Some of the operatives, Dickson Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. Dec. 6, 1908. ...
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Cherryville Mfg. Company, An adolescent spinner. Cherryville, N.C. Lo...
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3 A.M. Sunday, February 23rd, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridg...
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Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 3/08. Witnes...
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Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C...
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Hot Weather Delights, Newsboys' Protective Association, Cincinnati. Lo...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 22. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Orley Shrouce, 8 Ozark Mill. 10 years old. Said he worked a year, but ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 275. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Clyde Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Doffers in the above mill. 50 operati...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 454. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 367. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Sack Race, the Newsboys' Picnic. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 20. After the word "Picnic" text is cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee ... More
Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 108. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
Boys taking away from saws and brading. Schultze, Waltman & Co. Planin...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 194. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
A doffer in the Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryv...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 269. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Glass works. Location: West Virginia
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 180. No city recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library ... More
One of The Newsies at The Newsboys' Picnic, Cincinnati. Location: Cinc...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 28. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. Hine no. 10-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley, Trenton, N.J. Photo tak...
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A group of people standing in front of a brick building Noon hour, Kin...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 501. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Night shift going work. N.J. Nov. 15, 1909. Cumberland Glass Works. Lo...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 969. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Arthur Therion, 66 South Street. Has been at work ("helping father") i...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 763. The phrase "3 years" is underlined on the card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More
Workers in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Boy on right on right hand end, Bu...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
A Typical Errand Boy Minding Another Boy's Business. Boston 1915 Exhib...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 940. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
George Cartwright, 401 North Laurel St., Bridgeton, N.J., is out of Sc...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 985. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Leo Franklin, 419 E. 3d St. 12 years of age. Selling papers 2 years. A...
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Jo Lehman, a 7 year old newsboy. 824 Third Ave., N.Y. City. He was sel...
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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits
Hine, Lewis Wickes.Knitters in Loudon. Hosiery Mills, Loudon Tennessee, USA, December 1910..NMFF.003517
William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...
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Teresa Lamelli, 818 Kate St., Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog, B...
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A gang of newsies at the office of "Every Evening." "Everybody in this...
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Elwood Palmer Cooper, 838 French St. (colored). Helper on miller's wag...
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John Bryan, a young turner in London i.e., Loudon? Hosiery Mills. Loca...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1889. There is both a Loudon and a London, Tennessee. UMBC records similar photos as "Loudon," however. Credit li... More
Group of boys from canning factories. School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from l...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1336. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More
Young boys working in Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vt. Very illiterate...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1070. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1777. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1220. Hine no. 1221. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Group of boys working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Youngest...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1077. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Some of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. Smallest boy, in middle, ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1794. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand A...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1394. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co., East St. Louis, Ill. Names of the...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1406. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Some of the cartoners, not the youngest, at Seacoast Canning Co., Fact...
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Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2618. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Boy of 12 years picking cranberries with the scoop. Most of the scoopi...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2507. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Smallest girl in picture is Antionette Pothier, 32 Easton St. (See 247...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Ethel Shumate (see photo 2190). Has been rolling cigarettes in Danvill...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2192. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Camille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2540. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Making willow plumes under unsanitary conditions. A dirty home, the fa...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2706. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More
Lillian Nettles, an eleven year old spinner in Magnolia Cotton Mills, ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2091. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
One of the youngsters working in the Danville Knitting works, Danville...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2033-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More
The youngest children I saw going into Tombigbee Cotton Mill, Columbus...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2139. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Mary Gomez, 10 years old. Lives Waquoit. Picked 19 pails one day, gene...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2505. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks?, been working in Yocona Mill, Water Va...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2118. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Young "Band-boy" and overseer, Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Location: Yazoo ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2105. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2231. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2498. Hine no. 2497. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits
Hine , Lewis Wickes.Night scene. 7:30 P.M. January 29, 1912. Making violets, and they often work later. Pollinni family, 5 Carmine St., N.Y. living in a reary [i.e., rear.] tenement. The six year old helps some... More
Ten-year old Sephie, a young oyster shucker, says she does six pots of...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3277. Year not recorded on caption card; 1912 based on year that appears to be recorded on card for photograp... More
Arthur Newell, doffer in Manchester Mills, Rock Hill. 3 weeks at it. 7...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2951. State not recorded on caption card; based on captions for related photos. Phrase "mill wanted me" is underl... More
Little girl, apparently 6 yrs. old - but didn't know her name or age -...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3235. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone...
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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits
Hine, Lewis Wickes .Boligkvarter ved Floyd Cotton Mill. Georgia, USA 1913. .NMFF.003471
"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so an...
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Elmer Skinner, 10 yrs. old. Turner in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, G...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3442. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Noon hour at the Dallas Cotton Mill. Location: Dallas, Texas
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3604. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A poster with a picture of a man on a bicycle, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More
Neil Power, 10 years old, he said, "Turns stockings in Rome (Ga.) Hosi...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3355. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Ollie Allen. Been working in Harriet Cotton Mills 2 years. He is a vio...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3888. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
[Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppi...
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[Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleve...
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34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks...
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[Kerr Thread Mill. All over 16. Having fun with camera man. Good condi...
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Weaver in American Linen Co. See 4159. Location: Fall River, Massachu...
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General view of part of the force picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hil...
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Roundstone School. Many poorly built schools in county. Location: Roc...
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Rock Spring School which opened September 5th. Census 49, Enrollment o...
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5-year old Jack and 13-year old Bitsey are regular workers on their fa...
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[King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Back boy - Roving. Charles Cavanagh...
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Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Br...
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Doffers - Boss said 14 and 15 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton Mill. ...
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Archie Haydon, 12 years old helping his father, John A. Haydon worm to...
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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...
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[Scenes from "The Twig of Thorn" given by a club of working girls in K...
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[Theresa Quinlan - 14 years old April 14th - Spooler. Hand cut in Iron...
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15-year old boy who says he works some for the railroad. Location: Mo...
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Woman's Union. Happy Girls Club. Working girls in foreground. School g...
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American Linen Co. Spooler tender. Location: Fall River, Massachusett...
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A typical farm home. Tobacco and corn surrounding the house. Location...
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Campbell family picking cotton. W.W. Campbell, Route 1, Box 64, Shawne...
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"Driving boy" driving sheep into the sheep pens at Carlisle. Location...
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6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County...
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[Going to School. About 14-16 years. Watson School - Flint Village.] ...
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[c/o W.A. Daniel - Route 2 - Woodburn, Ky. Lester Daniel, [...] years ...
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[Acme School #24 (4 miles northwest of Shawnee): Miss Lois Millard, Pr...
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Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Br...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4449. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More
French - Albertine Angelhart, 35 Gangion St. - 14 years old January 2n...
In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4295. Hine no. 4296. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More
Tending the chicks--16-year old girl. Home of William Olliges. The chi...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4520. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More
Part of the Merchants Mill. One section built in 1867 and one in 1871....
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4285. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National... More
King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills,...
In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4260. Hine no. 4261. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More
[Calesthenics [i.e., calisthenics] Every day, every school in Lawton h...
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Young office boy, working for J.J. O'Brien and Sons on East 23 Street....
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15-year old girl punching sheets. Boston Index Card Co.,. Location: B...
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