Cotton field, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C. / Photograph...
Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, working in a cotton field. Title from item.
The house that Jeff built
An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompanying verse, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme "The Hous... more
Picking cotton, Savannah, Ga., early Negro life
Photo shows a group of six African American men and women posed picking cotton in a field.
A day's work ended / drawn by Matt Morgan.
African Americans bringing cotton in from field, Alabama. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.65, 1887 Dec. 31, p. 333.
Eight Cotton Bale remedies. Crowned with merit and success
Advertisement for Cotton Bale Medicine Co. (Helena, Arkansas) patent medicines, including blood elixir, tonics, cough syrup, liver pills, liniment, healing balm, and "worm and liver shot." Image shows African A... more
The queen of industry, or the new south / Th. Nast.
Cover illustration shows a man labeled "King Cotton" leaning against a bale of cotton and stomping on the back of a slave in 1861, textile mills spewing smoke as African Americans pick cotton in 1882, and Colum... more
Frear's Silk Dep't
Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,3378 ( http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,3378 ) .. Subject (TGM): Cotton pickers; Cotton plantations; Afro-Americans; Slaves; Slavery; Sharec... more
Jas. S. Kirk & Co. Soap Makers
Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4562 ( http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4562 ) .. Subject (TGM): Children; Afro-Americans; Ethnic groups; Ethnic stereotypes; Household soap... more
Picking cotton
Photograph shows several people of all ages sitting on mats in a courtyard separating cotton from the plant. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a flower in a vase in the upper right and a ship undersail wi... more
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company
Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4040 ( http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4040 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Statehood; Maps; Cotton industry; Cotton plantations; Cott... more
Cotton
Photograph shows African American men and boy cotton pickers in field. Taken 9/15/97, M. Z. L. Fuller, Atlanta, Ga. Myrtis Morgan Fuller. Title from item.
Cotton picking scene. No. 390
Photograph shows African American woman and two men picking and hauling cotton in large field. Copyright 1898 by Russell Bros. Anniston, Ala. Title from item.
"In de lan' o' cotton"
African Americans picking cotton. Copyright by F.L. Howe. Title transcribed from item.
Women and children in cotton field
Photograph shows African American women and children cotton pickers at work. Title from item.
Picking cotton scene
Photograph shows African American cotton pickers at work. Copyright 1902 by O. Newton Cripps, Aiken, S.C. Title from item.
Women and children, Aiken, S.C.
Photograph shows African American women, children, and men cotton pickers at work. Copyright 1907 by O. Newton Cripps, Aiken, S.C. Title from item.
The cotton planter and his pickers
Photograph shows Sam Williams (center, holding dog), his wife Diccie Williams (center in white), their youngest son Sidney Williams (in front of Sam), and other men, women, and children in a cotton field. (Sou... more
North Carolina, Henderson. Cotton picking
Photograph shows an African American family in cotton field. No. 1343. Title from item.
A picture of a cotton field
Title from NCLC caption card for no. 3269. Original caption card data does not match image. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3268. Credit line: National Child Labor Commi... more
![[A picture of a cotton field]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYS1waWN0dXJlLW9mLWEtY290dG9uLWZpZWxkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/36/webp "[A picture of a cotton field]")
Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly a...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3627. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows: one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father said "He picks one hundred pounds every day." Two children of seven pick one hundred and fifty pounds a day each. One of nine years picks about two hundred pounds. Several from ten to fifteen pick three to four hundred pounds. The whole group picks a bale a day. (1,600 to 1,800) pounds a day. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNvdHRvbi1waWNrZXJzLW9uLXRoaXMtZmFybS13ZXJlLXRlbXBvcmFyeS1uZWlnaGJvcnMtdG8tdGhlLW93bmVyLWZvdXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows: one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father said \"He picks one hundred pounds every day.\" Two children of seven pick one hundred and fifty pounds a day each. One of nine years picks about two hundred pounds. Several from ten to fifteen pick three to four hundred pounds. The whole group picks a bale a day. (1,600 to 1,800) pounds a day. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.")
![Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years old and upward, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours., There are 20 children in the Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtaW4tdGhlLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC1vZi10aGUtYmFwdGlzdC1vcnBoYW5hZ2UtbmVhci13YXhhaGFjaGllLXRoZXNlLWJveXMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years old and upward, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours., There are 20 children in the Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
![A group of children at a District School in cotton picking season. Petty's Chapel District School #20, near Corsicana. Only 40 per cent of the children who attend are here because the cotton is still being picked, in most districts the school term is being shortened to accommodate the picking. The children are above the average of country school children and this is an exceptional school, only two of the ten families represented here being "Renters" (see Hine Report on Texas). These children are getting 8 months school. Most of the rural schools in Texas give them 6 months or less. All these children, from the 5 year old up pick cotton. Location: Corsicana [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvYS1ncm91cC1vZi1jaGlsZHJlbi1hdC1hLWRpc3RyaWN0LXNjaG9vbC1pbi1jb3R0b24tcGlja2luZy1zZWFzb24tcGV0dHlzLWNoYXBlbC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "A group of children at a District School in cotton picking season. Petty's Chapel District School #20, near Corsicana. Only 40 per cent of the children who attend are here because the cotton is still being picked, in most districts the school term is being shortened to accommodate the picking. The children are above the average of country school children and this is an exceptional school, only two of the ten families represented here being \"Renters\" (see Hine Report on Texas). These children are getting 8 months school. Most of the rural schools in Texas give them 6 months or less. All these children, from the 5 year old up pick cotton. Location: Corsicana [vicinity], Texas.")
Two families working together on Kimball farm near Waxahachie. The fou...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3678. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a d...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3547. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Hard Workers. Grady Carroll, nine year old cotton picker. He picks two hundred pounds a day. Brother Ed, ten years old picks three hundred pounds a day. Another brother thirteen years old picks four hundred pounds. Mother picks three hundred. Adults pick about five hundred pounds, getting $1.00 a hundred. The father rents the farm. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvaGFyZC13b3JrZXJzLWdyYWR5LWNhcnJvbGwtbmluZS15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb3R0b24tcGlja2VyLWhlLXBpY2tzLXR3by1odW5kcmVkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "Hard Workers. Grady Carroll, nine year old cotton picker. He picks two hundred pounds a day. Brother Ed, ten years old picks three hundred pounds a day. Another brother thirteen years old picks four hundred pounds. Mother picks three hundred. Adults pick about five hundred pounds, getting $1.00 a hundred. The father rents the farm. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
![Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvdHdvLWZhbWlsaWVzLXdvcmtpbmctdG9nZXRoZXItb24ta2ltYmFsbC1mYXJtLW5lYXItd2F4YWhhY2hpZS10aGUtZm91ci15ZWFyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day....
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3597. Apparent discrepancy with caption for #3596 that refers to a sister who is eighteen years old. Credit... more
Five year old Willie Hesse. Picks fifteen pounds of cotton a day. Pare...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3658. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
A group of children at a District School in cotton picking season. Pet...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3651. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Hard Workers. Grady Carroll, nine year old cotton picker. He picks two...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3677. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Lloyd McMahan seven year old cotton picker on a farm near McKinney. "S...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3628. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZm91ci15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb3R0b24tcGlja2VyLXdoby1waWNrcy1maWZ0ZWVuLXBvdW5kcy1hLWRheS1yZWd1bGFybHktYW5kLXNldmVuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.")
![Two families working together on Kimball farm near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvdHdvLWZhbWlsaWVzLXdvcmtpbmctdG9nZXRoZXItb24ta2ltYmFsbC1mYXJtLW5lYXItd2F4YWhhY2hpZS10aGUtZm91ci15ZWFyLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Two families working together on Kimball farm near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
![Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside near Waxahachie. Children come out here from the town to pick cotton outside of school hours. Ages range from four and six years (ages of the two youngest boys who pick cotton regularly) up to fifteen and more. Two adults. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtb24tdGhlLWZhcm0tb2Ytc24td2hpdGVzaWRlLW5lYXItd2F4YWhhY2hpZS1jaGlsZHJlbi1jb21lLW91dC1oZXJlLWZyb20tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Scene on the farm of S.N.[?] Whiteside near Waxahachie. Children come out here from the town to pick cotton outside of school hours. Ages range from four and six years (ages of the two youngest boys who pick cotton regularly) up to fifteen and more. Two adults. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
Scene in a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. Thes...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3607. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years old and upward, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours. There are 20 children in the Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtaW4tdGhlLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC1vZi10aGUtYmFwdGlzdC1vcnBoYW5hZ2UtbmVhci13YXhhaGFjaGllLXRoZXNlLWJveXMtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years old and upward, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours. There are 20 children in the Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. T...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3611. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister thirteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWRkaWUtbWFyZWstYS1zaXgteWVhci1vbGQtY290dG9uLXBpY2tlci13aG8tcGlja3MtZmlmdHktcG91bmRzLWEtZGF5LWhpcy1zaXN0ZXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister thirteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.")
The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner....
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3630. "Negative destroyed." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Pr... more
![Ruth. See preceding labels [e.g., #3551]. Location: Bells, Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvcnV0aC1zZWUtcHJlY2VkaW5nLWxhYmVscy1lZy0zNTUxLWxvY2F0aW9uLWJlbGxzLXRleGFzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "Ruth. See preceding labels [e.g., #3551]. Location: Bells, Texas.")
Ruth. See preceding labels e.g., #3551. Location: Bells, Texas
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3552. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about wight [i.e., eight] pounds a day, regularly. See #3598. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvbWlsbGllLWZvdXIteWVhci1vbGQtY290dG9uLXBpY2tlci1vbi1mYXJtLW5lYXItaG91c3Rvbi1waWNrcy1hYm91dC13aWdodC1pZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about wight [i.e., eight] pounds a day, regularly. See #3598. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.")
![Lloyd McMahan seven year old cotton picker on a farm near McKinney. "School hasn't begun yet." Usually it does not begin until picking is over. The whole family picks - nine members. Home conditions are good. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvbGxveWQtbWNtYWhhbi1zZXZlbi15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb3R0b24tcGlja2VyLW9uLWEtZmFybS1uZWFyLW1ja2lubmV5LXNjaG9vbC1oYXNudC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "Lloyd McMahan seven year old cotton picker on a farm near McKinney. \"School hasn't begun yet.\" Usually it does not begin until picking is over. The whole family picks - nine members. Home conditions are good. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.")
![The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows: one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father said "He picks one hundred pounds every day." Two children of seven pick one hundred and fifty pounds a day each. One of nine years picks about two hundred pounds. Several from ten to fifteen pick three to four hundred pounds. The whole group picks a bale a day. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNvdHRvbi1waWNrZXJzLW9uLXRoaXMtZmFybS13ZXJlLXRlbXBvcmFyeS1uZWlnaGJvcnMtdG8tdGhlLW93bmVyLWZvdXItMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows: one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father said \"He picks one hundred pounds every day.\" Two children of seven pick one hundred and fifty pounds a day each. One of nine years picks about two hundred pounds. Several from ten to fifteen pick three to four hundred pounds. The whole group picks a bale a day. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.")
Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The fo...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3619. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Another Benkendorfer farm near West. Owned by father and well kept up....
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3660. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Scene in a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. These boys from seven years old upward pick cotton, helping this man outside of school hours. There are twenty children in this orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtaW4tYS1jb3R0b24tZmllbGQtb2YtdGhlLWJhcHRpc3Qtb3JwaGFuYWdlLW5lYXItd2F4YWhhY2hpZS10aGVzZS1ib3lzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "Scene in a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. These boys from seven years old upward pick cotton, helping this man outside of school hours. There are twenty children in this orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3599. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3546. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. T...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3610. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Scene on the farm of S.N.? Whiteside, near Waxahachie. Children come o...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3612. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
Weighing cotton, Sunny South, Working hours
Three photographs show African American children playing with, and sleeping on a pile of cotton boles; (1) three children holding ends of large sack with little girl inside sitting on cotton pile; (2) three chi... more
![[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvbWFydC1wYXluZS01LXllYXJzLW9sZC1waWNrcy1mcm9tLTEwLXRvLTIwLXBvdW5kcy1hLWRheS1tb3RoZXItc2FpZC1tYXJ0LWhlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: \"Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds.\" See 4560.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.")
Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580. Location: Coma...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4581. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for MR. J. P. Daws, R...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4597. Hine no. 4598. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... more
Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prai...
In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4569. Hine no. 4571. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... more
Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton a day. See...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4582. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100 pounds of cot...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4559. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for Mr. J. P. Daws, R...
In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4597. Hine no. 4599. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... more
Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old W...
In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4574. Hine no. 4575. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... more
Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said...
In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4561. Hine no. 4562. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... more
![[Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: "I'd ruther go to school and then I wouldn't have ter work." Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Lewis W. Hine. See 4590. See W.H. Swift Report.] Location: Potawotamie, Oklahoma.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvY2xlby1jYW1wYmVsbC05LXllYXJzLW9sZC1waWNrcy03NS10by0xMDAtcG91bmRzLW9mLWNvdHRvbi1hLWRheS1leHBlY3RzLXRvLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: \"I'd ruther go to school and then I wouldn't have ter work.\" Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Lewis W. Hine. See 4590. See W.H. Swift Report.] Location: Potawotamie, Oklahoma.")
![[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked last year." Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. "We move about a good deal" mother said.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvZmFtaWx5LW9mLXd0LWZyYWtlcy1yb3V0ZS01LWxhd3Rvbi1va2xhLW1vdGhlci1zYWlkLTYteWVhci1vbGQtd2FycmVuLXBpY2tlZC0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday \"An I don't make him pick; he picked last year.\" Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. \"We move about a good deal\" mother said.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.")
Benton Hill, a renter, Tinney, Okla. Two other families were helping M...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4580. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Campbell family picking cotton. W.W. Campbell, Route 1, Box 64, Shawne...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4590. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... more
![Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old Jewel and 5-year old Harold picks 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." The 3-year old is learning to pick. Father is a renter on shares: gives 1/4 of his cotton for rent, and 1/3 of his corn. Has 20 acres in cotton. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvZmFtaWx5LW9mLWNqLXdhbGtlci1yb3V0ZS0yLWJveC03OC1nZXJvbmltby1va2xhaG9tYS02LXllYXItb2xkLWpld2VsLWFuZC01LTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old Jewel and 5-year old Harold picks 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: \"I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while.\" The 3-year old is learning to pick. Father is a renter on shares: gives 1/4 of his cotton for rent, and 1/3 of his corn. Has 20 acres in cotton. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.")
![[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag that holds 50 pounds and more before it is emptied. Norma is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds a day. Drags the sack which often holds 50 pounds or more before emptied. Randall is 9 years old; has picked over 100 pounds a day--usually less. He does not carry quite so large a sackful as his sisters.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma]. / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvY2hpbGRyZW4tb2YtbXJzLWxhd3JlbmNlLWEtcmVudGVyLW5lYXItdGlubmV5LW9rbGEtdGhleS1nby10by1wcmFpcmllLWxlZS1zY2hvb2wtMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag that holds 50 pounds and more before it is emptied. Norma is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds a day. Drags the sack which often holds 50 pounds or more before emptied. Randall is 9 years old; has picked over 100 pounds a day--usually less. He does not carry quite so large a sackful as his sisters.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma]. / Lewis W. Hine.")
Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prai...
In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4569. Hine no. 4570. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... more
![[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag that holds 50 pounds and more before it is emptied. Norma is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds a day. Drags the sack which often holds 50 pounds or more before emptied. Randall is 9 years old; has picked over 100 pounds a day--usually less. He does not carry quite so large a sackful as his sisters.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvY2hpbGRyZW4tb2YtbXJzLWxhd3JlbmNlLWEtcmVudGVyLW5lYXItdGlubmV5LW9rbGEtdGhleS1nby10by1wcmFpcmllLWxlZS1zY2hvb2wtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag that holds 50 pounds and more before it is emptied. Norma is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds a day. Drags the sack which often holds 50 pounds or more before emptied. Randall is 9 years old; has picked over 100 pounds a day--usually less. He does not carry quite so large a sackful as his sisters.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.")
6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County-...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4567. Specific location within Comanche County based on caption for #4564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... more
![6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvNi15ZWFyLW9sZC1qZXdlbC13YWxrZXItc2VlLTQ1NjQtYW5kLTQ1NjUtbG9jYXRpb24tY29tYW5jaGUtY291bnR5LWdlcm9uaW1vLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.")
Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old W...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4574. Names of children are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and ... more
Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of cotton a day,...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4593. Hine no. 4594. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... more
Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4564. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in h...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4572. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
Family of L.H. Kirkpatrick, Route 1, Lawton, Okla. Children go to Mine...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4556. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... more
![[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for MR. J. P. Daws, Route 1, Shawnee. Johnnie picks 75 pounds, Carrie 100 pounds and Jim 150 to 200 pounds a day. Get $1.00 a hundred pounds. No School yet. Mother is a renter; moves about a great deal. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report.] Location: [Potawotamie County, Oklahoma].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvam9obm5pZS1jYXJyaWUtYW5kLWppbS1kYXZlbnBvcnQtcGlja2luZy1jb3R0b24tZm9yLW1yLWotcC1kYXdzLXJvdXRlLTEtc2hhd25lZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for MR. J. P. Daws, Route 1, Shawnee. Johnnie picks 75 pounds, Carrie 100 pounds and Jim 150 to 200 pounds a day. Get $1.00 a hundred pounds. No School yet. Mother is a renter; moves about a great deal. Lewis W. Hine. See W.H. Swift Report.] Location: [Potawotamie County, Oklahoma].")
