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In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, running home from the factory all alone, her hand and arm bathed with blood, crying at the top of her voice. She had cut the end of her thumb nearly off, cutting sardines in the factory, and was sent home alone, her mother being busy. The loss of blood was considerable, and might have been serious. (See succeeding photos.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, run...

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Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work...

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In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, running home from the factory all alone, her hand and arm bathed with blood, crying at the top of her voice. She had cut the end of her thumb nearly off, cutting sardines in the factory, and was sent home alone, her mother being busy. The loss of blood was considerable, and might have been serious. (See succeeding photos.) Location: Eastport, Maine

In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, run...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2444. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe i.e. Phoebe Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe i.e. Phoebe Thomas, going to work a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2443. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More