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Participants meet inside the Mustang Pavilion during a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Participants meet inside the Mustang Pavilion during a 4-H Club "tour"...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool, explains to a visitor a new project the Club boys are interested in. Instead of selling the wool at 20 cents a pound, they get 3 times as much and their friends can buy real wool cloth at a reasonable price. This is wool the boys are turning in, and some of the finished woolen cloth hangs in the background. State 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 1921. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool,...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5085. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 65. The word "real" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National ... More

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell Co. girls. They are showing the visitors at the Fair how team work makes for efficiency in canning their farm products. State 4 H Fair. (See Photos No. 48, 49.) Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell Co. girl...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5070. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 50. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Showing different ages reached by 4 H Club work - in the State. Steps in Club Work - 10 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 - 17 and 18 - 24 years. County Agents are drawn from the ranks below, having gone through these steps.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Showing different ages reached by 4 H Club work - in the State. Steps ...

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Harry Harper, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf.  Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Harry Harper, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Loca...

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Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool, explains to a visitor a new project the Club boys are interested in. Instead of selling the wool at 20 cents a pound, they get 3 times as much and their friends can buy real wool cloth at a reasonable price. This is wool the boys are turning in, and some of the finished woolen cloth hangs in the background. State 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 1921.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool,...

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Guy Baily, prize winner, - a 14 year old Club Member from Lewis Co. with his exhibit. State 4 H Club Fair, - Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Guy Baily, prize winner, - a 14 year old Club Member from Lewis Co. wi...

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A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very deficient in most school branches (except in mathematics where he shines). He is much handicapped physically, - lost one eye in an accident and the other is weak. This year he raised 135 bushels of corn on one acre (his father raised about one half as much and complained that the boy's land was better). The secret was that the boy worked hard on the plot, a sic fertilizing and cultivating, even bringing soil in from the woods. He got the First Prize for two years. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very defic...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5061. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 41. The phrase "the boy has worked hard on" is repeated in the text of the ca... More

Minnehaha Springs School - Dolly White is Secretary of the 4 H Club at Minnehaha Springs School - 11 years old. Is raising Chickens.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

Minnehaha Springs School - Dolly White is Secretary of the 4 H Club at...

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Home of Bill Reynolds and family, Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia. His wife teaches her two children at home (and the county pays her a little) because no colored school within reach. The white school is only a few rods away. The Club work with colored children is done by a colored agent. Location: Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Home of Bill Reynolds and family, Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia. Hi...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5121. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 101. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. They are showing the visitors at the Fair how team work makes for efficiency in canning their farm products. State 4 H. Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County g...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5068. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 48. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Charlie Lawson, 18 year old member of 4 H Club, showing his Hereford Heifer (on which he won a prize at the county fair) and now competing for a university scholarship at the Annual 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Note the fancy halter. October 9, 21. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Charlie Lawson, 18 year old member of 4 H Club, showing his Hereford H...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5082. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 62. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by the County Farm Bureau on credit, - each agreeing to do the best to raise the calf and exhibit at the annual show. See Photo No. 90. Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by t...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5111. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 91. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond the age for club membership, they are carrying on and raising pigs still. They attend the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the state colored agri. college. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5126. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 106. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo No. 103.) Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo No. 103.) Location: Charlesto...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5124. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 104. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

Caesar Gang Group.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Caesar Gang Group. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lew...

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Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia.

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H ...

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Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

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Minnehaha Springs School - Dolly White is Secretary of the 4 H Club at Minnehaha Springs School - 11 years old. Is raising Chickens. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by L.W. Hine

Minnehaha Springs School - Dolly White is Secretary of the 4 H Club at...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5035. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 15. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old. See Photo No. 40 and 41. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old. See Photo No. 4...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5062. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 42. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Showing how essential accurate measurements are. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. See Photo No. 48. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Showing how essential accurate measurements are. A "Demonstration team...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5069. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 49. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5113. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 93. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Charley Lawson, prize winner and delegate from Lewis County, to the 4 H State Fair at Charleston, West Virginia., is talking over the good points of the prize heifer with one of the rural visitors. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo Lewis W. Hine

Charley Lawson, prize winner and delegate from Lewis County, to the 4 ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5084. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 64. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal parasites under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. 250 of these club boys and girls in the county. (See Photo No. 87).  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal paras...

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Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, West Virginia.  Location: [Pocahontas County]--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Betsay [i.e., Betsey] Price, - First year High School at her club sewi...

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Chester Burnside, 16 yr. old member of 4 H Club with his Prize Hereford Heifer. It won a prize for him at the county fair and now he has it up at the State 4 H. Fair, at Charleston. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Chester Burnside, 16 yr. old member of 4 H Club with his Prize Herefor...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5083. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 63. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Home of Bill Reynolds and family, Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia. His wife teaches her two children at home (and the county pays her a little) because no colored school within reach. The white school is only a few rods away. The Club work with colored children is done by a colored agent.  Location: Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Home of Bill Reynolds and family, Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia. Hi...

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Minnehaha Springs School. He put the "Haha" into Minnehaha Springs. "I'm raising a PIG!" Guy McElwee, 12 yrs. old (Treasurer of the 4 H Club here) is a real boy, - a good pupil and aims to show what he can do with a pig. 14 (Best Neg.); 14A (Duplicate).  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

Minnehaha Springs School. He put the "Haha" into Minnehaha Springs. "I...

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Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

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A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. Old. See Photo No. 40 and 41.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. Old. See Photo No. 4...

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A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very deficient in most school branches (except in mathematics where he shines). He is much handicapped physically, - lost one eye in an accident and the other is weak. This year he raised 135 bushels of corn on one acre (his father raised about one half as much and complained that the boy's land was better). The secret was that the boy worked hard on the plot . , - a [sic] fertilizing and cultivating, even bringing soil in from the woods. He got the First Prize for two years.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A Product of the 4 H Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very defic...

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Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

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Charlie Lawson, 18 year old member of 4 H Club, showing his Hereford Heifer (on which he won a prize at the county fair) and now competing for a university scholarship at the Annual 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Note the fancy halter. October 9, 21.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Charlie Lawson, 18 year old member of 4 H Club, showing his Hereford H...

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Earl Kidd, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co. West Virginia.  Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Earl Kidd, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Hillsbor...

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Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5081. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 61. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Packing plums. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. State 4 H Fair. (See Photos No. 48, 49, 50.)  Location: Charleston, West Virginia.

Packing plums. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning ...

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Chester Burnside, 16 yr. old member of 4 H Club with his Prize Hereford Heifer. It won a prize for him at the county fair and now he has it up at the State 4 H. Fair, at Charleston.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Chester Burnside, 16 yr. old member of 4 H Club with his Prize Herefor...

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Showing different ages reached by 4 H Club work - in the State. Steps in Club Work - 10 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 - 17 and 18 - 24 years. County Agents are drawn from the ranks below, having gone through these steps. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Showing different ages reached by 4 H Club work - in the State. Steps ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5075-A. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 55A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Con... More

Harry Harper, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Harry Harper, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Locat...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5110. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 90. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5079. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 59. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

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A Product of the 4 H. Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very deficient in most school branches (except in mathematics where he shines). He is much handicapped physically, - lost one eye in an accident and the other is weak. This year he raised 135 bushels of corn on one acre (his father raised about one half as much and complained that the boy's land was better). The secret was that the boy worked hard on the plot, - fertilizing and cultivating, even bringing soil in from the woods. He got the First Prize for two years.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A Product of the 4 H. Club. Gradie Walton, 17 yrs. old, - is very defi...

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Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H ...

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A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. They are showing the visitors at the Fair how team work makes for efficiency in canning their farm products. State 4 H. Fair, Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County g...

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A 4 H family bringing in their exhibits (pig, sheep, poultry) to the annual 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A 4 H family bringing in their exhibits (pig, sheep, poultry) to the a...

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Minnehaha Springs School. An unusual two-room school, built (during a summer resort boom) in order to consolidate some of the surrounding one room schools, - but the others refused to give up and so only one room is used here. Hope to consolidate later. 4 H Club just organized here. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by L.W. Hine

Minnehaha Springs School. An unusual two-room school, built (during a ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5037. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 17. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Packing plums. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. State 4 H Fair. (See Photos No. 48, 49, 50.) Location: Charleston, West Virginia

Packing plums. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5071. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 51. Credit line: National Child Labo... More

Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to improve quality and quantity of product. Under direction of J. A. Wolfram County Agent, Webster Co. West Virginia. State 4 H Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 13, 1921.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to i...

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Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal parasites under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. 250 of these club boys and girls in the county. (See Photo No. 87). Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal paras...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5108. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 88. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Charley Lawson, prize winner and delegate from Lewis County, to the 4 H State Fair at Charleston, West Virginia., is talking over the good points of the prize heifer with one of the rural visitors.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo Lewis W. Hine.

Charley Lawson, prize winner and delegate from Lewis County, to the 4 ...

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Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo no. 103).  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo no. 103). Location: Charlest...

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Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the state colored agri. college.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

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Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H Club Fair.,.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

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Caesar Gang Group. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Caesar Gang Group. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5075. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 55. "Caesar Gang" is typed in all upper case on caption card. Credit line: Na... More

Earl Kidd, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co. West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Earl Kidd, one of the 4 H Club boys with his registered calf. Hillsbor...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5112. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 92. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

A 4 H family bringing in their exhibits (pig, sheep, poultry) to the annual 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A 4 H family bringing in their exhibits (pig, sheep, poultry) to the a...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5073. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 53. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club Member raising a sheep. Examining the quality of the fleece under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club Member raising a sheep. Examining the qualit...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5107. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 87. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster County State 4 H Club Fair. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5064. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 44. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5120. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 100. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell Co. girls. They are showing the visitors at the Fair how team work makes for efficiency in canning their farm products. State 4 H Fair. (See Photos No. 48, 49.)  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell Co. girl...

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Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo No. 103.)  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo No. 103.) Location: Charlest...

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One of the Cabel County Demonstration Team demonstrating the process of blanching tomatoes to visitors at the 4 H Club Fair. (See Photos No. 48, 49, 50, 51.)  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

One of the Cabel County Demonstration Team demonstrating the process o...

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Forest Kellison, 4 H Club Member raising a sheep. Examining the quality of the fleece under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Forest Kellison, 4 H Club Member raising a sheep. Examining the qualit...

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George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is helping George.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and ...

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Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster County State 4 H, Club Fair. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5067. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 47. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to improve quality and quantity of product. Under direction of J. A. Wolfram County Agent, Webster Co. West Virginia. State 4 H Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 13, 1921. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to i...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5074. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 54. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5122. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 102. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

Betsay i.e., Betsey Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Betsay i.e., Betsey Price, - First year High School at her club sewing...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5117. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 97. County not stated on caption card; based on captions for other photos tak... More

Caesar Gang Exhibit. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Caesar Gang Exhibit. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewi...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5076. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 56. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

One of the prize winners from Webster Co.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

One of the prize winners from Webster Co. Location: Charleston, West ...

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Caesar Gang Exhibit.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Caesar Gang Exhibit. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by L...

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Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5080. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 60. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5114. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 94. Credit line: National Child Labo... More

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster County State 4 H Club Fair. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5063. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 43. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Minnehaha Springs School. He put the "Haha" into Minnehaha Springs. "I'm raising a PIG!" Guy McElwee, 12 yrs. old (Treasurer of the 4 H Club here) is a real boy, - a good pupil and aims to show what he can do with a pig. 14 (Best Neg.); 14A (Duplicate). Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by L.W. Hine

Minnehaha Springs School. He put the "Haha" into Minnehaha Springs. "I...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5034. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 14. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

One of the prize winners from Webster Co. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

One of the prize winners from Webster Co. Location: Charleston, West V...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5077. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 57. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Showing how essential accurate measurements are. A "Demonstration team" composed of three prize-winning Cabell County girls. See Photo No. 48.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Showing how essential accurate measurements are. A "Demonstration team...

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These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond the age for club membership, they are carrying on and raising pigs still. They attend the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, - the state colored agri. college.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond...

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Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

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Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Boys judging prize heifers at 4 H Club Fair at Charleston, West Virgin...

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11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by the County Farm Bureau on credit, - each agreeing to do the best to raise the calf and exhibit at the annual show. See Photo No. 90.  Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by t...

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Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the "Caesar Gang" from Webster Co[unty] State 4 H, Club Fair.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, West Virginia. She...

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Guy Baily, prize winner, a 14 year old Club Member from Lewis Co. with his exhibit. State 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Location: Charleston, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Guy Baily, prize winner, a 14 year old Club Member from Lewis Co. with...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5115. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 95. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo no. 103). Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo no. 103). Location: Charlesto...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5125. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 105. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

Minnehaha Springs School. An unusual two-room school, built (during a summer resort boom) in order to consolidate some of the surrounding one room schools, - but the others refused to give up and so only one room is used here. Hope to consolidate later. 4 H Club just organized here.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

Minnehaha Springs School. An unusual two-room school, built (during a ...

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Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the state colored agri. college. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5123. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 103. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congr... More

Seward county, Nebr.--July 1938--Four-H club member has his baby beef weighed every month

Seward county, Nebr.--July 1938--Four-H club member has his baby beef ...

Photo shows Four-H club member having his steer weighed. Man standing at left is K.C. (Kenneth) Fouts, the Seward County Extension agent; with his son Neil O. Fouts standing next to him, and his daughter Ruth E... More

First place finisher at the 13th annual Fat Cattle Sale and Show in Quincy, Florida

First place finisher at the 13th annual Fat Cattle Sale and Show in Qu...

: 261860 ( http://261860 ) ..Local call number: TD00586..Title: First place finisher at the 13th annual Fat Cattle Sale and Show in Quincy, Florida ..Date: March 24, 1959..Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b... More

A display completed by 4-H Club youngsters outside the 1875 Tate County Courthouse in Senatobia, Mississippi

A display completed by 4-H Club youngsters outside the 1875 Tate Count...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The camera GPS reading erroneously places this image in Franklin, Tennessee. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). ... More

A "roping dummy" on which ranch children practice roping, inside the massive Mustang Pavilion in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorados' homes

A "roping dummy" on which ranch children practice roping, inside the m...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Parents and youngsters unload animals for a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Parents and youngsters unload animals for a 4-H Club "tour" event in K...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Horses wait their turn for participation in a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Horses wait their turn for participation in a 4-H Club "tour" event in...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Kamrynn Patterson, in black, and Megan Wait, in yellow, warm up their horses prior to a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Kamrynn Patterson, in black, and Megan Wait, in yellow, warm up their ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Ranch owner R.C. Patterson, the leader of a successful revitalization of Kim, in Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado

Ranch owner R.C. Patterson, the leader of a successful revitalization ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim had, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Kolter Cranson, 9, in blue and his brother Peyton, 11, in red walk their horses outside the Mustang Pavilion before a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Kolter Cranson, 9, in blue and his brother Peyton, 11, in red walk the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Peyton Cranson, 11, in red, and his brother Kolter, 9, in blue, more or less control some goats outside the Mustang Pavilion before a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Peyton Cranson, 11, in red, and his brother Kolter, 9, in blue, more o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Participants meet inside the Mustang Pavilion during a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Participants meet inside the Mustang Pavilion during a 4-H Club "tour"...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

Kolter Cranson, 9, in blue and his brother Peyton, 11, in red walk their horses outside the Mustang Pavilion before a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado homes

Kolter Cranson, 9, in blue and his brother Peyton, 11, in red walk the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

A young Iowan's prize-winning arts-and-crafts display inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A young Iowan's prize-winning arts-and-crafts display inside the 4-H p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

Horses await their turn participation in a 4-H Club "tour" event in Kim, a ranching town with that is a notable success story in a lightly populated section of Las Animas County in southeastern Coloradoa 98,000-square-foot events pavilion that soon attracted rodeos, horse shows, 4-H Club events, and brought people and dollars into town

Horses await their turn participation in a 4-H Club "tour" event in Ki...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. By the early 2000s, Kim was, in the words of one resident, "about dried up and blowed away." But then a group of residents and area ra... More

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