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National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to drill into coal. Boy shovels out 10 hrs. daily, Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia.  Location: Red Star, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to d...

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Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 282. Girl on left said she was 10 years old and been in mill a long time more than a year. Spinner girl on right said she was 12 years.  Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. ...

Photo shows a mother and her daughters, identified as Susie Black Blanton, with Lalar on the left, and Ellen on the right (Source: Joe Manning, 2014, http://eightsteeples.com/blanton1.html)

Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 469. Smaller girl been in mill for 5 years. Works now in the mill. Jan. 1,1909.  Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 469...

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Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor Committee.

Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor C...

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A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

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Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 469. Smaller girl been in mill for 5 years. Works now in the mill. Jan. 1, 1909. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Atherton Mill, Charlotte, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 469...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 469. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921.

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was...

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National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to drill into coal. Boy shovels out 10 hrs. daily, Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia.  Location: Red Star, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to d...

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National Child Labor Committee. #3026 Johnnie Beam, one of the young workers in the Pelzer Mfg. Co., S.C. Been working here over a year. Appears to be under 12 years.  Location: [Pelzer], South Carolina.

National Child Labor Committee. #3026 Johnnie Beam, one of the young w...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virginia. Mine. Miners going into mine 7 A.M. Boy beginning career as "picker." Will be in mine over 10 hours consecutively. 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.  Location: Gary, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virgin...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store.  Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

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National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville, Ind. Location: Evansville, Indiana

National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 200. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Drivers and miners going to work 7 A.M. stay underground until 5:30 P.M.  Location: Gary, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virgi...

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DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921.

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was...

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Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

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Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills."  Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 191. Caption card records date as "Oct. 1906," but surrounding cards would suggest 1908? No location recorde... More

National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville, Ind.  Location: Evansville, Indiana.

National Child Labor Committee, #200. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...

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National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St.  Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

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Lowell National Historical Park - Male Workers

Lowell National Historical Park - Male Workers

This photograph was taken by Lewis Hine in 1911. Hine was a prominent sociologist and photographer. He photographed for the National Child Labor Committee, and his work was pivotal in changing the United State... More

Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. 282. Girl on left said she was 10 years old and been in mill a long time more than a year. Spinner girl on right said she was 12 years. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina

Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. No. ...

Photo shows a mother and her daughters, identified as Susie Black Blanton, with Lalar on the left, and Ellen on the right (Source: Joe Manning, 2014, http://morningsonmaplestreet.com/2014/12/29/lalar-blanton/) ... More

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to drill into coal. Boy shovels out 10 hrs. daily, Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia. Location: Red Star, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to d...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 69. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to drill into coal. Boy shovels out 10 hrs. daily, Laura Mine, Red Star, West Virginia. Location: Red Star, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to d...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 69. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 191. Caption card records date as "Oct. 1906," but surrounding cards would suggest 1908? No location recorde... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virginia. Mine. Miners going into mine 7 A.M. Boy beginning career as "picker." Will be in mine over 10 hours consecutively. 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Location: Gary, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 92. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Drivers and miners going to work 7 A.M. stay underground until 5:30 P.M. Location: Gary, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virgi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 72. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Drivers and miners going to work 7 A.M. stay underground until 5:30 P.M. Location: Gary, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virgi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 72. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St.  Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

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Mrs. Langdon Stewardson requests funds for National Child Labor Committee

Mrs. Langdon Stewardson requests funds for National Child Labor Commit...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 435. Notation indicates information on verso, but no continuation text found. Credit line: National Child Labor C... More

Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor Committee

Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor C...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3500. No date or location recorded on caption card; 1913 estimate based on captions for photos with neigh... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virginia. Mine. Miners going into mine 7 A.M. Boy beginning career as "picker." Will be in mine over 10 hours consecutively. 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Location: Gary, West Virginia

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 92. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Drivers and miners going to work 7 A.M. stay underground until 5:30 P.M.  Location: Gary, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 72. Main entrance, Gary West Virgi...

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National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virginia. Mine. Miners going into mine 7 A.M. Boy beginning career as "picker." Will be in mine over 10 hours consecutively. 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.  Location: Gary, West Virginia.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virgin...

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