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Investigator saw all the children in this photograph coming out and going in to work when the whistle blew, and they said they worked. Lumberton Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.02960
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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. LOC cph.3b42902
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Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny workers. Babies are held on laps of workers, or stowed away in empty boxes. LOC nclc.05423
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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. LOC nclc.01871
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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. LOC nclc.05456
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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see LOC nclc.05497
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Eb Karns been 'sweepin here two years' couldn't write his name, couldn't spell it. Appears to be under 12. Pelzer, S.C. Mfg. Co. LOC nclc.02623
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Sadie Singer, 15 years old, racking flowers at the Beston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts. LOC nclc.05613
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School for negro children, within a stone's throw of the Avondale Mill. Avondale Mill School (Photo 1743B). The entire school year is none too long for these pupils. LOC nclc.01885
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Rock Spring School which opened September 5th. Census 49, Enrollment of 28, attendance 25. Expect an enrollment of 35. Tobacco is chief cause of absence. LOC nclc.00526
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St., Providence, R.I. Nov 26, 1912. Property owned by wealthy family LOC cph.3a21311
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Entrance to the crowded, dirty house of a Midwife, rear tenement on Spruce Street, Providence, R.I LOC cph.3c02396
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Fourteen year old spinner in a Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. LOC nclc.02868
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Fourteen year old messenger -2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time. See Hine report on Messengers. LOC nclc.05549
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Fulsom McCutcheon, 11 years old, has been working at the covering machines in Eastport canning factory, also cutting some. In the background is a typical sardine factory. LOC cph.3b37904
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Messengers at the main office, Postal Telegraph Co., 283 B'way, turning in their uniforms at close of the day. The boys are carefully supervised and clothes are well kept. LOC nclc.03702
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Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See -730.) LOC nclc.01715
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Noon hour, April 17, 1909. All these boys (and many others) work in the Natick (R.I.) Mills. Some of the smaller ones said they worked there two years. LOC nclc.01670
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Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does away completely with the use of breaker boys. The percent of slate that goes in with the coal separated by this machine LOC nclc.05511
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Horace Lindfors, 14 year old printers helper, sizing up leads for Riverside Press, First Av., N.Y. City. L.W. Hine, Feb. 1917. LOC nclc.05626
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Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, witness. LOC nclc.02515
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The boy with bag, nicknamed Turk, said he was going to Texas soon. The investigator found him recently with $1.75 he had just won at craps. LOC nclc.03521
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Tony Casale, 11 years old, been selling 4 years. Sells sometimes until 10 P.M. His paper told me the boy had shown... - NARA - 523179
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Three years in the Glass House and no chance for promotion yet. Boy in foreground been 'carry-in' since he was 14 years old. Wormser's Glass House. LOC cph.3a13363
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02951
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02975
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Smallest boy is Max Schwartz (8 yrs. Old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes, (photo by). LOC cph.3a47673
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A game of marbles. Smallest boy is Uzzria Dedman, 50 Hill St., Salisbury, N.C. Been in mill 2 years. Other 2 been in 1 year. LOC nclc.01513
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Teresa Lamelli, 818 Kate St., Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. LOC nclc.00065
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The skirmish line searching for the lost graves ... Company A, 321st Labor Battalion, spread out in skirmish line formation by twos, searching for dead along the south bank of the Vesle LCCN2017648716
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Lumberton Cotton Mills. I saw all the children in this photograph coming out and going in to work when the whistle blew, and they said they worked. LOC nclc.02977
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The superintendent and one of the spinners, Catawba Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Others smaller still. Ten boys and girls this size and smaller out of a force of 40 employees. LOC cph.3a51743
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The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. The interior of these shacks consists of a flooring of straw, a few bags, and absence of light and air. LOC nclc.00092
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5-00 P.M. One of the little oyster shuckers toting the baby home after a day, beginning at 4-00 A.M., spent shucking oysters and tending the baby. LOC nclc.00870
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Abandoned log cabin on the hillside. Not many used now but it was the only kind used a while ago. Near Sunset School, Pocahontas Co., W. Va. LOC nclc.04412
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A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. New York City. - NARA - 523521
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Michael Mero, Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one year of own volution. Don't smoke. Out after 11 P.M. on May 21.... - NARA - 523311
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Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many. LOC nclc.02170
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Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December day - NARA - 523139
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Group of breaker boys. Smallest is Sam Belloma. Pittston, Pa. - NARA - 523383
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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see LOC nclc.05497
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Group of spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. LOC nclc.01899
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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. LOC nclc.01875
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Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny workers. Babies are held on laps of workers, or stowed away in empty boxes. LOC nclc.05423
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in a Pawtucket, R.I., cotton mill showing accumulation of lint on floor. The air is full of it too, but photo doesn't show it LOC nclc.02732
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Greel's Shoe-shining Parlor, Indianapolis, Ind. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11. Taken at 10 P.M. LOC cph.3c05659
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George Gray. Been spinning and doffing in the Arlington Mills 4 months. 60 cents a day. Mother said he is 12, neighbors said he is not 12. LOC nclc.02595
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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. Dec. 20, 1909. LOC nclc.03369
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One of the very little girls (going through door) that roll cigarettes in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. See other photos at noon. Taken at 6-45 A.M. LOC nclc.04741
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Sadie McGurin, 15 years old. Pressing curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold. 274 Summer Street Extension. Lewis W. Hine. (Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager.) LOC nclc.05190
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Margaret Ciampa, 14 years old, finishing flowers at Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts. LOC nclc.05614
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Noon hour, Cocheco Mfg. Co. Young girls working regularly. A number of others there, some even younger. Dover, N.H. - NARA - 523198
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Union Square Newsie. Joseph Blata, 7 years old. Lives in Basement, 306 E. 11th St. Collects discarded papers and sells them to storekeepers. LOC nclc.03637
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John Lavigul. Has been doffer-boy in mule-spinning room for over a year in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. See photo and label -730. LOC nclc.01729
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Incorrect sitting position for postural deformity and dorsal curvature cases. Scoliosis. Stooping, lopsided or humped over position. Work in this position is harmful. Need for advice of LOC nclc.05151
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Homer Page, 305 Grovo Street, Lindale, Ga. Began at 10 years in Massachusetts Mills, doffing, (2 years ago). See noon photos in the mill. LOC nclc.02800
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James Cooney - Irish - 15 years. 26 Peck St., King Philip. Drop Wire boy. Belongs to Settlement House junior base-ball league. LOC nclc.03002
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Farrell family. They had discontinued the brush making, but sent to a neighbor for materials and posed for me, just... - NARA - 523518
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Manuel Andrew, 14 Windsor St., Ward 5. Small boy in left of picture is sweeper in spinning-room. Manuel Jason to right of picture (See 2288). LOC nclc.02223
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The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near Starling. See also 3953. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915. LOC nclc.00274
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These are cashiers in Holmes Department Store, New Orleans. The youngest girls working in the store and illustrate how well the law is being enforced in all the department stores here. LOC nclc.04922
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02968
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Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate Co.) Small boy on left end is Mike Murphy, ten years old, and from Baltimore. LOC nclc.00829
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Shuckers in the Varn & Platt Canning Company. This 4 year old in the foreground was helping some. Six of the shuckers were 10 years and up to twelve. LOC nclc.01027
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Six-year old Henry and three-year old Hilda, beet workers on a Wisconsin farm. See Hine Report, Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July 1915. LOC nclc.00283
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Manuel Ferreira - Portuguese - 15 yrs. 27 Whitter St. Sweeper - Fall River Iron Works. In Sunday clothes. Carving class at King Philip Settlement. LOC cph.3b33404
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St. Joseph's Academy. The assistant to the Father in charge told me that none of the cannery children attended the academy, although he admitted that most of them were Catholics. LOC nclc.01044
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Three years in the Glass House and no chance for promotion yet. Boy in foreground been 'carry-in' since he was 14 years old. Wormser's Glass House. LOC cph.3a13363
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Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 (cents) a day, been at it for 3 years. Note how... - NARA - 523397
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All (except smallest boy) work in Sweetwater Hosiery Co. He is a dinner carrier, but others like him and smaller work in these knitting mills of this region. LOC nclc.01987
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Alfred Genalano - 12 Newark Street. 10 yrs. old - Carries to customers on River Street, in Segregated district - 'Dunno how many.' 3-30 P.M. LOC nclc.03828
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Advertisement by the side of the railroad, Inverness Mills, Winston Salem, N.C.The homes are not in good condition now. I found very few young children working. LOC nclc.02671
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15-year old boy sorting cycas leaves, Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts. LOC nclc.05195
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Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away from the planer. Schultze Waltum Co., Planing Mill. LOC nclc.05372
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Boys working in Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Pete Dunlap (smaller). Said 11 years old. Mannings Dunlap. Both doff-40 cents a day. LOC cph.3a38570
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OUR BABY DOFFER and some of the other infants working in the Avondale Mills. Birmingham, Ala. - NARA - 523360
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Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C. - NARA - 523127
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Boy probably about 13 years old, tying strips which he has taken away from the planer. Schultze Waltum Co., Planing Mill. LOC nclc.05372
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William Jerry, 457 North Bend Street. 'I sells papers every day in the year; Sundays too. Been at it four years.' 13 years old. LOC nclc.03976
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Work that Educates. Twelve-year old boy tending bees under the direction of his father, John Spargo. Bennington, Vermont, Aug. 1914. LOC nclc.05580
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Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conand, witness. LOC nclc.02510
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Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, witness. LOC nclc.02512
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Young workers adolescence and younger in Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena Mills. Going to dinner and back to wrk. Noon. January 9, 1912. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02509
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Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly
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Manuel Ferreira - Portuguese - 15 yrs. 27 Whitter St. Sweeper - Fall River Iron Works. In Sunday clothes. Carving class at King Philip Settlement. LOC cph.3b33404
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7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. LOC nclc.05565
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7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M., Hartford, Conn. LOC cph.3b21344
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7-00 A.M. Sells before school, after school and Saturday and Sunday. Begins about 6 A.M. Has been at it 3 years. Bridgeport, Conn. LOC nclc.03284
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Arthur Therion, 66 South Street. Has been at work ('helping father') in Mill -3, Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 3 years. LOC nclc.01754
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Clerinda Norrin, said 11 years old and helps sister spin in Glenallen Mill. Winchendon, Mass. September 3, 1911. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02313
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5 pm. Boys going home from Monougal Glass Works. A native remark, De place is lousey wid kids. Fairmont, W. Va. - NARA - 523094
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