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Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Photograph shows cut logs used in construction of a trestle bridge.

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu.; Women Employment; Shelf.

[Joaquin Miller, 1841?-1916, at work in bed, Christmas Day, 1896, full length, wearing night cap, cluttered room]

[Joaquin Miller, 1841?-1916, at work in bed, Christmas Day, 1896, full...

Photo copyrighted by G. Wharton James. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Photog. Index; PI.

Stupendous Log-Raft, containing millions of feet - a camp's year's work, profit $20,000 - Columbia River, Oregon

Stupendous Log-Raft, containing millions of feet - a camp's year's wor...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ore. Columbia R.; Lumbering Ore.; Photog. I.; Shelf.

[Women at work in an unidentified laundry, possibly in Boston]

[Women at work in an unidentified laundry, possibly in Boston]

Photograph shows interior view of a laundry with two women standing next to large sinks, one operating a wringer, and another woman standing next to a drying rack placed near a stove, and several large baskets ... More

The Washington Monument, the world's highest work of masonry (555 ft.), from the P.O., Washington, U.S.A.

The Washington Monument, the world's highest work of masonry (555 ft.)...

Stereograph shows view of the Washington Monument from the clock tower of the post office with a man in shadows in the foreground. H87543 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick, Office: Ph... More

Some of the youngsters (not all) that are at work in Bibb Mill No. 2, Macon Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia. / Photo by [...]

Some of the youngsters (not all) that are at work in Bibb Mill No. 2, ...

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

Some of the boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont (see label to photo #730) for names. May 5, 1909. 6 P.M. [Caption #730: All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are the names of some:- Lahule Julian, Walter Walker, Herman Rotte, Arsone Lussier, Addones Oduet, Arthur Oduet, Alder Campbell, Eddie Marcotte, John Lavigne, Jo Bowdeon, Phil Lecryer, Joseph Granger. A small mill.] Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Some of the boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont (se...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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, Bridge...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 981. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Men at work inside a mine. Idaho Springs, Co.

Men at work inside a mine. Idaho Springs, Co.

Photograph shows miners working by candlelight inside pit; man, atop ledge in back of shaft, stands next to mine car.

Combined harvester at work, Coulee City, Wash.

Combined harvester at work, Coulee City, Wash.

Photograph shows a five man crew, in a grain field, riding a combination harvester pulled by a team of approximately twenty or more horses.

In a New York tenement house - the whole family at work taking out the pecan kernels

In a New York tenement house - the whole family at work taking out the...

Woman, holding child, and five children shelling pecans. Man standing on left. No. U-129394. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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

Groups of workers in Clayton (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Every one went into work when the 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 into ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3098. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mrs. Montemora, Fifty-five years old, is janitress for a large tenement, 133 W. Houston St., (lives Apt. 7) housing 26 families. When not tending the furnace or occupied with other duties for others and her own family, she makes flowers, assisted by her niece Josephine, 12 years old. They both work until 10:00 P.M. frequently. Photo was taken at 2:30 P.M., Feb 2, 1912, a school-day, and their only explanation was, "She just stayed out." Making buds. Several adult men relatives live with them. The flowers bring in only a dollar or two a week. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Montemora, Fifty-five years old, is janitress for a large tenemen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of flowers, flower arrangement, bouquet, blooming plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

5 P.M. Making dolls legs for Campbell Kids. Cattena family, 71 Sullivan St., 5[th] floor front. As soon as the photo was taken, Rose carried the box full of finished legs to the Aetna Doll and Toy Co, (whose name was on the box). Tessie, (on the right) lives down stairs and does this work there. Was helping here. Rose is 14 yrs. old. Lena, (deformed), is 12, Nettie, 9 yrs. old is very deft. They all work after school and often until 10 P.M. Location: New York, New York (State)

5 P.M. Making dolls legs for Campbell Kids. Cattena family, 71 Sulliva...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peasants at work, Russia. during World War I

Peasants at work, Russia. during World War I

Five women, two of them under three poles tied together from which a large pan is suspended, winnowing grain. J228464 U.S. Copyright Office.

The prairie-wagon home of a family of itinerant beet workers, now camped near Ft. Collins, Colo. Street family. The children 7- 8- 10- and 12 work steadily and I saw the tiny girl pulling beets after sunset on the following Sunday, and they had not yet finished. The father told me "We got squeezed out of the mountains," one of the neighbors said they has been chased out because they wouldn't send their children to school. Living on the edge of Ft. Collins, they boldly work the children and violate school law. Came from Log Cabin, Colo. Location: Fort Collins [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 30/15.

The prairie-wagon home of a family of itinerant beet workers, now camp...

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

[Wall St., N.Y., 2 A.M. in broker's office: Clerks sleeping in office due to excessive work caused by heavy stock business]

[Wall St., N.Y., 2 A.M. in broker's office: Clerks sleeping in office ...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

The Parthenon, Athens. Now that the occupations of peace have been resumed in Greece Government work on the restoration of one of the noblest monumens of antiquity has been resumed. The members of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens who did so much for the Greek Mission of the American Red Cross are much interested in the work of restoration

The Parthenon, Athens. Now that the occupations of peace have been res...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Data: T.T. & C. Jr. Red Cross. Group Title: General. Greece. Gi... More

American Red Cross relief work in the Mississippi Valley flood

American Red Cross relief work in the Mississippi Valley flood

African American refugees at Greenville, Miss., lined up for vaccination. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by the American Red Cross.

By Permission of Allah. Dr. Marie J. Hyndman, of Philadelphia, at work on an Albanian's teeth in the American Red Cross hospital at Tirana. American doctors attempting to stem the rising tide of disease in Albania found that most all the people had never had any dental attention and that much ill health originated from the condition of their molars. But before the Mohammedan population of the country would consent to have their teeth tinkered with, Dr. Hyndman had to have the local priest issue a statement that dental work would give no offense to Allah

By Permission of Allah. Dr. Marie J. Hyndman, of Philadelphia, at work...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Group title: Hospital, Albania. On caption card: (12/1276) Used... More

Liggett Bldg. Iron Work, 42 St. and Vanderbilt Av.

Liggett Bldg. Iron Work, 42 St. and Vanderbilt Av.

J248887 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 14511. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C.

Pennsylvania: An old black and white photo of a man and a woman. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: An old black and white photo of a man and a woman. Great...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench, Georgia. Farm S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of women working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of women working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a man picking apples, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

An old black and white photo of a man picking apples, Florida. Farm Se...

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

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man picking corn.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man pick...

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

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a grill, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a grill, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A couple of men standing on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bunch of skis. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a bunch of skis. War Poduction. Office of W...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side picking hops. Started work at five a.m. Photograph made at noon. Temperature 105 degrees. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence. See general caption number 45

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side pick...

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

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and holding a pipe.

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and h...

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

A man standing in a doorway of a building. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A man standing in a doorway of a building. Great Depression Era, New M...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men digging in the dirt.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men digging.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man with a hammer.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man in a store, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man in a store, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

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

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Informa...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

YWCA tea room workers at the 45th Street and Lexington Avenue home for nurses of the YWCA spend an entire hour or two each day after work to clean and process empty tins for city collection in nation-wide salvage drive. Photo shows left to right: Collette Burke, Anna Yesowite and Ruth Fingerald at work processing the cans

YWCA tea room workers at the 45th Street and Lexington Avenue home for...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Restorers at work on Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate in Virginia

Restorers at work on Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate in Virgi...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Restoration work on Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Restoration work on Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. In this view, work p... More

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, Hibbing, Minn.

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, ...

Stereograph showing a group of miners waiting outside in front of shaft house. H73732 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85469. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Little... More

[Women coming from work, Cal.?. Store window reads T.B. Reardon, heating and plumbing]

[Women coming from work, Cal.?. Store window reads T.B. Reardon, heati...

Photograph shows four women leaving the T.B. Reardon, heating and plumbing building. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Additional title de... More

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic), 136 Exchange Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Working on hose supporters. All work, 6-year-old, 8-year-old, 11-year-old, 12-year-old, and mother. Altogether earn about $3 a week. Work noons, after school and every night. A 9-year-old boy (not in photo) carries work back and forth. Heavy loads. (See report of F.A. Smith). Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic)...

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

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank is 6 yrs old. and John is 12. The mother had a sore throat and wore a great rag rapped around it, but she took it off for the photo. They said they all (including the 6 yr old) worked until 10 P.M. when busy. Their neighbor corroborated this. She said, "It's a whole lot better for the boys than doin' nothin'." The mother said the night work hurts their eyes and John said so too. He was not very enthusiastic about the beauties of work. All together, they make about $2 a week. Father is a motorman. 6 P.M. Jan 31, -12. Location: New York, New York (State)

6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank ...

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

At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.

At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tripod air drills at work, Culebra Cut, June 1909

Tripod air drills at work, Culebra Cut, June 1909

J153621 U.S. Copyright Office. Panama Canal Scenes. No. 31. Copyright by J.A. Bruce.

[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.

Dutch Creek Work Station, Bunkhouse, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Dutch Creek Work Station, Bunkhouse, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS ID-62

Dutch Creek Work Station, Kitchen, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Dutch Creek Work Station, Kitchen, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS ID-63

Some of the younger workers (not all) who work in the Biloxi Canning Factory. On right-hand end of photo is Lazro Boney, 12 years old, been working 4 years at this factory. Both he and his mother said he makes $1.75 a day when shrimp are large and plentiful. He made $57.00 last year in 3 months. His brother Ed (not in photo) 14 years old, makes $2.25 on good days. Another brother, Pete, (one of the smallest in the photo) and 10 years old makes 50 cents a day. Two other brothers work at raw oysters; one, 17 years old, makes $4.00 a day. Eight ch[ildre]n in family. The mother said, "Lazro goes to school when he ain't workin; but he's gettin' so he'd rather stay home with the boys than go to school." Family lives at 616 Charter St. Next to Lazro (in photo) is Jim Kriss, 11 years old, been working at this factory two years; makes $1.50 on good days. His brother Jo Kriss (in photo next to girl on left end) 12 years old, makes $1.00 a day. Another brother Ed, not in photo, 14 years averages $2.50 a day. Sister Marie 7 years old (see photo at home) works when not tending the baby, and makes 25 cents a day. Mother picks also. Youngest boy in photo is Tommy Davis, 8 years old. 918 Charter St. Worked last year. Ester Barton, a 12 year old boy also is the photo, couldn't spell his own name. Been working two years. "Teeny" Adams, girl on left end of photo, 11 years old, makes $1.15 some days. Missed three weeks of school last month, working. Works now before school, or all day. See also summary of young workers I found (on other label). Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Some of the younger workers (not all) who work in the Biloxi Canning F...

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

Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. Small girls working on left of photo are Gertrude Kron, five years old, Pauline ---, eight years old. Also a small boy. Mildred Kron, three years old (not working in photo) works some every day, mother said. See preceding photos. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. Small girls working o...

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

Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.

Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.

Photo shows African American using machinery in a woodworking shop at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Title from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the P... More

On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s[tee]l. G[enera]l Slocum Di[saste]r, New York H[arbo]r, June 15, 1904

On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal wo...

Stereograph shows men standing among the wreckage on the melted metal and steel deck of the destroyed steamboat the SS General Slocum at the New York Harbor. H49055 U.S. Copyright Office No. 8403. Copyright by ... More

A passing tug showing unloaders at work on both sides of harbor, Conneaut, Ohio

A passing tug showing unloaders at work on both sides of harbor, Conne...

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry...; Tugboats; Great Lakes; Freighters; Ohio Conneaut.

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girls attend school. Making garters for Liberty Garter works, 413 Broadway. Mother, a widow, earns 75 cents a day by working all day until 12 at night. Bessie works until 10 P.M. Sophie until 9 P.M. They expected to work until 10 P.M. to finish the job, although they did not know when more work would come in. Witness Mrs. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. Hine no. 10-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Night shift going work. N.J. Nov. 15, 1909. Cumberland Glass Works. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Night shift going work. N.J. Nov. 15, 1909. Cumberland Glass Works. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 969. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley, Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. I found practically no small boys selling late in the evening and several persons said it was not done except in baseball season. Location: Trenton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., Dec. 20, 1909.

Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley, Trenton, N.J. Photo tak...

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

All these I saw regularly at work during work hours in Richmond Spinning Mills. Tiny girl on left, five years old, is Goldie, who helps her sister, girl back of her. When I tried to get a photo of her at work at her machine, the Overseer said, "Don't put her in. A photo of that might get me into a lot of trouble." I said, "But she isn't working, she's only helping." All the same" he replied, "if they caught her in here, they might fine me a hundred dollars." Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

All these I saw regularly at work during work hours in Richmond Spinni...

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

Heller and 2 nature skinners at work on a Roosevelt specimen

Heller and 2 nature skinners at work on a Roosevelt specimen

J140265 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making willow plumes under unsanitary conditions. A dirty home, the father and several friends had been rushing the growler and booze was literally flowing around over table and floor. The father is a truck-driver out of work. The mother, Freddie (11yrs. old) and Antoinette (8 yrs. old) all work $1.50 to $2.00 a week now, "but we make $3.00 a week in summer when we can work all day and not go to school." Vincent Tranutolo, 309 E. 110th St., ground floor. Location: New York, New York (State)

Making willow plumes under unsanitary conditions. A dirty home, the fa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2706. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work with Blanch ---. I'm 10 years old. Been in the First Grade three years and Second Grade one year." See photo of family, #2097 and label. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[German soldiers standing around a German tank as other soldiers work on the tank]

[German soldiers standing around a German tank as other soldiers work ...

Public domain photograph of a tank, military armed vehicle, construction vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] topping the beets, but this work is very fatigueing [sic] and dangerous for such children. See Hine report for details of the work.] Location: [Iliff, Colorado] / Photo by Hine., Oct. 22/15.

[Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppi...

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks after school opened, out of a possible 200 that will be here when the beet work is over. They will overflow, this year, into a special school being prepared for them. Mrs. Bell, the Principal here has taught these beet children for years and has watched the effect of the work. She vigorously denounces it. (See Hine Report) Photo Oct. 26/15. Location: Ft. Morgan, Colorado.

34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. A.H. Walker of Northampton, Massachusetts. is assistant to the Director of Canteens for the American Red Cross in Great Britain. She has done a great deal of canteen work at the English ports and along the lines of communication by which American soldiers travel across England. She has been identified with the work of the A.R.C. in Great Britain for more than two years

Mrs. A.H. Walker of Northampton, Massachusetts. is assistant to the Di...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Data: Local Phil. Papers. 10/18. Central Div. 11/18. Lake Div. 11/18.... More

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond the age for club membership, they are carrying on and raising pigs still. They attend the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, - the state colored agri. college. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond...

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

A class in sewing - is a feature of the child welfare work in the old city of Salonica which the Greek authorities are conducting in cooperation with the American Red Cross The Americans are carrying out an active child welfare campaign in Europe.

A class in sewing - is a feature of the child welfare work in the old ...

Filed in: Greece Children General. No. RC-8662. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

First grade at work - Public domain drawing

First grade at work - Public domain drawing

Children studying art by drawing and working with clay. J291357 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. P-18274.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a fire hydrant, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a fire hydrant, Grea...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man is plowing a field with two horses, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A man is plowing a field with two horses, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Ph...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Arkansas. Far...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

A black and white photo of a man in a vest and tie, Great Depression. ...

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

A group of women walking down a sidewalk, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of women walking down a sidewalk, Georgia. Farm Security Admin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Texas, during Great Depres...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack, Texas, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of a group of children, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of children, Kenntucky. Farm Securi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a tractor, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a tractor, Iowa. Farm Secu...

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

A black and white photo of people working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of people working in a factory, Florida. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men digging in the dirt.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory

Poster promoting commuting and working together as part of the war effort. Philadelphia Metropolitan War Transportation Committee - Mayor Bernard Samuel - Robert A. Mitchell, Administrator. Work Projects Admini... More

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Mrs. Ovegen Arakelian, Armenian, works eleven acres of land with her husband in West Andover, Massachusetts. Their vegetable farm is not enough to see them thru the winter, and their son tries to supplement the family income with work in town when he can get it

Mrs. Ovegen Arakelian, Armenian, works eleven acres of land with her h...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. While a plant officer looks on, machinist Arthur Greaces operates a Bickford vertical boring machine formerly used in the production of merry-go-rounds, now used for war work. He is machining a sheaf ordered as part of a sub-contract on maritime work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Restoration work on the historic Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Restoration work on the historic Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The historic Willard Hotel, which had fallen to ruin an... More

Work on a mosaic floor during the restoration of the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Work on a mosaic floor during the restoration of the Willard Hotel, Wa...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Restoration work on the Union Station train terminal, Washington, D.C.

Restoration work on the Union Station train terminal, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The Gates, a site-specific work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park, New York City

The Gates, a site-specific work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along 23 mile... More

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2420. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. Small girls working on left of photo are Gertrude Kron, five years old, Pauline ---, eight years old. Also a small boy. Mildred Kron, three years old (not working in photo) works some every day, mother said. See preceding photos. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. Small girls working o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1997. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for smut. 250 of these boys and girls in the Club work in this Co. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for s...

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

High Valley Work Station, Log Warehouse, Smiths Ferry, Valley County, ID

High Valley Work Station, Log Warehouse, Smiths Ferry, Valley County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-46 Survey number: HABS ID-61 Building/structure dates: HABS ID-61

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