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#37. (See also #36 & #38.) Harry McShane. Cincinnati. See account of accident, attached to photo #36. Aug., 1908.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. / Photo by [...]

#37. (See also #36 & #38.) Harry McShane. Cincinnati. See account of a...

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"Oh, pardon me! I mistook you for the deer" / Kep.

"Oh, pardon me! I mistook you for the deer" / Kep.

Illustration shows a deer hunter labeled "Wickersham" holding a rifle labeled "Sherman Law", a deer runs off into the woods, but a man labeled "Legitimate Business" is holding his leg where Wickersham shot him.... More

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran sitting in a wheelchair, facing front, with bandage on right hand and right leg amputated above the knee, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chic... More

Bringing in the wounded "on stretchers stiff and bleared with blood"

Bringing in the wounded "on stretchers stiff and bleared with blood"

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18869. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

"Stand it as long as you can, buddy -" / E. Fuhr.

"Stand it as long as you can, buddy -" / E. Fuhr.

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The yucca bird" by William J. Neidig, Saturday evening post, 196:20 (Sept. 8, ... More

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on 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.  Location: [Bessemer City, North Carolina].

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mas...

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"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2353, and label.)  Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...

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[Litter bearers on a jungle trail at the front]

[Litter bearers on a jungle trail at the front]

Drawing shows four soldiers carrying a wounded soldier on a litter at the front during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. Signed: Sgt. Howard Brodie Guadalcanal. Sketch version: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 33 (A... More

Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his scarr...

Printed on verso: "From life, taken at Baton Rouge, La., April 2d, 1863." On verso: Facsimile of original medical report to Colonel L.B. Marsh from J.W. Mercer, assistant surgeon with the 47th Massachusetts Vo... More

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2453, and label.)  Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...

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[Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata. 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works five weeks - 17 years old. Broke wrist while sweeping. Slipped on a banana skin.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata. 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in F...

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Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They work regularly whenever there are fish. (Note the knives they use.) Back of them and under foot is refuse. On the right hand is Grayson Forsythe, 7 years old. Middle is George Goodell, 9 years old, finger badly cut and wrapped up. Said, "the salt gets unto the cut." Said he makes $1.50 some days. Left end, Clarence Goodell, 6 years, helps brother.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...

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Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life, if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing / / Raleigh.

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the wa...

Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. United States Food Administration. No. 16.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St.  Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

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Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery to reset a comminuted fracture of his right big toe

Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery...

Photograph (left) shows view of Wilson's lower leg and bandaged foot; photograph on right shows portrait of Bill Wilson on crutches. Sticker on mount: Photo by William R. Wilson... No. 78.

Grand triumph of brains over "boodle"! / Gillam.

Grand triumph of brains over "boodle"! / Gillam.

Illustration shows gladiator William M. Evarts standing over fallen and wounded gladiator Levi P. Morton, coins spill from a gash in his left side, earning Evarts a wreath of "Popular Approval". Illus. from Pu... More

Running the gauntlet / Will Crawford., Political Cartoon

Running the gauntlet / Will Crawford., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a small man labeled "Consumer" badly bruised after running between two rows of Native Americans labeled "Provision Trust, Ice Trust, Fuel Trust, Butter & Egg Trust, Clothing Trust, [and] Copp... More

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim Sunday morning. They all work. Even the smallest makes $.50 to $1.00 a day. They all said they cut their fingers a good deal, "and then the salt makes 'em 'pickle-sores."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim S...

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Accident case - Man with hand crushed by flywheel at Offset Litho Co. because his helper (a boy of 17) disobeyed instructions and pushed wrong lever. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

Accident case - Man with hand crushed by flywheel at Offset Litho Co. ...

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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...

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

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during working hours.  Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinn...

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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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[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 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 that he is 12. His brother (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 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, North Carolina].

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

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Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, with hands resting on his chest, in a hospital bed at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1225 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright... More

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran sitting in a wheelchair, facing front, with bandage on right hand, leaning forward on support with tray in front, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital... More

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They work regularly whenever there are fish. (Note the knives they use.) Back of them and under foot is refuse. On the right hand is Grayson Forsythe, 7 years old. Middle is George Goodell, 9 years old, finger badly cut and wrapped up. Said, "the salt gets unto the cut." Said he makes $1.50 some days. Left end, Clarence Goodell, 6 years, helps brother. Location: Eastport, Maine

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2453, and label.) Location: Eastport, Maine

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2425. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Lt. Thomas W. Chandler. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Lt. Thomas W. Chandler. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows identified soldier Lieutenant Thomas W. Chandler of Co. F, 67th New York Infantry Regiment, and Co. A, 65th New York Infantry Regiment, in uniform, with scar from a bullet wound on his forehead... More

The land of the living a strong drama : by Frank Harvey.

The land of the living a strong drama : by Frank Harvey.

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Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron Works Mill. Was taking loose band off a spooler. Two weeks learning. Is in picture of girls play at King Philip Settlement. (See 4324.) Ready to go back to work June 22nd.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron ...

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Larry on his front porch

Larry on his front porch

Photograph showing baseball player Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie with an injured leg, sitting in a wheelchair on a porch. H63407 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption: Photograph by L. Van Oeyen, Newspaper Enterprise Associ... More

Puck magazine cover - Discharged as cured / Albert Levering.

Puck magazine cover - Discharged as cured / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Consumer" walking with crutches labeled "Free Oil" and "Free Hides", and heavily wrapped with bandages labeled "Free Valerianic, Free Cerium, Free Acorns, Gambier, Fossils, Fre... More

Phoebe's thumb [Phoebe Thomas], a week after the accident. She was back at the factory that day, using the same big knife.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Phoebe's thumb [Phoebe Thomas], a week after the accident. She was bac...

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Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine which cut off his hand. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Twelve-year old Clinton Stewart and his mowing machine...

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Harry Katz, 67 Allen St. Healed T.B. hip. Avoid continuous standing. Use a crutch for support, otherwise boy will work in constant pain. Support to rest [?] shorter limb advisable. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4660-4662 inc.[?].  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Harry Katz, 67 Allen St. Healed T.B. hip. Avoid continuous standing. U...

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Miscellaneous subjects. Man displaying scars from wounds or injury II

Miscellaneous subjects. Man displaying scars from wounds or injury II

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A view inside a S.A. field dressing station which is accommodated in a Bir (well) underground. A patient is shown on the operating table having dressings done to burns, and right are some other patients with an M.O. in attendance. The patients are kept here for several hours under observation and then removed to a base hospital

A view inside a S.A. field dressing station which is accommodated in a...

S. A. official photograph no. E. 700. Issued by the Bureau of Information.

Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille i.e., 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 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 old (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 mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3112. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Ch... More

An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he was nine. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pay me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name."  Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he wa...

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[Japanese sailor and soldier are tending to the wounds in the legs and back of a Russian soldier]

[Japanese sailor and soldier are tending to the wounds in the legs and...

Signed on block by artist on left. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō ... More

[Russian general, possibly meant to be A.N. Kuropatkin, holding sword in raised right hand while doctors and a nurse tend to wounds in his left arm]

[Russian general, possibly meant to be A.N. Kuropatkin, holding sword ...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore."  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing?] the ro...

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Shows the way they cut the fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp knives are used, with a cutting and sometimes a chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches, and careless bumping into each other increase the liability to accident. "The salt gits in the cuts an' they ache."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Shows the way they cut the fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp kni...

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[Soldier named Ewing in kepi displaying a wound to his arm] / Henry Ulke, 178 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

[Soldier named Ewing in kepi displaying a wound to his arm] / Henry Ul...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The old lion and the ass / Gillam.

The old lion and the ass / Gillam.

Illustration shows an injured lion, with the face of Ulysses S. Grant, lying on the ground next to a paper that states "An Appeal to the People, U.S. Grant", just beyond the lion is a donkey wearing a military ... More

Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers get so sore." Varn & Platt Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Adult shucker whowing [i.e., showing] the rough, dirty shells and the ...

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Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy who went to work at 11. A few weeks ago he caught his arm in the "lapper" machine, and broke it in 2 places. He said: "I sure didn't mean to. Was jus goin through the lapper room an fust thing I knew everything went black." The family is hard-up. Father is a paralytic. Here is a real chance for a mill to do a benevolent deed by making some recompense to this crippled boy and his paralytic father. They think it's charity to give a boy work under legal age, but when he is injured they forget that side of it. No suggestion of any kind of recompense has been heard. Jim Browning said he was 12 years old, but that is doubtful. Has worked 6 months here; gets 50 cents a day. Is in the 2nd grade at school.  Location: Sanford, North Carolina.

Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy w...

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Unfavorable working position standing. No support for the shorter limb. Boy obliged to lean against the wall for support. Body not properly balanced. It continued to do standing work without support of crutch, hip would cause boy constant pain. Need for advice of examining physician. Lewis W. Hine. See 4659, 4661, & 4662.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Unfavorable working position standing. No support for the shorter limb...

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Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, swollen, and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, s...

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R.B. Mantell in the great 5 act play, Monbars

R.B. Mantell in the great 5 act play, Monbars

S29010 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The duel (Monbar's fatal thrust). Copyrighted 1887 by Augustus Pitou. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, N.=Y. & London." N.Y. 2036. Forms part of: Theatrica... More

The woman in black by H. Grattan Donnelly.

The woman in black by H. Grattan Donnelly.

Caption: Jimp: "He hurt me bad, Miss Stella, and I feel it here yet!" Stella: "Poor friendless boy, God will punish such cruelty." Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union private's uniform displaying his leg wound]

[Unidentified soldier in Union private's uniform displaying his leg wo...

Photograph was probably part of the work of military surgeon Reed Brockway Bontecou, who directed photographers documenting the injuries of Civil War soldiers. (Source: M. Patrick Higgins, 2018) Gift; Tom Lilje... More

Blessure par balle explosible à l'épaule gauche ... orifice de sortie / phot. Reiss.

Blessure par balle explosible à l'épaule gauche ... orifice de sortie ...

Photograph shows a shoulder exit wound from an expanding bullet used by Austro-Hungarian troops during the First Invasion of Serbia in September, October, and November 1914. Stamped on verso: Serbian News Servi... More

Rural Accident. Four weeks after the accident Clinton was using his remaining hand to help in the farm work as best he could. His mother said: "Now we will have to educate him." See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Four weeks after the accident Clinton was using his re...

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Rural Accident. Mr. Stewart is running a farm of 135 acres with the help of his wife and these two boys of eleven and twelve years. See Hine Report, August 1915.

Rural Accident. Mr. Stewart is running a farm of 135 acres with the he...

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Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot properly supported. Care should be taken to have chair properly adjusted to height of desk or bench. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4659, 4660 + 4662.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot prop...

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Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalsozialisten Liste 1 / Witte.

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...

Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... More

Death of Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans / F.O.C. Darley ; W. Ridgway.

Death of Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans / F.O.C. Darley ; W. Ri...

Print shows General Pakenham, commander of British forces, mortally wounded during the battle of New Orleans on January 8th, 1815. Entered according to act of Congress, AD 1860 by Virtue & Co., in the clerk's ... More

[Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata. 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works five weeks - 17 years old. Broke wrist while sweeping. Slipped on a banana skin.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata. 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in F...

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[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on 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.  Location: [Bessemer City, North Carolina].

[Young cotton mill worker. A piece of the machine fell on his foot mas...

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Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille [i.e., 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 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 old (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 mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

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Shows the way they cut the fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp knives are used, with a cutting and sometimes a chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches, and careless bumping into each other increase the liability to accident. "The salt gits in the cuts an' they ache."  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Shows the way they cut the fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp kni...

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Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a badly cut finger. Several children working with him had cut fingers, and even the adults said they could not help cutting themselves.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a...

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Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery to reset a comminuted fracture of his right big toe

Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery...

Photograph (left) shows view of Wilson's lower leg and bandaged foot; photograph on right shows portrait of Bill Wilson on crutches. Sticker on mount: Photo by William R. Wilson... No. 78.

Ludwig Richter - Wie Isegrim krank darnieder liegt

Ludwig Richter - Wie Isegrim krank darnieder liegt

Illustration for a story showing "Isegrim" the Wolf lying in bed, with his wife "Dame Gieremund" attending to the wounds he sustained during his defeat in the wrestling match with Reynard the Fox. Illus. from:... More

"Must 'av had a smashing good time"

"Must 'av had a smashing good time"

Man with bottle in his back pocket looking at his black eye in mirror. H14704 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.W. Ingersoll, St. Paul. No. 375.

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 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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[Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co. Cut leg June 20, 1916. (Mr. Wagner's schedule.) Was pushing and pulling basket along floor; basket caught a loose board and threw him against loom cutting his leg.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Wilfred Levoie - 15 years - 120 Diman St. - Weaver, American Linen Co...

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Accident cases at Union Hospital - Oscar Matoon - 14 years - 72 Oman St. Hand caught in twister. John Healy - 14 years - 967 Middle St., cut finger.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Accident cases at Union Hospital - Oscar Matoon - 14 years - 72 Oman S...

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Miscellaneous subjects. Man displaying scars from wounds or injury I

Miscellaneous subjects. Man displaying scars from wounds or injury I

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Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, half-length, left profile, with bandage around his head and over the left eye, at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1230 U.S. ... More

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They work regularly whenever there are fish. (Note the knives they use.) Back of them and under foot is refuse. On the right hand is Grayson Forsythe, 7 years old. Middle is George Goodell, 9 years old, finger badly cut and wrapped up. Said, "the salt gets unto the cut." Said he makes $1.50 some days. Left end, Clarence Goodell, 6 years, helps brother. Location: Eastport, Maine

Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a badly cut finger. Several children working with him had cut fingers, and even the adults said they could not help cutting themselves. Location: Eastport, Maine

Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2446. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. 21, 1915 and finger grew stiff and had to have cord cut. Still an outpatient in June and not working yet. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old....

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4302. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 fingers mashed off by stamping machine in lamp factory - Aug 1908.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 finge...

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Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life, if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing / / Raleigh.

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the wa...

Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. United States Food Administration. No. 16.

Harry McShane - 134 B'way [I,e, Broadway] -Cin. O. - 16 yrs. of age on June 29, 1908. Had his left arm pulled off near shoulder, and right leg broken through kneecap, by being caught on belt of a machine in Spring factory in May 1908. Had been working in factory more than 2 yrs. Was on his feet for first time after the accident, the day this photo was taken. No attention was paid by employers to the boy either at hospital or home according to statement of boy's father. No com- pensation.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Harry McShane - 134 B'way [I,e, Broadway] -Cin. O. - 16 yrs. of age on...

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Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a badly cut finger. Several children working with him had cut fingers, and even the adults said they could not help cutting themselves.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Butcher knife used by Ralph, a young cutter in a canning company and a...

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[Unidentified soldier in uniform with arm in sling in front of painted backdrop showing military camp and American flag]

[Unidentified soldier in uniform with arm in sling in front of painted...

Case: (front) leather flower design; (back) leather floral bouquet design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Cong... More

"Say, honest, is he really gone?" / L.M. Glackens.

"Say, honest, is he really gone?" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows many wild animals in a jungle setting, several wearing bandages, looking at a lone footprint in the sand, wondering if Theodore Roosevelt has finally departed, and they are safe from his big ... More

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

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Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata, 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works five weeks - 17 years old. Broke wrist while sweeping. Slipped on a banana skin.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital case - Manuel Costa Maiata, 301 Ferry St. Sweeper in Fa...

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[Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or rather Sunday morning at 1:55, Frank must have fallen asleep and in some way he knocked against the controlling pedal, and the next thing he knew his hand was caught in the machine. He sued the Co. for damages and after 2 years' litigation he received an award of $10,000 - $5,000 for each of 2 fingers which were amputated. The lawyer's fee has not yet been decided upon by the court.]  Location: [New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)].

[Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after wor...

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An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he was nine. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pay me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Location: Weldon, North Carolina

An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he wa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3891. Two caption cards. One says "Same as 3883." The other gives no location or date, but provides the caption r... More

Accident case - Union Hospital. Molla Mesuretta, 17 years. Weaver at Sagamore Mill. Worked two years. Laceration and partial evulsion of tip of finger and nail. Hurt September 1915 while cleaning loom in motion. "They all clean when the machine is going." She will always be handicapped. Not able to go back yet. Finger is tender. Nail split and finger tip cit to the quick. Wages $7.50; compensation $4.67. Finger that she needs most in weaving was hurt. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Accident case - Union Hospital. Molla Mesuretta, 17 years. Weaver at S...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4303. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More

British Red Cross ambulance in French service, northern France

British Red Cross ambulance in French service, northern France

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18703. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2453, and label.)  Location: Eastport, Maine.

"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...

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[Japanese sailor and soldier are tending to the wounds in the legs and back of a Russian soldier]

[Japanese sailor and soldier are tending to the wounds in the legs and...

Signed on block by artist on left. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō ... More

Corsican Brothers. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Corsican Brothers. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

A969 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted 1870 by Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, New York. Created by "Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St., New York." Signed: P. Kramer. Upper left ... More

Harry McShane - 134 B'way [I,e, Broadway] -Cin. O. - 16 yrs. of age on June 29, 1908. Had his left arm pulled off near shoulder, and right leg broken through kneecap, by being caught on belt of a machine in Spring factory in May 1908. Had been working in factory more than 2 yrs. Was on his feet for first time after the accident, the day this photo was taken. No attention was paid by employers to the boy either at hospital or home according to statement of boy's father. No com- pensation.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Harry McShane - 134 B'way [I,e, Broadway] -Cin. O. - 16 yrs. of age on...

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Caricature, A misunderstanding / Ehrhart., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A misunderstanding / Ehrhart., public domain cartoon image

Illustration showing the British Lion, wearing a military uniform, aghast by the tattered look of a female figure labeled "Peace," her clothing torn, head and left arm bandaged, and walking with a crutch, the d... More

Till we forget / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Till we forget / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a person labeled "Bossism" sitting in a chair, with many bandages labeled "New York, New Jersey, Penn. [and] Ohio", on the table next to him is a medicine bottle labeled "Cashtoria"; he is be... More

[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron Works Mill. Was taking loose band off a spooler. Two weeks learning. Is in picture of girls play at King Philip Settlement. (4324.) Ready to go back to work June 22nd.]  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron...

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Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or rather Sunday morning at 1:55, Frank must have fallen asleep and in some way he knocked against the controlling pedal, and the next thing he knew his hand was caught in the machine. He sued the Co. for damages and after 2 years' litigation he received an award of $10,000 - $5,000 for each of 2 fingers which were amputated. The lawyer's fee has not yet been decided upon by the court.  Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 - # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after work...

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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...

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

Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille i.e., 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 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 old (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 mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3112. In phrase "when he found the boy," the word boy is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Ch... More

"Stand it as long as you can, buddy -" / E. Fuhr.

"Stand it as long as you can, buddy -" / E. Fuhr.

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The yucca bird" by William J. Neidig, Saturday evening post, 196:20 (Sept. 8, ... More

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 fingers mashed off by stamping machine in lamp factory - Aug 1908.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lawrence J. Hill - 1125 Walnut St. 17 yrs. old March 1908. Had 4 finge...

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Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during working hours.  Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Street Bretzau, who is a "Tube-boy" in the mule-room of Richmond Spinn...

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Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old. Doffer at Granite No. 1 mill. Laceration of index and middle finger of right hand. Caught in card machine. Injured Dec. 21, 1915 and finger grew stiff and had to have cord cut. Still an outpatient in June and not working yet.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Union Hospital case - Estelle Poiriere, 137 Robeson St., 15 years old....

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