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Kairouan. Doorway between two courtyards in the Mosque of the Barber, showing details of the Moorish tiles and fine bits of Arabic stucco work above the door which is chiselled out of hard cement by hand / Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis.

Kairouan. Doorway between two courtyards in the Mosque of the Barber, ...

Blind stamp: Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis. No. 523. No. 13. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At work in the stope of the California mine, Eagle River Canyon, Colorado, U.S.A.

At work in the stope of the California mine, Eagle River Canyon, Color...

Gold miners at work in mine. Public domain photograph of burial, grave, funeral, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)]

[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)]

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Some of the night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works,...

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

One of the small girls working in the Natick (R. I.) Mills. The girls would not stop and form a group as the boys did. Many young girls and boys work there. Location: Natick, Rhode Island.

One of the small girls working in the Natick (R. I.) Mills. The girls ...

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

Bertha Thomas. Been in mill work 2 years. Johnnie Thomas, "helps sister" all the time now. This is a popular method of evading the law. They work in Atherton Mill. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bertha Thomas. Been in mill work 2 years. Johnnie Thomas, "helps siste...

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

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the very smallest. She hangs around the fields. Begin work about 4 A.M. and sometimes works until sunset. (See #838.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, M...

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

2 boys at the filling machine in Cannon's Cannery, Bridgeville, Del. These boys place cans in the grove to be filled with peas. Work 10 hours per day, and when there is a good supply of peas they work 15 hours a day. The small boy is 9 years of age, at work the first season. The larger boy is 12, working his 2nd season. Location: Bridgeville, Delaware.

2 boys at the filling machine in Cannon's Cannery, Bridgeville, Del. T...

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

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilmington, Delaware, noon period, May 24, 1910. Young girls obviously under 14 years of age, who work about 10 hours a day every day except Saturday. Investigator, Edward F. Brown]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

[Groups of girls workers at the gate of the American Tobacco Co., Wilm...

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

Upper Miraflores locks--Rock channeler at work, April 1910

Upper Miraflores locks--Rock channeler at work, April 1910

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

Group of boys at noon, in the American Locomotive Works district. Smaller ones going to school. Some work in the factory. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Group of boys at noon, in the American Locomotive Works district. Smal...

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

Karl Witklwskr, 812 Walnut St., Market vender. 11 years of age. 1 year at work. Works of own choice. Earns percentage of money received from stand, amounting to an average of 50 cents a week. Money not needed at home. Works of own volition. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Louis W. Hine, May, 1910

Karl Witklwskr, 812 Walnut St., Market vender. 11 years of age. 1 year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1506. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Going to work in Brown Shoe Factory. 6:30 to 7 A.M. Factory employs between 300 and 400 hands. Location: Moberly, Missouri.

Going to work in Brown Shoe Factory. 6:30 to 7 A.M. Factory employs be...

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

Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1 Merrimac Mill, Lowell, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size) 32 Marion St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for six months; about 13 or 14 probably. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk St., apparently 12 years, been wo...

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

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Packs some with her mother. Mother and two sisters work in factory. One sister has made $7 in one day. During the rush season, the women begin work at 7 a.m., and at times work until midnight. Brother works on boats. The family comes from Perry, Me., just for the summer months. Work is very irregular. Nan is already a spoiled child. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Sea...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour, Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. All work. Location: McC...

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

[These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at 6 P.M. for they "work" in this mill. New Bedford, Massachusetts. August 24, 1911. 6:30 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness]. Location: New Bedford, Massachusettsachusetts.

[These subjects went to work at 6:45 A.M. and many of them came out at...

The boy in the middle may be Manuel Martin, described in the caption for photo 2272: "Manuel Martin, 202 Crapo St. White, soft shirt with suspenders, no overalls, turned over soft collar. Works in the Spinning ... More

Frank Jarsoe [i.e., Jarose?], (left end), 7 Fayette St. Mellins [i.e., Mellens?] Court, said 11 years old. Pin boy in Les Miserables Alleys, made $3.75 last week. Joe Weaver, (right end), 10 Mellens Court, said 11 years old also a pin boy, made $2.13 last week. These boys work until midnight every week night. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Frank Jarsoe [i.e., Jarose?], (left end), 7 Fayette St. Mellins [i.e.,...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Packs some with her mother. Mother and two sisters work in factory. One sister has made $7 in one day. During the rush season, the women begin work at 7 a.m., and at times work until midnight. Brother works on boats. The family comes from Perry, Me., just for the summer months. Work is very irregular. Nan is already a spoiled child. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Sea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young girls going to work in Cigarette Factory, Danville. Photo taken 6:30 A.M. Location: Danville, Virginia.

Young girls going to work in Cigarette Factory, Danville. Photo taken ...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of Petersburg, Virginia 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.

All these youngsters and many others work in the Cigarette factory of ...

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

All work in Everett Mill top spinning room. Edward Pitochelli [i.e., Pitocelli?], 175 Newbury Street, the youngest in the picture is "surely under 14." Luigi De Guatro, Tommy De Guatro, 175 Newbury St., also workers. Tommy might possibly be fourteen. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

All work in Everett Mill top spinning room. Edward Pitochelli [i.e., P...

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

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. See also other Magnolia photos and labels. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi.

Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills spinning room. See the littl...

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.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work in Riverside Mill, Olneyville, Providence. Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work i...

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

Cottage Street hovels down by the river in which a great deal of home work is done on suspenders. Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Cottage Street hovels down by the river in which a great deal of home ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cottage Street hovels down by the river in Easthampton, Massachusetts., in which a great deal of home work is done on suspenders. Location: Easthampton, Massachusettsachusetts.

Cottage Street hovels down by the river in Easthampton, Massachusetts....

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

Crocheting on underwear at home. Carmina Caruso, 10 years old, a regular worker; sister Mary, 5 years old, learning; mother and neighbor sitting out in unkept [i.e., unkempt?] side yard all day long. Sometimes they walk up and down the street as they work. 18 South Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. See also Home work report. Location: Sommerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

Crocheting on underwear at home. Carmina Caruso, 10 years old, a regul...

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

From left to right. Joe, 12 years, Jacob, 8 years. Bonny, 10 yrs. Levi, 10 yrs. Teacher says Joe doesn't know anything, not even enough to be bad. He is always drowsy in class. "Jacob is "awful" in school work and conduct. He gets sleepy in class. Benny is good in school work and conduct. These three boys are brothers. 4:15 P.M. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

From left to right. Joe, 12 years, Jacob, 8 years. Bonny, 10 yrs. Levi...

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

Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Sommerville, Massachusetts. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Sommerville, Massachusetts. This is on...

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

Gusty, eight-year old shucker. Two brothers work. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina.

Gusty, eight-year old shucker. Two brothers work. Maggioni Canning Co....

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

Yard full of home work. Some would not be in photo. 52 Medford Street. Somerville, Massachusetts. See Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

Yard full of home work. Some would not be in photo. 52 Medford Street....

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

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. 1 was 9, other 11. Youngest work for $3. a week. Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Six-year old boy, Louis Shuman, and his 11 year old brother. Dallas Newsboys. The little fellow usually has a brother who makes him do most of the work. Dallas has too many of these little newsies. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Six-year old boy, Louis Shuman, and his 11 year old brother. Dallas Ne...

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

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Tex. Their Family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister (fifteen years old). Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Val...

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

The Virginia K. Johnson Home. A House of Refuge for Unmarried Mothers under twenty-one years old. A large proportion of the girls here came from the farms, their lives stunted by the monotonous work of cotton picking, many of them beginning at five and six years old. Surely this must be counted one of the by-products of such deadening work. See Hine report on Texas Child Labor. Location: Dallas, Texas.

The Virginia K. Johnson Home. A House of Refuge for Unmarried Mothers ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been helping his sister for some months in the Deep River Mills. Mother and sister work. Father deserted. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been help...

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

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were needed, but when we found that the father is able to do certain kinds of work, and that they have relatives who are well-to-do, there was no doubt that the family could get along without her working. In almost all the cases investigated, the need for the child's earning was very small.] Location: [Mobile, Alabama]

[9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Group showing some of the youngest workers taken in the Scotland Neck ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

5 pupils present at School #6, Dist 3, Ft. Morgan, out of 35 expected as soon as beet work is done. School opened Sept. 20, over 5 weeks ago, and the attendance went up to 17 and then dropped when the beets were ready. Location: Fort Morgan, Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 26/15.

5 pupils present at School #6, Dist 3, Ft. Morgan, out of 35 expected ...

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

[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 image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(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.

Nature's art work, Native American woman portrait

Nature's art work, Native American woman portrait

Indian woman getting water from stream in Southwestern United States. 201189 U.S. Copyright Office.

[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 ...

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

[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...

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

Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Class in English for employees. Pocasset Mill. After day's work. Loca...

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

Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ora Fugate, 10 years old worming tobacco. They said they do not worm in middle of day when hot, but work right through when "suckering." See 4400. Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Ora Fugate, 10 years old worming tobacco. They said they do not worm i...

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

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., when work is over. School opened 2 weeks ago, and the boys expect to be out several weeks more. 10-year old boy, Edward Goldsberry carries and drops the sticks. 11-year old Aubrey Hazeland is piling the tobacco (in front). 13-year old Dolph Hazeland piling (behind Aubrey), and 14-years old Willie Goldsberry is spiking the tobacco. Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., S...

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

[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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"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Address Hiatt, Ky. Go to Hickory Grove School, but they have been absent most of the past 6 weeks for work, sickness, etc. Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Chopping corn" Everett Adams, 15 years and Ora Adams, 9 years. Addres...

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

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., when work is over. School opened 2 weeks ago, and the boys expect to be out several weeks more. 10-year old boy, Edward Goldsberry carries and drops the sticks. 11-year old Aubrey Hazeland is piling the tobacco (in front). 13-year old Dolph Hazeland piling (behind Aubrey), and 14-year old Willie Goldsberry is spiking the tobacco. Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., S...

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

Frank Hastings, 107 Hampshire Street, Cambridge. Said he was 14 last month. Just begun work for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co. Taken in the morning. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Frank Hastings, 107 Hampshire Street, Cambridge. Said he was 14 last m...

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

Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, West Virginia. Location: [Pocahontas County]--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewi...

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

Newsies at work in Newark, N.J. Aug 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Newsies at work in Newark, N.J. Aug 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New J...

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

[At work on camouflage nets at the Japanese internment camp in Santa Anita, California]

[At work on camouflage nets at the Japanese internment camp in Santa A...

U.S. Signal Corps, Wartime Civil Control Administration. In album: Japanese evacuation photos. ..., vol. 11, p. 1156.

Dorothy Fields & Arthur Schwartz work on score of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" / World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin.

Dorothy Fields & Arthur Schwartz work on score of "A Tree Grows in Bro...

Dorothy Fields and Arthur Schwartz, half-length portrait, seated at piano. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Jules Feiffer, seated at work on cartoon, facing front] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico.

[Jules Feiffer, seated at work on cartoon, facing front] / World Teleg...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Bob Hope and Politics," Library of Congress, 2010.

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M. Mar. 6th, a school day, and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week on account of the work. "I like to work, and I like to go to school too." Our investigator reports her as 13 yrs. old, and a truant. The 8 yr. old sister can speak no English and has never been to school. The work was strewn all over the dirty floor. Location: New York, New York (State)

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2884. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the cotton mill at Matoaca, Virginia, for two years. His brother, next to him, helps in the mill. The others in the photo are not working yet. The father is not at work now as work is slack. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

Lawrence Purdie (right end) has been spinning in the mule room of the ...

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

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Drivers and miners going to work 7 A.M. stay underground until 5:30 P.M. Location: Gary, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virgi...

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

One of several youngsters I found in Tampa Fla. Cigar Box Factory. They are reported to have many children when work is rushing. Found about 10 young boys and girls, 300 employees. Location: Tampa, Florida.

One of several youngsters I found in Tampa Fla. Cigar Box Factory. The...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas. Their family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister fifteen years old. Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Vall...

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

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 image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to go to Work. Boston 1915 Exhibit.

Headed for Industry. An Inducement to Remain in School Until Fit to g...

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.

Alma Crosien, three-year-old daughter of Mrs. CoRa Croslen, of Baltimore. Both work in the Barataria Canning Company. The mother said, "I'm learnin' her the trade." Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Alma Crosien, three-year-old daughter of Mrs. CoRa Croslen, of Baltimo...

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"OUR BABY DOFFER" they called him. Donnie Cole. Has been doffing for some months. When asked his age, he hesitated, then said, "I'm Twelve." Another young boy said "He can't work unless he's twelve." Child Labor regulations were conspicuously posted in the mill. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

"OUR BABY DOFFER" they called him. Donnie Cole. Has been doffing for s...

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A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other children sit beside her, also at work. Little Mabel Cuthrie [i.e., Guthrie?], 4 yrs. old started working last year. Location: [Seaford?, Delaware?]

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other childr...

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[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, "Only helps in the mill afternoons and Saturdays." "But if I was twelve," he said, "I'd go to work to-morrow." The other boy, Floyd, said he was thirteen, but he doesn't seem to be. He said, "I sweeps. Get thirty cents a day. Sweepin' keeps you at it right steady. Not much chance to rest. You have to be twelve to work." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

[Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest ma...

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

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

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Family of Peter Elvis, New Orleans, La. All except smallest baby work in the Barataria Canning Company. Youngest boy, Jo., seven years old works Saturdays. Alma, the three year-old by the door is "learnin' the trade" her mother said. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Family of Peter Elvis, New Orleans, La. All except smallest baby work ...

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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller and Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs on to the other boy who saws them on an unguarded circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets a chance. He is exposed, not only to the above dangers, but to the weather, no roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day." (Fifty cents.) Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found around Beaumont that employed boys - likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve ye...

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Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Trapper boy in center. Going to work 7 A.M. will be underground until 5:30 P.M. Trappers are paid $1. per day. Location: Gary, West Virginia.

Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Trapper boy in center. Going ...

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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.[M.] Father keeps a rag shop. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty...

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Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. T...

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[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon.] Location: [Opelika, Alabama]

[Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph i...

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

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

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Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Brother Vincent said 11. Vincent picked last year. Inez, sister said 6 years old, "and picked last year wid me mudder." Smallest one not quite large enough to work. Father works in Parker Mills. Location: Parker Mills [vicinity], Massachusetts.

Three pickers going home from work. Anne Benotte, said 7 years old. Br...

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The Supt. and the group of children under sixteen years starting work after noon, May 9, 1911. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.

The Supt. and the group of children under sixteen years starting work ...

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Peula[?] Amava[?], 8 years old. Has had 3 years of this work. Carries the cranberries and tends baby between times. We found him at work on berry farm, Cannon, Del. in May, 1910, before school closed. Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Peula[?] Amava[?], 8 years old. Has had 3 years of this work. Carries ...

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Mr. Smith, overseer in Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. He will not let his children work in the mill. Says it is no place for them. Plenty of children below 12 in his mill. He said that it is a common practice all through the South for employers in cotton mills to evade the child labor law by allowing young children to help their older sisters or brothers. The name of the small child is not on the books. "That is the way we manage it." Nov. 28/08. Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Mr. Smith, overseer in Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. He will not let his c...

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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father refused to let her have any money out of the pay envelope she brought home. Mother said: "That haint no way to encourage children to work." Mother, father and several children work. Her mother admitted she worked here before 12 years old, and at Ella White Mill and one other city for about a year. Says they have no family record, but claims Velma is 12 now (which is doubtful). I saw her several times going and coming at 5:45 A.M. and noon. Location: Opelika, Alabama.

Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is...

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George Christopher, Postal Tel. #7, 14 years old. Been at it over 3 years. Does not work nights. Location: Nashville, Alabama [i.e., Tennessee?]

George Christopher, Postal Tel. #7, 14 years old. Been at it over 3 ye...

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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...

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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...

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

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[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].

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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 ...

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[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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