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Steam-hammer in full work - Drawing. Public domain image.

Steam-hammer in full work - Drawing. Public domain image.

Men forging iron with steam-hammer made by James Nasmyth. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 April 14, p. 236.

21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washington, D.C., June 19. 2,000 delegates assembled in the Mayflower Hotel today for the formal opening of the 21st annual convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Caustically condemning the dictatorship of Hitler and Mussolini, Perry Pipkin, Tennessee, president of the gathering, today declared that isolation is a dead issue and that the United States must be inseparably bound to England and France if the 'Atlantic Civilization' is to survive. Pipkin recommended to the delegates that immediate steps be taken to work out a referendum system to reflect an organization opinion of such issues as a national defense. Left to right in the picture - Minor Hudson, President, Washington Junior Board of Trade; Perry Pipkin, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and A.Z. Foster Wood, General Chairman

21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washing...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stonecutters at work in penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga.

Stonecutters at work in penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga.

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Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Italy

Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Ita...

D10900 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

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[Old woman] weeding cane - never too old to work, St. Vincent, B.W.I.

[Old woman] weeding cane - never too old to work, St. Vincent, B.W.I.

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 14423. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Plantation crops Sugar cane St. Vincent 1903; Women Employm... More

[Hurried work at a Russian field hospital near Fort Kuropatkin - Port Arthur]

[Hurried work at a Russian field hospital near Fort Kuropatkin - Port ...

H63455 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7786.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

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Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on warper. Lillie Anderson--Oldest of two sisters. Been in mill five years. Runs only 4 sides. Minnie Anderson, - youngest- runs 8 sides. Been in mill 4 year. One finds many such cases where youngest sister does twice the amount of work. Nov. 28/08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on wa...

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These boys (and one other small one, who is not present) and their father, work in Monongah Glass Works. Father gets $1.75 a day - one boy 125 a day 4 get 80 cents a day. Total 6.20 a day. Live in a tumble down house. What is the trouble?. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.

These boys (and one other small one, who is not present) and their fat...

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Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co., Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farra...

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Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1909. A number of young boys and girls work regularly (during school hours) as "helpers" to mother, father or sister. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1...

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Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Burdick Collins, 2 years in mill work. Next, Scoven Preston, 1 year in mill work. Next, Charlie Benson, 4 years in mill work. Next, Mason Matheson. Next, Robert Collins. Next, Leo House, 4 years in mill work. Next, Frank Leslie. Father in background. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Bu...

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Night shift going to work. More-Jonas [i.e., Jones?] Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Three of these boys may be under 14. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Night shift going to work. More-Jonas [i.e., Jones?] Glass Works, Brid...

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6:00 A.M. May 21, 1909. Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

6:00 A.M. May 21, 1909. Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester...

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Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Plenty of work for even the tiniest hands. Many have to carry heavy boxes full of beans etc. Location: [Baltimore, Maryland].

Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Plenty of work for even ...

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One of the smallest apprentices I found. (Work being slack.) De Pedro Casellas Cigar Factory, Tampa, Fla. Jan. 28, 1909. Location: Tampa, Florida. / L.W. [Hine]

One of the smallest apprentices I found. (Work being slack.) De Pedro ...

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Mrs. S. J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She earns $3.50 a week. Boys together earn $4.90 a week. Husband died when they lived on a farm. She couldn't get any heavy work there to do so moved to Macon. Hopes to send the boys to school when they get a better start. Spends $2 a month for 2 rooms in this house. Does her own cooking and housekeeping, except sewing and washing. She chews snuff. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Mrs. S. J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She ...

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

[Boys and Girls form Canneries, School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Josephine Oliveri, 19 Peacock St., 12 years old last summer. String beans in shed at Cherry Creek, N.Y. 2) Carmelo Combina, 8 years old last summer. Out-door work Cherry Creek, N.Y. 3) Lucy Gatte, 11 years old last summer. Shells peas and hulls strawberries. 4) Millie Izzio, 202 Carroll St., 12 years old last summer. Worked on peas, beans, berries, and tomatoes in the sheds. 5) Cassio Conjetta, 58 Lloyd St., 9 years old last summer. Snipped beans and worked on corn, berries and tomatoes in the sheds at Forestville, N.Y. 6) Tony Arara, 96 Washington St., Worked on berries, beans and peas in sheds North Collins, and Hamburg, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. 7) Lewis Maseari, 8 years old last summer. Worked on corn, beans, peas, and grapes, in the shed, at Forrestville, N.Y. 8) Angolio Mirandi, 8 years old last summer. Husked corn, peas and beans in sheds North Collins, N.Y. 9) Leonard Boscaglia, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Worked on [...] 10) Lucy May, 8 years old last summer. Worked on beans, peas, and berries in the shed at Franklin. 11) Dan Quaratello, 22 State St., 12 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 12) Mary Tagelliferio, 44 Perry St., 13 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 13) Johgn Thomas, 71 State St., 14 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 14) Angelio Jesso, 39 Main St., 12 years old last summer. Shed work. 15) Daniel George, 4 State St., 11 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 16) Dominick Caggiana, 33 1/2 Burrell Place, 10 years old last summer. Shed work. 17) Carman Juggio, 43 Myrtle Ave., 10 years old last summer. Shed work. 18) Tony La Spazzi, 49 Scott St., 14 years old last summer.] Location: [Buffalo, New York (State)].

[Boys and Girls form Canneries, School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Josephine ...

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[Kibbe's Candy Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Jacob Futterman, 16 years, 108 Sharon St. William Cohan, 16 years, 102 Washburn St. Cocoanut Shavers at Kibbe's. The Futterman boys had been at work one year. Isaac earned $3.50; Jacob - $4.00.] Location: Springfield, Massachusetts.

[Kibbe's Candy Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Jaco...

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N.Y. Playground [raffia work] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

N.Y. Playground [raffia work] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Red Cross work rooms - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Red Cross work rooms - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Noon hour Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters w...

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Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #1. 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and apples and tomatoes in sheds and factory, getting 50 cents a day, sometimes until 8 P.M. Parents sometimes work all night until 5 A.M. Entered School #1, January 11th from School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #...

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Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work ...

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Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Carolina. Autumn 1910. The inmates were quartered in the wagons shown in the picture. Wagons were equipped with bunks and move from place to place as labor is utilized. The central figure in the picture is J.Z. McLawhon, who was at that time county superintendent of chain gangs. The dogs are bloodhounds used for running down any attempted escapes

Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Caroli...

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A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 children are 3 years of age, 3 are 4 years old, 1 is 5 years old, and 1 is 6 years old. During the berry season the families get out into the field at 4 o'clock in the morning, and each child is assigned to 2 rows of berry growth, each 300 yards, long, and when the whistle of the padrone sounds they start picking and generally quit work about 1 P.M. There are days when the work continues until 4 and 5 o'clock in the evening. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 chi...

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A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Virginia All work. I went through the factory during working hours and saw dozens of little boys and girls working and helping, who were apparently from 11 to 14 years old. Many of the smallest ones would not be photographed. Photo at 6:30 A.M. Location: Petersburg, Virginia.

A few of the youngsters working in the Cigarette Factory of the Americ...

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Sunday ball game. All work, (a help) in Laurel (Miss.) Cotton Mill. Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

Sunday ball game. All work, (a help) in Laurel (Miss.) Cotton Mill. L...

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U.S.S. North Dakota. Bakery, crew at work, Navy Yard, New York, June 22, 1911

U.S.S. North Dakota. Bakery, crew at work, Navy Yard, New York, June 2...

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Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Cotton Mills. Mother and sons work in the mill. The girl keeps house. Youngest boy has been in the mill five years. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Co...

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[Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in the front of the picture, her sister--taller than she--next to her said--"13 years old"--but I doubt it. Ida has half hours ride in crowded stuffy cars to and from work each day. Leaving home at 6 A.M. and returning at 6:30 P.M. The doffing work in much of it standing, stooping and reaching. Bad for adolescent girl.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[Family of Ida Descheues [?], 80 Wear Street. She is the third girl in...

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A "reflection" on the parent. Reflection in looking glass shows the father who had been picking nuts but refused to be photographed. He is out of work. Tommy Mascola, 5 years, picks some, Minne, 7 years, Rosie 9, and Angeline 11. Make $3.00 and $4.00 a week. 145 Hudson St., New York City. Location: New York, New York (State)

A "reflection" on the parent. Reflection in looking glass shows the fa...

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Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day beginning at 4:00 A.M., and spent shucking oysters and tending the baby. A common practice among these too young to work all the time. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going hom...

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4 P.M. Right - Frank Pristare, 456 Sixth St. 11 years old. Work "ain't good. Sells to a half-dozen customers, and a few extras. Spends all his money. Left - Chas. Ciensola, 115 Grand St. 14 years old and been selling 6 yrs. Mother takes in washing. Smokes hard, and attends tubercular clinic. Is in opportunity class, and grades no higher than 2 B. Compare with 10 year old boy. Location: Hoboken, New Jersey.

4 P.M. Right - Frank Pristare, 456 Sixth St. 11 years old. Work "ain't...

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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg [sic] Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].

A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg [sic] Mill Settlement but unfort...

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Getting a last glimpse of out doors before going to work at one o'clock, Aragon Mills, Rock Hill, S.C. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Getting a last glimpse of out doors before going to work at one o'cloc...

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Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work and I saw them go in to work at 6:30 A.M. and noons and out at 6 P.M. One morning I counted 22 of these little ones (12 years and under) going to work at about 6:15 A.M. Some of them told me their ages: 1 boy said 8 yrs. (worked when he was 7). 1 girl said 10 yrs. (apparently 7). 3 other girls said 10 yrs. 2 boys said 10 yrs. (1 got $3.00 a week). 1 boy said 11 yrs. 2 boys said 12 yrs. (1 said he makes $1. a day). (See also report.) Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Some samples (not all) of the children in the "Kindergarten Factory" r...

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Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills, Gastonia, N.C. They said they were working and went in to work. At night I counted over thirty children coming out when the whistle blew, and they seemed to be from ten to twelve years old. The Superintendent was much disturbed over the photos. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Photos taken during noon hour, October 23rd, 1912, at the Loray Mills,...

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Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to work when whistle blew, and I saw most of them at work during the morning when I went through. Mr. W.H. Swift talked with a boy recently who said he was ten years old and works in the Clayton Cotton Mill, also that others the same age worked. Here they are. I couldn't get the youngest girls in the photos. Clayton is but a short ride from the State Capitol. (The Superintendent watched the photographing without comment.) Location: Clayton, North Carolina

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went in to...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3102. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of Dime Messengers Service boys, 1228 H St., N.W., at the main office. The youngest boys are Eddie Tahoory (14 yrs. old) . Said to be a recent comer. Lives, 108 Fourth St., N.E., and Earle Griffith (15 yrs. old), 107 Fifteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. From a questionable home. Mother eloped with boarder. Took children with her. They said they never know when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, and have worked until after midnight. They said last Christmas their office had a 9 yr. old boy running errands for them, and that he made a great deal of money from tips. They make about $7 a week and more, sometimes. Said "The office is not allowed to send us into the red light district, but we go when a call sends us. Not very often." Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Group of Dime Messengers Service boys, 1228 H St., N.W., at the main o...

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

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes ar...

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A study of ages. The boy on the right said, "I ain't old enough to work in the mill; I am ten years." The boy in the middle, Buford Fox who has been working in the Merrimack Mills for one year said he was twelve years old, but School Record says ten years. Sanford Franklin, boy on the left has been working four months, and I could not prove his age. Merrimack Mfg. Co. See also Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

A study of ages. The boy on the right said, "I ain't old enough to wor...

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

Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-products of messenger work. Lives in Bessemer, R.F.D. #1. Saturday night, September 26, 1914, he took investigator through the old Red Light on Ave. A, pointed out the various resorts, told him about the inmates he has known there. Only a half dozen of them were open now, and those very quietly. Durward has put in 2 years in the messenger work and shows the result of temptations open to him. He has recently returned from a hobo trip through 25 states. He was not inclined to tell much about the shady side of messenger work, but one could easily see that he has been through much that he might have avoided in a profitable kind of work. 18 years old. See Alabama report. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-products...

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Scotland Neck Cotton Mill. Group showing some of the youngest workers taken in the mill at starting time. Tiniest girl, one apparently 8 or 9, I saw at work at her knitting machine perched up on a box, as she was too short to reach. The next in size I saw raveling. Both were steady workers. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Scotland Neck Cotton Mill. Group showing some of the youngest workers ...

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One of Mobile's young newsboys who begins work at daybreak. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

One of Mobile's young newsboys who begins work at daybreak. Location:...

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Going to Work During car strike

Going to Work During car strike

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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...

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[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card reports of same. L.W. Hine] Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky]

[Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card...

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Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in Pennsylvania. She worked in textile mills from the age of eleven to nineteen, until tuberculosis forced her to cease work altogether for two years. She has done factory inspection and trade union organization for women in the Consumers' League and Women's Trade Union League. Spent last three years, when able to work, campaigning for women suffrage. Took part in anti-Democratic campaign of California with Lucy Burns. Spokeswoman in working women's deputation to President Wilson, February, 1914.

Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Rose Winslow (born Ruza Wenclawska, Poland], wearing dark jumper and white blouse, with dark tam. Cropped version of the photograph published in The... More

Joseph Feree, a 14-year-old boy kept out of school for general farm work. See report. Location: West Point [vicinity], Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Joseph Feree, a 14-year-old boy kept out of school for general farm wo...

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Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card reports of same. Location: Elizabethtown [vicinity], Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Series showing the day's work of Estelle and Felix Humphrey. See card ...

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Dunbar & Dukate oyster cannery. According to the testimony of a number of the parents and children, this factory reverses the child labor law to suit its own convenience, and probably to avoid detection. Instead of excluding the young children from work before six o'clock according to the law, they let the young children work from four until seven, and then send them home. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Dunbar & Dukate oyster cannery. According to the testimony of a number...

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Pruett School which opened September 5th. 61 pupils in District and only 28 present. Expect an enrollment of 50. Only 1 boy of 11; the rest are 9 years and younger. Many out for work. Location: Henderson County--Hebbardsville [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Pruett School which opened September 5th. 61 pupils in District and on...

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General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive work with the efficiency, dispatch and understanding, often under adverse circumstances, than has been done in France by American Red Cross in the last six months."

General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began h...

Poster showing a bust portrait of Pershing flanked by two red crosses. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

YMCA United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918 / Alco-Gravure, Inc., N.Y. ; S. J. Wauk, Paris.

YMCA United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918 / Alco-Gravure, In...

Poster showing a portrait of General Pershing, with a quote from him in support of the United War Work Campaign. Caption: Cabled from France August 21st, 1918, "A sense of obligation for the varied and useful s... More

Paris. Interior of the American Red Cross Reconditioning Department at 81 Rue St. Didier, Paris. This is a most interesting phase of Red Cross work. Nothing is ever wasted. When merchandise has become damaged by water, or other causes, and are unfit for use, it is sent to these rooms and the aritcles are immediately gone over and cleaned, washed, resewn and repacked. Thousands of dollars worth of goods have been saved from wreckage in this manner. The personnel is entirely made up of French women, who have become expert in this form of salvage work. They are shown here working on towels and bed linen

Paris. Interior of the American Red Cross Reconditioning Department at...

Caption from negative sleeve: Centre de RÚcuperation, Rue St. Didier, Paris. Cannery, 3 women workers. Title and date from duplicate image: LC-A6151-A926-Ax. Photographer name or source of original from caption... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of London Bridge II

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of London Bridge II

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Folger Library copy work. Title page of 1565 edition of English translation of Ovid II

Folger Library copy work. Title page of 1565 edition of English transl...

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A mountain bride from the tribe of Hoti, northern Albania. The clothes are of heavy woolen cloth spun and woven by hand and richly embroidered with colored worsteds and gold and silver thread. The jewelry is mostly silver filigree work, a craft in which the Albanians are especially proficient. The large silver cross is a mark of the Catholic tribes all over the north. Her heavy leather belt studded thickly with lead pin, lead nails, each molded and inserted by hand, is the work of special craftsmen in Scutari. She wears the mountain slippers of goat hide called "opanga". Most of the tribal lands of Hoti were given to Serbia by Turkey in 1912 but the people remain Albanian in language and customs

A mountain bride from the tribe of Hoti, northern Albania. The clothes...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Jr. Red Cross. Data: Jr. Red Cross. Classification: Types. Gift; American Nationa... More

Turk and Russian, Greek and Jew are represented in this group of half a dozen little street gamins Two of them are the proud possessors of tops and pieces of string to spin them with. Hundreds like them make up the army of unemployed children begging for work in the most crowded and expensive city in Europe to-day.

Turk and Russian, Greek and Jew are represented in this group of half ...

Filed in: Turkey Children. No. RC-6902. On mount: Turkey. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

P.M.S. Work, 7/12/22 - Public domain portrait photograph

P.M.S. Work, 7/12/22 - Public domain portrait photograph

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John H. Bartlett & P.M.G. Work, 3/13/22

John H. Bartlett & P.M.G. Work, 3/13/22

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[Three young women at work in an unidentified Washington, D.C. office. The girl at the left is operating an addressograph]

[Three young women at work in an unidentified Washington, D.C. office....

National Photo Company Collection. LC-F82-6952 (b&w glass neg.)

Dr. Hubert Work, Colorado, cameo portrait

Dr. Hubert Work, Colorado, cameo portrait

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Work & Burke - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Work & Burke - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Work at Bally [i.e., Bolling] Field, 2/5/23

Work at Bally [i.e., Bolling] Field, 2/5/23

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[Unidentified, Herbert Hoover, John W. Weeks, Calvin Coolidge, Hubert Work, Henry C. Wallace, and James J. Davis. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Unidentified, Herbert Hoover, John W. Weeks, Calvin Coolidge, Hubert ...

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James R. Garfield, son of the former Pres., attending the reclamation meeting called by Secy. Work

James R. Garfield, son of the former Pres., attending the reclamation ...

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Mark Lansburgh, Senator Ball, and Sec. Work at 219 ann. of birth of Ben Franklin, [1/17/25]

Mark Lansburgh, Senator Ball, and Sec. Work at 219 ann. of birth of Be...

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Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. A group of radio news reporters at work in their new quarters across the hall from the House Chamber in the Capitol. The room was made over for radio press after its leader, Fulton Lewis, Jr., had almost single-handedly carried on a fight to create a place for it. Not only have House and Senate press privileges been granted, but full news gathering status has been given the press at White House and cabinet press conferences

Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jun...

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Pres. Hoover with new Chief of Rep. Com. C.H. Houston, Hoover, Mr. Work

Pres. Hoover with new Chief of Rep. Com. C.H. Houston, Hoover, Mr. Wor...

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International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Medical staff at work VII, National Institute of Health

International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Medical ...

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Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare, the Felton portrait

Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare, the Felton portrait

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Folger Library copy work. Model of stage in theater

Folger Library copy work. Model of stage in theater

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Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Group at work in the Ramallah work rooms of the A.W.U.R

Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Group at work in the Ramallah work roo...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California. Near San Jose Mission

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of C...

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Saw sharpener at work. Waterloo project, Michigan

Saw sharpener at work. Waterloo project, Michigan

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The highway along the Oregon coast should bring many to enjoy the cool forest and ocean. Resettlement Administration work camp at left

The highway along the Oregon coast should bring many to enjoy the cool...

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A black and white photo of a small house, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a small house, Georgia. Farm Security Admin...

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[Office work] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Office work] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Rehabilitation family at work in garden. Ada County, Idaho

Rehabilitation family at work in garden. Ada County, Idaho

Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California. Work for Japanese, live on Japanese ranches. Sixty men in this gang

Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California...

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Member of the United Cooperative Society of Fitchburg at his daily work. Massachusetts

Member of the United Cooperative Society of Fitchburg at his daily wor...

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Pressers of work on women's coats in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey

Pressers of work on women's coats in the cooperative garment factory a...

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At work on the shrubbery. Washington, D.C., May 7. Rep. W.R. Poage of Texas, is shown working on the shrubbery at the Botanical Garden. (see other caption for complete story) no. 4

At work on the shrubbery. Washington, D.C., May 7. Rep. W.R. Poage of ...

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The telephone used in information work. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.

The telephone used in information work. United States Department of Ag...

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A black and white photo of a man cooking food, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man cooking food, Tennessee. Farm Securit...

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Chair with untanned hide seat, Extension Service, College Station, Texas; black pottery, Pueblo Indian Service (Marie pottery), San Ildefonso, New Mexico; copper bowl, WPA (Work Progress Administration (secured through WPA, Washington, D.C.); woven rug, WPA Colorado (secured through WPA, Washington, D.C.); horsehair lariat, Mrs. Mary Stilwell Buol,

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Reps. Ryan & Mead work out in house gym, 12/22/37

Reps. Ryan & Mead work out in house gym, 12/22/37

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Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 10/13/37

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt af...

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A black and white photo of a man and a woman, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Female employees of Woolworth's holding sign indicating they are striking for a 40 hour work week]

[Female employees of Woolworth's holding sign indicating they are stri...

World-Telegram staff photograph. Photograph is reversed. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the ...

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Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the ...

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TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., April 27. With their membership now complete, The Joint Congressional Committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority met today for the first time. They laid plans to round up their staff of lawyers, investigators, and clerks, some of whom will probably go south to do preliminary work. In the photo, left to right: (seated) Sen. Lynn Frazier, (R) North Dakota; Sen. Vic Donahey, (D) of Ohio, Chairman; Sen. James J. Davis, (R) Penna.; and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, (R) Ohio. Standing, left to right: Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, (R) New Jersey; Rep. William J. Driver, (D) Arkansas; Sen. H.H. Schwartz, (D) Wyoming; Rep. R. Ewing Thomason, (D) Texas; and Rep. James M. Mead, (D) New York, Co-Chairman, 4/27/38

TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., ...

A group of men in suits sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction. In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida after cotton or tobacco harvest to work in fruits or vegetables

Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacc...

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Senators in playful mood. Washington, D.C., June 15. It wasn't all work and no play for all of the Senators today as the Senate pushed through last minute bills to speed adjournment. Senator F. Ryan Duffy, (left) Wisconsin, engages in a sparring match with Senator Allen Ellender, Louisiana, as their colleagues debated the conference report on the $375,000,000 flood control bill, 6/15/38

Senators in playful mood. Washington, D.C., June 15. It wasn't all wor...

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Coal miners going home from work. Omar, West Virginia

Coal miners going home from work. Omar, West Virginia

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