In 1908 Lewis Hine picked up his digicam and have become the photographer for the Nationwide Little one Labor Committee. It was a begin of a protracted decade, as Lewis traveled throughout the nation, documenting youngster labor, getting fixed threats from manufacturing unit house owners because the immorality of kid labor was speculated to be refrained from the general public’s eye. Nevertheless, Hine continued, adopting many various disguises (comparable to a hearth inspector or a bible salesman) to snap footage and interview the youngsters working at factories or within the streets.
Lewis Hine used his digicam as a instrument for social commentary and reform, specializing in the damaging and appalling situations that the youngsters needed to work in. Risking his personal security, Hine snapped hundreds of pictures with one purpose – to finish youngster labor. And naturally, spreading the pictures, within the type of pamphlets, newspapers, and magazines paid off because the federal authorities finally needed to put out stricter labor legal guidelines. Scroll down beneath to see a collection of Hine’s pictures and don’t overlook to inform us what you suppose.
Extra data: National Child Labor Committee Collection
A baby miner from Citadel Gate, c. 1910
Picture credit: Utah State Historical Society
Younger Driver in Mine: Had been driving one 12 months. (7 A.M. to five:30 P.M. Every day) Brown Mine, Brown , W. Va. Location: Brown, West Virginia
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
The “Carrying-in Boys,” Midnight At an Indiana Glass Works. Location: Indiana
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Tipple Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia
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Drivers in a Coal Mine Co. Lots boys driving and on tipple. No trappers used, as mine is ventilated by one other system. Location: West Virginia
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One of many small boys in J. S. Farrand P[ac]king Co. and a heavy load. J. W. Magruder, witness. Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Rose Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. 10 years previous. Working three summers. Minds child and carries berries, two pecks at a time. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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7-year previous Rosie. Common oyster shucker. Her second 12 months at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only some pots a day. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina
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Newsboy asleep on stairs with papers. Location: Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey
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Midday hour within the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania
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Arnao household, entire household works. Jo is three years previous. Boy is 6 years previous, Woman is 9 years previous. Might 28th 1910, earlier than college closed. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Midday Hour in an Indianapolis Furnishings Manufacturing facility. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Ethel Shumate. Has been rolling cigarettes in Danville (Va.) Manufacturing facility for six months. Mentioned she was 13 years previous, however it's uncertain. Location: Danville, Virginia
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Vance, a Trapper Boy, 15 years previous. Has trapped for a number of years in a West Va. Coal mine. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door. Location: West Virginia
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Some boys had been so small they needed to climb up on the spinning body to fix the damaged threads and put again the empty bobbins. Location: Macon, Georgia
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Accident to younger mill employee. Giles Edmund Newsom. Whereas working in Sanders Spinning Mille, a chunk of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This triggered him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He informed the Lawyer he was 11 years previous when it occurred. Location: Bessemer Metropolis, North Carolina
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A few of Newark’s small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jersey
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Two of the tiny employees, a raveler and a looper in Loudon Hosiery Mills. Location: Loudon, Tennessee
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Younger doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. three/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina
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Picture of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley, Trenton, N.J. Picture taken late at evening. The boys work till midnight and later. Location: Trenton, New Jersey
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Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Firm. Mentioned fifteen years previous. Uncovered to Crimson Gentle risks. Location: Waco, Texas
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A greaser in a Coal Mine. See 1835. Location: Bessie Mine, Alabama
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Callie Campbell, 11 years previous, picks 75 to 125 kilos of cotton a day, and totes 50 kilos of it when sack will get full. “No, I don’t prefer it very a lot.” Location: [Potawotamie County, Oklahoma
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One of many younger spinners within the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his midday relaxation in a doffer-box. Location: Anthony, Rhode Island
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Newberry Mills (S.C.) Midday hour. All are working right here. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina
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A number of of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They're on obligation, alternate nights, till 10 P.M. Location: Hartford, Connecticut
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Frank P……., whose legs had been minimize off by a motor automobile in a coal mine in West Virginia when he was 14 years 10 months of age. Location: Monongah, West Virginia
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6 yr. previous Earle Holt (or Hope), 712 H St., S.W., Washington, D.C., sells papers for a neighbor boy. Once I met him, inside an hour he had forgotten that I had photographed him, however he didn’t overlook to shortchange me after I purchased the paper. Location: Washington (D.C.)
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
Maud Daly, 5 years previous. Grade Daly, three years previous. Every picks about one pot of shrimp a day for the Peerless Oyster Co. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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5-year previous Harold Walker. Location: Comanche County–[Geronimo], Oklahoma
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Within the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work facet by facet with the white employees. Location: Alexandria, Virginia
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10 yr. previous picker on Gildersleeve Tobacco Farm. Location: Gildersleeve, Connecticut
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One of many spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches excessive. Had been in mill 1 12 months. Some at evening. Runs four sides, 48 cents a day. When requested how previous, she hesitated, then mentioned “I don’t bear in mind.” Then confidentially, “I’m not sufficiently old to work, however I do exactly the identical.” Location: Whitnel, North Carolina
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Breaker boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pa. Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
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7 12 months previous Ferris. Tiny newsie who didn't know sufficient to make change for investigator. There are nonetheless too many of those little ones within the bigger cities. Location: Cellular, Alabama
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A bit of spinner in Globe Cotton Mill. Augusta, Ga. The overseer admitted she was recurrently employed. Location: Augusta, Georgia
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Oldest lady, Minnie Carpenter. Makes fifty cents a day of 10 hours. Works 4 sides. Youthful lady works irregularly. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
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“Fireplace- Fireplace – I Wish to Make the Fireplace.” An Italian Boy on Salem Avenue Saturday Morning, providing to make fires for Jewish Individuals. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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A typical Birmingham messenger. Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives right here. Says selecting makes her palms sore. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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Louis Birch, newsboy, 12 years of age. Simply began promoting. Made 10 cents sooner or later. Father lifeless. Whereas not below any compulsion to promote papers, Louis, of his personal accord, took it up with a purpose to assist assist his widowed mom. Location: Wilmington, Delaware
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An Indianapolis Newsie: (Moderately younger) Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world Mentioned she was 10 years previous. Been working over a 12 months. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina
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Two of the boys on evening shift within the Extra-Jonas Glass Co., Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey
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Widow & boy rolling papers for cigarettes in a unclean N.Y. tenement. Location: New York, New York
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Ladies operating warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many girls and boys a lot youthful. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
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“Basket ! 5 Cents Every!” Antoinette Siminger, 12 years previous, 4219 Glenway Ave., Value Hill, Sixth St., Market, Cincinnati. 10 P.M. Had been promoting since morning. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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“Radishes! Penny a bunch!” Sixth St. Market, Cincinnati. 10 P.M. Saturday. Girls and boys promote all day, and till 11 P.M. Aug.22, 1908. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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Greel’s Shoe-shining Parlor, Indianapolis, Ind. Mentioned he was 15 years previous. Works some nights till 11. Taken at 10 P.M. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Midday Hour in a Furnishings Manufacturing facility, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Glass works, evening scene. Location: Indiana
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Fruit Distributors, Indianapolis Market, aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Boys Working in a Cannery, Indianapolis, Unloading freight vehicles full of recent tomato cans. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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A Little “Shaver,” Indianapolis Newsboy, 41 inches excessive. Mentioned he was 6 years previous. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Postal Telegraph Messengers, Indianapolis, (Indiana has no age restrict for mes’grs.) Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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A. D. T. Messenger Boy, Indianapolis, 10 P.M. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Lunch Time, Financial system Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Lots extra like this, inside. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
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Carrying-in Boy on the Lehr, (15 years previous) Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. Has labored for a number of years. Works 9 hours. Day shift one week, evening shift subsequent week. Will get $1.25 per day. Location: Grafton, West Virginia
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“Instructing the younger concept.” The Boss (who started at 10 years of age, and has been at it for 30 years) exhibiting a newbie (who is seemingly 9 or 10) See 169. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
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Boy making Melon Baskets, A Basket Manufacturing facility, Evansville, Ind. Location: Evansville, Indiana
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Boys at Lehr, Financial system Glass Works. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
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In entrance of shacks at midday, Florence colony, Whites Lavatory, Browns Mills, N.J. That is the fourth week of college and the folks count on to stay two weeks extra. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years previous. Been selecting cranberries four years. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Boys going to work, Merrimac Mills, noon-hour. Location: Huntsville, Alabama
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Hyman Lapcoff, 1526 Fourteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C., a ten 12 months previous newsie from a very good household, carrying a heavy load of newspapers fairly a distance. This can be a widespread prevalence and is unhealthy for the little fellows. Location: Washington (D.C.)
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
S.D. Ison and household. Father works some. Each boys on proper of picture have been in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va., for 4 years. Once I requested the smallest employee how previous he was, he mentioned, “Don’t know,” and checked out his father, who mentioned, “Going’ on 14.” Location: Fries, Virginia
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San Antonio newsboys want supervision. Listed below are three brothers. All of them begin out at 6:00 A.M. and promote till 9:00 and 10:00 P.M. practically every single day besides Sunday. I discovered them promoting after ten P.M. Boyce mentioned “We don’t go to highschool; obtained to promote papers. Father is sick.” Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Youngsters thrashing corn throughout college hours on a farm close to Dublin. Many such mild occupations fall to the lot of the Georgia youngster. Location: Dublin, Georgia
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Sonny and Pete newsboys. One is six years previous. They started at 6:00 A.M. Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Two little pickers. Manuel Alvez – 12 years, Marion Alvez, Eight years. She picks 19 measures. He picks 10 measures. Location: Falmouth – Baker Lavatory, Massachusetts
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Working Ladies Studying Dressmaking within the Free Night College. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Eight-year-old, Jennie Camillo, lives in West Maniyunk, Pa. For this summer season she has picked cranberries. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey
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Francis Lance 5 years previous, 41 inches excessive. Sells recurrently on Grand Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Mary Christmas, practically four years previous. Picks cranberries generally. She is now selecting up berries spilled on the barrels by Grandfather. Location: Falmouth – Week’s Lavatory, Massachusetts
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11:00 A. M . Monday, Might ninth, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter’s Department, Jefferson close to Franklin. They had been all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Soarbar Seris, has labored on and off within the mill for five years. Winds. Will get 70 cents and up. “Recon I’m about 14.” Didn’t look it. Has labored extra nights than day time. Location: Dillon, South Carolina
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
Salvin Nocito, 5 years previous, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for lengthy distance to the “bushel-man.” Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Katie Kuritzko, 7-year-old oyster shucker. Has mumps now. Her Eight-year-old brother additionally shucks. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana
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4-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the child when not working. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana
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Helper on a dairy wagon. See report. Location: Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky
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A younger doffer working in Central Mills. Location: Sylacauga, Alabama
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Dave, a younger “pusher” at Bessie Mine, Alabama. Location: Bessie Mine, Alabama
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Elsie Shaw, a 6 12 months previous cartoner in the course of the summer season. [Her father] requested me to take some pictures of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville within the winter, “and he or she’s sufficiently old now to undergo the viewers and promote her personal pictures.” Location: Eastport, Maine
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of those kids smoke. Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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Little Fannie, 7 years previous, 48 inches excessive, helps sister in Elk Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee
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Younger boy on warping machine Elk Cotton Mills. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee
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Ladies engaged on ice wagon. Location: New York, New York
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10:30 P.M. At Heart Market. 11 yr. previous Celery Vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Corridor Alley. He offered till 11 P.M. and was out once more Sunday morning promoting papers. Location: Washington (D.C.)
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Israel April, 9 yr. previous newsboy with no badge. Been promoting for a number of years. I discovered him promoting after midnight April 17th and 18th. Fairly a pugnacious little chap. He and his brother are mentioned to have a big clientele amongst ambassadors and senators. Location: Washington (D.C.)
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
Fruit Peddlers. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Choosing over ash barrels. Boston, Mass., Oct. 1909. L.W. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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On the “Glory Gap.” A midnight scene in a N.J. Glass Works. His title in Edwin Cope, 18, Mt. Vernon[?]. His mom learn me the date of his beginning from the household file–Mar. 26, 1996 [i.e., 1896]. This proves him to be 13 years previous. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
Small boys work at and round these machines a few of that are harmful. Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Vendor in Boston Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Spinners in Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina
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Bertha, one of many six-year previous shuckers. Started work at four A.M. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina
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Eight P.M. Harry Laudeman, 13 years previous. Has offered papers for 7 years. Brother, Morris, 7 years previous 46 inches excessive. Location: Hartford, Connecticut
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Daisy Langford, Eight yrs. previous works in Ross’ canneries. She helps on the capping machine, however isn't capable of “sustain.” She locations caps on the cans on the fee of about 40 per minute working full time. Location: Seaford, Delaware
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A Typical Fisher Boy at “T” Wharf. Boston. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Scene in canning manufacturing unit exhibiting a 7-year previous lady who shucks three pots of oysters a day, and works recurrently, and her 6-year previous brother who helps some. Principally negro employees. The boss mentioned “We maintain solely sufficient whites so we will management the negroes and maintain them agoing.” Location: Bluffton, South Carolina
Picture credit: Hine, Lewis Wickes
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