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Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Mrs. Weeks and her children 13 years, 11 years, 7 years and her grand children 7 years, 5 years and 4 years old, all working after school, holidays, etc., stringing these button moulds. Mrs. Weeks said that the most they ever made was from $7 to $10 a month; usually less. The house was crowded up and the floor not very clean. Mrs. Weeks said that one time the children were all confined to the house by scarlet fever, and then she strung the most buttons she ever did. Location: Williamsburg, Massachusettsachusetts.

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsbu...

A black and white photo of a group of people in a living room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Mrs. Weeks and her children 13 years, 11 years, 7 years and her grand children 7 years, 5 years and 4 years old, all working after school, holidays, etc., stringing these button moulds. Mrs. Weeks said that the most they ever made was from $7 to $10 a month; usually less. The house was crowded up and the floor not very clean. Mrs. Weeks said that one time the children were all confined to the house by scarlet fever, and then she strung the most buttons she ever did. Location: Williamsburg, Massachusettsachusetts.

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsbu...

A group of women sitting in a living room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Massachusetts Volunteer Militia buttons]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Massachusetts Volunteer Mi...

Case: Berg, no. 3-113. Associated Massachusetts Volunteer Militia button processed as LOT 14043-1. Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., Overland Park, Kansas, 2010. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). p... More

A flint, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain portrait drawing

A flint, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain portrait drawing

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

Der Schneider. Der Knopfmacher - Public domain book scan / engraving

Der Schneider. Der Knopfmacher - Public domain book scan / engraving

Print shows a tailor cutting cloth and two female(?) assistants sewing; on the right is a man making buttons. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Tucker & Hutchinson - flowers pattern

Tucker & Hutchinson - flowers pattern

: tradecards,3322 ( tradecards,3322 ) .. Subject (TGM): Plants; Weeds; Flowers; Buttons (Fasteners); Textiles; Clothing & dress; Sewing equipment & supplies;

Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff--Qagyuhl [principal chief]

Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff--Qagyuhl [principal...

Hamasaka, a Kwakiutl chief, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing blanket ornamented with buttons, holding ceremonial staff and a shaman's rattle. J197484 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis... More

Robert Nanteuil - Cardinal Jules Mazarin

Robert Nanteuil - Cardinal Jules Mazarin

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1, 2, 4 et 5. Boutons, or, émail et pierres. 3. Boucle de ceinture, or et émail champlevé, plaques de perle et topazes brûlées. [...]

1, 2, 4 et 5. Boutons, or, émail et pierres. 3. Boucle de ceinture, or...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Mrs. Weeks and her children 13 years, 11 years, 7 years and her grand children 7 years, 5 years and 4 years old, all working after school, holidays, etc., stringing these button moulds. Mrs. Weeks said that the most they ever made was from $7 to $10 a month; usually less. The house was crowded up and the floor not very clean. Mrs. Weeks said that one time the children were all confined to the house by scarlet fever, and then she strung the most buttons she ever did. Location: Williamsburg, Massachusettsachusetts

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsbu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3032. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Woman in coat with large buttons. From the album: The Colonial Family Album

Woman in coat with large buttons. From the album: The Colonial Family ...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Woman with four children. From the album: Memorial to England’s Glories

Woman with four children. From the album: Memorial to England’s Glorie...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. Frizelle, 14th Reg. - Public domain portrait print

Capt. Frizelle, 14th Reg. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Children: 6 yrs., 9 yrs., 11 yrs., 12 yrs. old, working on garter buttons. Mother works too. Make $1.50 to $2.00 a week. Neighbors say she keeps them at work late at night. (See also Report.) Photo at noon. Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts....

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

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Mrs. Weeks and her children 13 years, 11 years, 7 years and her grand children 7 years, 5 years and 4 years old, all working after school, holidays, etc., stringing these button moulds. Mrs. Weeks said that the most they ever made was from $7 to $10 a month; usually less. The house was crowded up and the floor not very clean. Mrs. Weeks said that one time the children were all confined to the house by scarlet fever, and then she strung the most buttons she ever did. Location: Williamsburg, Massachusettsachusetts

Stringing wooden buttons (button moulds) in a crowded home, Williamsbu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3032. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Woman with both hands in front. From the album: Memorial to England’s Glories

Woman with both hands in front. From the album: Memorial to England’s ...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Metalwork: button manufacture; bronze strainer and vessels from Pompei; mould for casting lead pipes; Egyptian sherbet cups.

Metalwork: button manufacture; bronze strainer and vessels from Pompei...

Public domain scan of artwork related to technological or industrial history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Children: 6 yrs., 9 yrs., 11 yrs., 12 yrs. old, working on garter buttons. Mother works too. Make $1.50 to $2.00 a week. Neighbors say she keeps them at work late at night. (See also Report.) Photo at noon. Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts

Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 3139. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Massachusetts Volunteer Militia buttons]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Massachusetts Volunteer Mi...

Case: Berg, no. 3-113. Associated Massachusetts Volunteer Militia button processed as LOT 14043-1. Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., Overland Park, Kansas, 2010. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). p... More