...

Significance: Rust-op-Twist's long and troubled history as a sugar producing estate is typical of many other St. Croix plantations. An animal mill, and windmill, and a steam mill - representative of the evoluti... More

Kekaha Sugar Company, Bagasse Storage Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, Kauai County, HI

Kekaha Sugar Company, Bagasse Storage Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Keka...

For information on the irrigation supply system, see HALS HI-22, Kekaha Ditch, Black Pipe Siphon. Significance: It is associated with the history and development of Kekaha Sugar Company's mill. It is a good exa... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Cro...

Significance: Rust-op-Twist's long and troubled history as a sugar producing estate is typical of many other St. Croix plantations. An animal mill, and windmill, and a steam mill - representative of the evoluti... More

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, Kauai County, HI

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, K...

For information on the irrigation supply system, see HALS HI-22, Kekaha Ditch, Black Pipe Siphon. Significance: The Kekaha Sugar Company Sugar Mill is associated with the development and history of sugar in Haw... More

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garland, Box Elder County, UT

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Ingenio Acana propriedad del Sõr. Dn. J. Eusebio Alfonso / / dibujado y litogrdo. por Edo. Laplante ; litografia de L. Marquier.

Ingenio Acana propriedad del Sõr. Dn. J. Eusebio Alfonso / / dibujado ...

Illustration showing sugar refinery plant in Cuba. Illus. in: Los ingenios : coleccion de vistas de los principales ingenios de azucar ... de Cuba ... / por Justo G. Cantero. Habana : Impreso en la litografia d... More

Michigan Sugar Co., Saginaw, Mich

Michigan Sugar Co., Saginaw, Mich

"No. 154 Clif." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070232. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Chalmette Refinery, American Sugar Refining Company, New Orleans, La.

Chalmette Refinery, American Sugar Refining Company, New Orleans, La.

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

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junction of Rts. 418 & 111, Victoria, Agaudilla Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junct...

Significance: Hacienda La Concepcion was established on the old banks of the Culebrinas River by the family of Dona Eulalia Quinones. In 1868, her husband, Jose Nestor Cardona, installed the steam engine and m... More

The Sugar harvest in Louisiana / Drawn by A.R. Waud.

The Sugar harvest in Louisiana / Drawn by A.R. Waud.

People harvesting sugar and sugar refinery in background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 Oct. 30, p. 884.

Estate Reef Bay, Great House, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Estate Reef Bay, Great House, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The buildings of the Estate Reef Bay, Great House Complex and Sugar Factory, were constructed in 1844 on existing building sites and incorporated the remains of older structures. The Estate was t... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-C Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction

Lihue Plantation Company, Bagasse Storage Building, Haleko Road, Lihue, Kauai County, HI

Lihue Plantation Company, Bagasse Storage Building, Haleko Road, Lihue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thiboda...

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter ... More

Sion Hill Estate, Factory (Ruin), Centerline Road vicinity, Sion Hill, St. Croix, VI

Sion Hill Estate, Factory (Ruin), Centerline Road vicinity, Sion Hill,...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weighing sugar cane before unloading at mill, Cuba

Weighing sugar cane before unloading at mill, Cuba

Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-17687) lists title as: Weighing sugar cane before unloading at the mill. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54121". Forms part of: Photochro... More

Taking mould of crystal Domino sugar out of centrifugal machine

Taking mould of crystal Domino sugar out of centrifugal machine

J175345 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Sugar Refining Co., Nov., 15, 1912.

(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...

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

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

San Francisco Sugar Central, Indios, Guayanilla Municipio, PR

San Francisco Sugar Central, Indios, Guayanilla Municipio, PR

Survey number: HAER PR-26 Public domain photograph of hydroelectric power station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Public domain photograph of 19th-century landscape drawing, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Groups about the sugar mill, Temasopa sic

Groups about the sugar mill, Temasopa sic

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly at Hacienda Tamasopo; possibly a sugar plantation. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8387. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sugar Landing, Lower Levee, New Orleans, U. S. A

Sugar Landing, Lower Levee, New Orleans, U. S. A

Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unloading cane at a modern mill

Unloading cane at a modern mill

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "270" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09223. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[For better protection, wear blinders], Political Cartoon

[For better protection, wear blinders], Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne walking arm in arm between two billboards, "Help Cuba grant 25% reduction and double stock," and "Notice! Help Cuba remove Dutc... More

Bill posting - Political cartoon, public domain image

Bill posting - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows the back of Francis B. Thurber "Reciprocity Missionary" who has just posted a billboard "Reciprocity on all products only exception sugars lighter than 16 D. S." Behind his back Thurber exchanges ... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Sweetly monopolized, Political Cartoon

Theodore Roosevelt - Sweetly monopolized, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows a wealthy man "Sugar Trust" holding a cloth (?) labeled "Reciprocity" in his fist. Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne, a skeleton representing Cuba, and Theodore Roosevelt all pull on ... More

Al dictamen extrangero  [i.e., extranjero], Political Cartoon

Al dictamen extrangero [i.e., extranjero], Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows a boxing sugar beet "Productores" (Producers) punching a man "Monopolio Refinador Americano" (American Refining Trust) with fists labeled "Teller Investigacion" and "Resolucion Ley de Reciprocida... More

The best of friends must part - Political cartoon, public domain image

The best of friends must part - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows former journalist Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne with hat in hand before the New York Press building that also houses "Republicanism," "Protection for Home Industries," "Straight R... More

Meeker Sugar Cooperative, Syrup Canning Building, U.S. Highway 71, Lecompte, Rapides Parish, LA

Meeker Sugar Cooperative, Syrup Canning Building, U.S. Highway 71, Lec...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Syrup Canning Building is of identical construction type as the mill building. The hip roof culminates in decorative vents. Unprocessed Fiel... More

[Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July 1915.]  Location: [Rocky Ford vicinity, Colorado].

[Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, C...

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

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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Group blocking out the sugar beets on a Wisconsin farm. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915.  Location: Wisconsin.

Group blocking out the sugar beets on a Wisconsin farm. See Hine Repor...

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[Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard at work on a sugar beet farm near Greeley Colorado. The father said: "The children can thin the beets better than grown ups. We all work fourteen hours a day at times because when the beets is ready they has to be done. About twelve weeks is about all the children can work on thinning and topping. Some of them hoe a little. See Hine Report, Colorado Bee[t] Workers, July, 1915.]  Location: [Greeley vicinity, Colorado]

[Three adults and six children from seven years to twelve years hard a...

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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

11 year old daughter of Mr. Schneider. She and her 7 year old sister are kept out of school to work in the beets in spite of the fact that the father owns a farm of 250 acres, and he boasted last year that he had made $10,000 from the proceeds of this farm. Location: Fort Morgan vicinity, Colorado L.W. Hine

11 year old daughter of Mr. Schneider. She and her 7 year old sister a...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4065. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Views of "The Jungle," in Ft. Collins, the section in which the beet workers live when not away working the beets. In Greeley, this segregated section is called "The Pansy Bed" (from the varied and vivid coloring of homes). In Sterling, it is called "Petersburg." Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 3015

Views of "The Jungle," in Ft. Collins, the section in which the beet w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4046. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Three-year old Hilda, who is beginning beet work on a Wisconsin farm. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July, 1915. Location: Wisconsin

Three-year old Hilda, who is beginning beet work on a Wisconsin farm. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3958. No specific Wisconsin location recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee ... More

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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Castle Coakley, Bell Tower & Letterbox, Castle Coakley, St. Croix, VI
Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 28. At a meeting today of 23 senators who are united in a drive to enact legislation for the sugar industry at this session of Congress, it was decided to send a committee to the White House to put the question up to President Roosevelt and determine the administration views. The senators agreed that failure to pass the sugar bill might seriously damage the American industry. Senator Alva B. Adams, (left center) who presided at the meeting, and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a member of the sugar bloc, are shown being questioned by newsmen following the meeting, 72837

Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Wa...

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Ge... More

Ruins of an old sugar mill and plantation house, vicinity of Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands

Ruins of an old sugar mill and plantation house, vicinity of Christian...

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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. 2315. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4026. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... 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

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

Meeker Sugar Cooperative, U.S. Highway 71, Lecompte, Rapides Parish, LA

Meeker Sugar Cooperative, U.S. Highway 71, Lecompte, Rapides Parish, L...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Meeker Sugar Refinery, completed in 1912, was a rural industrial complex consisting of a sugar mill, a syrup canning building, a chemist's off... More

Caneel Bay Plantation, Sugar Factory, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI
Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Sugar Warehouse, Honouliuli Plain, near intersection of Renton Road & Park Row, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Sugar Warehouse, Honouliuli ...

Significance: This facility is the only remaining building in the Industrial Center that was connected to the original sugar mill, and that represents a stage in the sugar milling process. Along with Facility ... More

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, Kauai County, HI

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, K...

For information on the irrigation supply system, see HALS HI-22, Kekaha Ditch, Black Pipe Siphon. Significance: The Kekaha Sugar Company Sugar Mill is associated with the development and history of sugar in Haw... More

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, Kauai County, HI

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, K...

For information on the irrigation supply system, see HALS HI-22, Kekaha Ditch, Black Pipe Siphon. Significance: The Kekaha Sugar Company Sugar Mill is associated with the development and history of sugar in Haw... More

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