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Greeff Fabrics Inc., House of the Year, Lake Success, Long Island, New York. Study

Greeff Fabrics Inc., House of the Year, Lake Success, Long Island, New...

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The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

During Mardi Gras celebration and all during the year there are Mimes in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

During Mardi Gras celebration and all during the year there are Mimes ...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mimes are usually painted, often with silver paint, and every Mime is unique. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The grand committee, to whom was recommitted a report on the subject of supplies for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, submit the following report.

The grand committee, to whom was recommitted a report on the subject o...

"Printed for the use of the Committee of the Whole, July 14." Read July 18, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 543-547. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journal... More

Barometrical measurement of the Blue-Ridge, Warm Spring, and Alleghany Mountains, in Virginia, taken in the summer of the year 1791 : Mount Pleasant on Schuylkill, Nov. 13, 1795

Barometrical measurement of the Blue-Ridge, Warm Spring, and Alleghany...

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A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting mill where mother works. Made from waste material. These children help sister and mother ravel. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting m...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, 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.

A four year old helper in the berry field, Rock Creek, near Baltimore. Mother said, "He helps little." Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A four year old helper in the berry field, Rock Creek, near Baltimore....

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

The friendship Mr. Isaac's new dance for the year 1715

The friendship Mr. Isaac's new dance for the year 1715

Public domain scan, performing arts and dance - related book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thursday May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thu...

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Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi

Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississip...

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

One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...

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

The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mountains ; made in the spring of the year 1803 : with a geographical and historical account of the state of Ohio ; illustrated with original maps and views

The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mo...

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Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (part 3 of 3) (Transcript)

Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (...

10 year old girl who peddles papers. Been at it 1 year. Bridgeport, Conn. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

10 year old girl who peddles papers. Been at it 1 year. Bridgeport, Co...

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

Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (part 1 of 3) (Transcript)

Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina ...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Pendleton District Historical and Recreation Commission. Pendleton, SC 65 year old white male, born in Oconee County, South Carolina near town of Walh... More

Walter Gaylord drilling hole in maple tree to get sap which is boiled down into maple syrup. Mud River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eightty acres. It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five to forty head of cattle; raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord drilling hole in maple tree to get sap which is boiled ...

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

7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M., Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M....

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

A general map of North America; in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c. taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761:

A general map of North America; in which is express'd the several new ...

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Caribbean region. "Published ... by M. A. Rocque in the Strand & A. Dury in Dukes Court St. Martins Lane." Title in English and French. LC Ma... More

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...

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

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 27 year old white female. Happenings around the house. murder

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 27 year old white female. Happenings around the house. murder

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.

An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV : under the command of Henry Bouquet ... including his transactions with the Indians ... ; to which are annexed military papers ...

An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in t...

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6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

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

Young Driver in Mine: Had been driving one year. (7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Daily) Brown Mine, Brown , West Virginia. Location: Brown, West Virginia.

Young Driver in Mine: Had been driving one year. (7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. ...

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

Thirteen year old boy. Exposed to all kinds of weather picking out slabs from chute with a heavy moving chain that carries up the wood. He gets $5.00 a week. Miller - Link Lumber Co. Location: Orange, Texas.

Thirteen year old boy. Exposed to all kinds of weather picking out sla...

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

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time. See Hine report on Messengers. Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes...

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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...

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

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mari...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mari...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is a regular beggar. "P-l-e-a-s-e buy me papers." Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is...

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

Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California ...

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

Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One ten year old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school. Location: Waco, Texas.

Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. On...

An old photo of a young boy standing in the street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversation with 41 year old black male, Detroit, Michigan (Transcript)

Conversation with 41 year old black male, Detroit, Michigan (Transcrip...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Georgetown University. Washington, DC 49 year old black male. Discusses childhood games, school, and work.

The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706. II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720.

The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first se...

ESTC N7255 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

State papers relating to the diplomatick transactions between the American and French governments, from the year 1793, to the conclusion of the convention, on the 30th of September, 1800.

State papers relating to the diplomatick transactions between the Amer...

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Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year 1670 /

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault

A plan of the township of Blenheim, as surveyed and divided in the year 1772.

A plan of the township of Blenheim, as surveyed and divided in the yea...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44 /

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. "Published in Report of the exploring expeditio... More

[The great wall between Topkapı and Yedikule which was breeched in the year 1453] / Abdullah Frères.

[The great wall between Topkapı and Yedikule which was breeched in the...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 290. In album: City walls and other views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library o... More

The one hundred thousand year almanac

The one hundred thousand year almanac

Q27524 U.S. Copyright Office. R23598 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Leopold. Check: card has two copyright deposit numbers

Cameramen 'shoot' Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., faced a battery of cameramen as he took the stand today before the Monopoly Committee. He told of early efforts of the Ford Motor Co. to maintain a patent monopoly, success of which would have destroyed the company in its first year of operation

Cameramen 'shoot' Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. E...

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

Lost in the desert the sensational event of the year : a drama on new and original lines : by Owen Davis.

Lost in the desert the sensational event of the year : a drama on new ...

D14742 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Friends in need. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Boy on right hand is George Dagnais, 32 Forest St., a doffer in Mill No. 1, Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. Been there about half a year. 6 A.M. Location: Dover, New Hampshire.

Boy on right hand is George Dagnais, 32 Forest St., a doffer in Mill N...

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

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend at the fourth annual rummage sale of the Child Welfare Society trims discarded hats for the price of one year's milk supply for a Washington baby

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend at the fourth annual rummage sale of the Child ...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See #730.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been workin...

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

Most of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. The smallest boy, in middle, a frail anaemic youngster, said he had been doffing over a year. Said he was 12 years old, but I doubt it. The other small boy, on left, is a spinner, runs four sides, been working there two years. Said he was 12; - but --?. Location: Munford, Alabama.

Most of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. The smallest boy, in midd...

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

Tommy Hawkins, 5 year old newsie 40 inches high. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Tommy Hawkins, 5 year old newsie 40 inches high. Location: St. Louis,...

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

Carl Harden, doffer in Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Said he was fourteen, but I doubt it. Couldn't write his own name. Been working in different mills about one year. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Carl Harden, doffer in Tupelo (Miss.) Cotton Mills. Said he was fourte...

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

Ben Key, a fifteen year old messenger in Tampa, Florida. (See report of Lewis W. Hine.) Location: Tampa, Florida.

Ben Key, a fifteen year old messenger in Tampa, Florida. (See report o...

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

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

"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer. Been working in Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills one year. Violation of the law. Location: Cuero, Texas.

"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer. Been working in Guadalupe Va...

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

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Started at 5 P.M. Starts 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge. Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?]

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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

Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early and late, in the hot sun. Picks about thirty-five pounds a day. Father, mother and several brothers and sisters pick. They get only five or six months of schooling. "It's not 'nuff," the father said. The children said "We'd ruther go to school." Address Box 18, R.F.D. Location: Denison, Texas.

Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early...

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

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a dozen of these children, by gaining access to Family Records, Life Insurance papers, and through conversations with the children and parents, and found those that I could prove to be working now, or during the past year at 10 and 11 years of age, some of them having begun before they were ten. Further search would reveal more. (See Hine Report). Location: Lindale, Georgia.

Noon hour at Massachusetts Mill, Lindale, Ga. During the days followin...

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

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7 A.M. Sunday. Started 5 P.M. Works all day. 6 A.M. week days. Doesn't go to school. Works the begging dodge. Location: [Jacksonville?, Florida?]

6 year old Leslie Cooper. Sells with 10 year old brother Eric. Found 7...

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

Robert Paul, 10 year old newsy. Found at 11 P.M. with 12 papers near Seminole Hotel. Been at it 4 years. Often sells until midnight. He and brother make about $1.50 a day. Goes to school little. Sells around the College Inn. 216 Johnson Street. Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

Robert Paul, 10 year old newsy. Found at 11 P.M. with 12 papers near S...

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

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.

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithton, Ky. The children go to parochial school in Stithton. Location: Hardin County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithto...

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

Group of 14-16 year old messengers working for American Printing Co. Henry Moore - 15 years; Edwin Chadwick - 15 years; George Jones - 16 years; Everett Harrison - 15 years; William Schofield - 15 years; William Lees - 15 years. Mr. Dow is employment manager. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Group of 14-16 year old messengers working for American Printing Co. H...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4338. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Workers scattered all around but lost in the foliage. Tobacco farm of Mr. Stokes-Taylor. He has 50 acres in tobacco this year. Sometimes has 100--a large amount. Mostly negro workers this year. Location: Zion [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Workers scattered all around but lost in the foliage. Tobacco farm of ...

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

Japanese Ambassador and [...] Matsadaira first to view Washington Amaryllis Show. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Tsuneo Matsudaira snapped at the opening of the Washington Amaryllis Show today. This is the fifteenth annual amaryllis show held by the Department of Agriculture which attracts many thousands of flower lovers to the National Capital every year

Japanese Ambassador and [...] Matsadaira first to view Washington Amar...

A man and a woman standing in a greenhouse. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pres. Hoover with Al Hoxie and his Philadelphia. Harmonica Band, Kenneth Goodyear is the 5 year old mascot

Pres. Hoover with Al Hoxie and his Philadelphia. Harmonica Band, Kenne...

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Smithsonian receives first farm tile. Washington, D.C., May 6. Dr. C.G. Abbott of the Smithsonian Institute (left) and Professor B.B. Ross (right) Agriculture Engineer of Cornell University who dug up the 190 year old sections from the John Johnston Farm on the shore of Seneca Lake, Seneca County, New York. This tile works so well that some of the tile lines are still in use. This tile is of the old horeshoe variety, and laid in 1835, 5/6/1937

Smithsonian receives first farm tile. Washington, D.C., May 6. Dr. C.G...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax reduction. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Holding his first press conference since start of special session, Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today outlined to newsmen his views regarding revision of the undistributed profits, probably next year, and said he hoped that congress would stand firmly for reduction of Emergency Relief Expenditures, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Harrison will naturally step into leadership of the Congressional Drive for Governmental Retrenchment and tax reduction. 11/16/37

Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax...

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Diplomas conferred on War College graduates. Washington, D.C., June 22. Today was graduation day at the Army War College at Fort Humphrey's here. Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson is pictured presenting a diploma to Maj. Theodore L. Futch, one of hundred U.S. Army Officers to graduate with this year's class. On the left is Maj. General John L. DeWitt, Commandant of the War College, 6/22/38

Diplomas conferred on War College graduates. Washington, D.C., June 22...

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Home on "Scratch Hill," outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Home on "Scratch Hill," outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of trucks parked in a field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of trucks parked in a field, West Virginia. Fa...

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

Graela and Dieter Tannenberg, daughter of the First Secretary of the German Embassy and Frau Tannenberg, who will take part in the International Children's Christmas Broadcast which will go over the air from the Shoreham Hotel on December 20. This function is one of the feature broadcasts of the year that goes out of the United States to all the countries of the world. It is arranged by the Greater National Committee in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company.

Graela and Dieter Tannenberg, daughter of the First Secretary of the G...

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Hired man of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Hired man of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for mak...

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House of J.D. Smith R.R. first year, mother has been dead eight years. Thirteen year old girl, Gladys, cares for two-room house and six in family. Miss Christian, home supervisor, is bringing her sheeting, water must be carried from neighbors. Coffee County, Alabama

House of J.D. Smith R.R. first year, mother has been dead eight years....

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Springtime at White House. Washington, D.C., March 28. A springtime picture of the White House, showing the Magnolia Blossoms on the left. Thousands of visitors visit the Executive mansion at this time of year. 3-28-39

Springtime at White House. Washington, D.C., March 28. A springtime pi...

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The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 66

The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the projec...

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Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Wise, and sons shelling peanuts for planting this year. They shell about fifty bushels, the yearly task of all families in this section at this season. Coffee County

Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Wise, and sons shelling peanuts for planting this ye...

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West Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois. Now abandoned. This mine has been down about a year (see 26940-D)

West Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois. Now abandoned. This mine has been...

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Cotton outside of Lassiter gin in Wendell, Wake County North Carolina. This gin which is operated by Mr. Faison has ginned only two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this whole season and doesn't expect much more. The boll weevil got most of the cotton in that season. Because of the tobacco market holiday, all the picking and ginning of cotton was finished very early this year

Cotton outside of Lassiter gin in Wendell, Wake County North Carolina....

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N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee today, proposed that Congress provide $915,000,000 to finance relief until July 1 instead of the $875,000,000 recommended by President Roosevelt. La Guardia, representing the conference of United States Mayors, said Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation is 'not enough' to meet the needs of the WPA until the end of the fiscal year. Left to right, can be seen: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of the committee; Mayor La Guardia; and Rep. J. Buell Snyder of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee, 1/9/39

N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New...

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Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Adkins, rural rehabilitation borrowers. This is their first year on the program. There are nine in the family. Coffee County, Alabama

Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Adkins, rural rehabilitation borrowers....

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Builds own Jalopy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Thirty dollars was all it cost Robert Preston, 16-year-old high school senior, to build this midget automobile. Weighing approximately 250 pounds, the 'jalopy' is powered with a washing machine motor of 3-4 horsepower and has a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour. His license tags for this year will cost 32 cents, 2-2-39

Builds own Jalopy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Thirty dollars was all it...

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Drainage system at Nalar el Falek or Birket Ramadan. Arabic inscription on 700 year old bridge on the Lydda, Ras el Ain road

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In the fall of the year after the crops are up many tenants and share croppers move into another farm. This colored family was moving from this farm near Yanceyville to one near Raleigh, North Carolina

In the fall of the year after the crops are up many tenants and share ...

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INTRODUCTORY SPEECH OF SPEAKING CLASS FOR WIVES OF CONGRESS MEMBERS MADE BY FIRST LADY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. MRS.FANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TODAY MADE THE OPENING ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF MRS. HUGH BUTLER'S CLASS IN PLATFORM SPEAKING FOR WIVES OF MEMBERS OF OF CONGRESS. THE CLASS WAS PRESIDED OVER BY MRS. WILLIAM M. WHITTINGTON, WIFE OF THE CONGRESSMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI, WHO LAST YEAR TOOK THE ANNUAL SECOND PRIZE FOR BEING THE BEST SPEAKER, AND MRS. ROOSEVELT WAS INTRODUCED BY FIRST PRIZE WINNER, MRS. JOHN J. SPARKMAN, WIFE OF THE CONGRESSMAN FROM ALABAMA, WHO SHOWED THE MOST IMPROVEMENT LAST YEAR. L TO R: MRS. SPARKMAN, MRS. ROOSEVELT, AND MRS. WHITTINGTON

INTRODUCTORY SPEECH OF SPEAKING CLASS FOR WIVES OF CONGRESS MEMBERS MA...

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To meet the tremendous demand for graduate registered nurses for total national defense, a call has been issued for 50,000 well qualified young women to enroll in the nation's schools of nursing this year. Shown above is an attractive student nurse, typical of the thousands of young women who yearly receive the finest nurse training in the world through American schools of nursing

To meet the tremendous demand for graduate registered nurses for total...

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I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, tenant living on a small farm seven miles out of town. Farm labor in this section, until 1940, received from sixty cents to one dollar a day, working from sunup to sundown. He works as a carpenter or common laborer. Childersburg, Alabama

I can make my crop money for next year in a month, said John Fields, t...

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Wheat fields on Eureka Flats. Walla Walla County, Washington. Average yield here was thirty-three bushels of wheat per acre this year. Usual annual yield of wheat for Walla Walla County is 5,000,000 bushels. This year (1941) the yield was going to be 5,500,000 bushels

Wheat fields on Eureka Flats. Walla Walla County, Washington. Average ...

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Launching of 10,000 ton ships. The first of 90 sister ships to be built for the Maritime Commission slides off the dock into the Atlantic. Launched just one year from the time construction work started on the shipyards, this 10,000 ton vessel is of the "Virginia Dare" type. In the future these ships will slide down the runway at the rate of one per week. From laying of keel to launching takes only 90 days

Launching of 10,000 ton ships. The first of 90 sister ships to be buil...

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Newly-arrived farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) forty-four acres in the first year on his farm

Newly-arrived farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

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India in the war. Girl workers in a booming Bombay textile mill. Thirty-five percent of India's great cotton textiles production, amounting to some 5,000,000,000 yards a year, is going into war materials for India and United Nations

India in the war. Girl workers in a booming Bombay textile mill. Thirt...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Lineup at general delivery window at the post office in Hermiston, Oregon. This post office served about eight hundred people a year ago; now it has more than five thousand general delivery patrons

Lineup at general delivery window at the post office in Hermiston, Ore...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The General Electric Company at Erie, Pennsylvania, employs approximately 8000 workers. It anticipates additional employment of some 4000 by next year. Only some twenty-five percent of these have to be imported, for local labor is being trained for these jobs at government vocational training schools. This will prevent the disruption of the community's economic life which would be caused by an over-large immigration of labor

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The General Electric Company at E...

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