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A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 children are 3 years of age, 3 are 4 years old, 1 is 5 years old, and 1 is 6 years old. During the berry season the families get out into the field at 4 o'clock in the morning, and each child is assigned to 2 rows of berry growth, each 300 yards, long, and when the whistle of the padrone sounds they start picking and generally quit work about 1 P.M. There are days when the work continues until 4 and 5 o'clock in the evening. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 chi...

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Fank Denato, 6 years old; Tom Denato, 4 years old; Domino Denato, 12 years old. 902 Montrose St., Philadelphia, and Padrone. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Fank Denato, 6 years old; Tom Denato, 4 years old; Domino Denato, 12 y...

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Amelia Louise Sousa, 12 years old. Picks 22 measures. Balmeda 4 years old. Children said she doesn't pick, but she was picking just the same. Location: Falmouth -Baker Bog, Massachusetts.

Amelia Louise Sousa, 12 years old. Picks 22 measures. Balmeda 4 years ...

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Beaumont is overrun with little newsies. This boy, Vincent Serio, eight years old, is up at 5:00 A.M. daily. "Have sold papers since I was four years old." Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Beaumont is overrun with little newsies. This boy, Vincent Serio, eigh...

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One of America's youngest newsboys. 4 years old and regular seller. (See No. 3227). Location: Tampa, Florida.

One of America's youngest newsboys. 4 years old and regular seller. (S...

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A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama. Been working over forty years in the cotton mills of Columbus, Ga. Started at 4 years old for 20 cents a day. Now getting $2. and is getting ready to be replaced by younger man. An ardent Socialist which has made him trouble here. Says, "I had to put one of my girls into the Mill when she was 9 yrs old, or steal. Why don't they give us enough wages to support our families? They don't intend to do that." Location: Phoenix, Alabama.

A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama....

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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as a grown-up. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as grown-ups. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

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Trees, 4 years old, Soengei Sikassim Estate [in Sumatra?]

Trees, 4 years old, Soengei Sikassim Estate [in Sumatra?]

J221224 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by General Rubber Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ind. Rubber; Trees.

First family to settle in Greenbelt. Washington, D.C. The first family to move in and get settled in Greenbelt, MD, the, Resettlement Administration city, is Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ashley, with their children, Lynn, 18 yrs, Dorma 16 yrs and Eddie, 4 years old. The Ashley Family are shown having the first meal in the new house. 10/2/37

First family to settle in Greenbelt. Washington, D.C. The first family...

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MAY DAY FLOWERS FOR FIRST LADY. WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 2. MAY DAY, DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS CHILD HEALTH DAY, WAS OBSERVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY WHEN TWO CAPITAL YOUNGSTERS, WARDS OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, PRESENTED A BASKET OF FLOWERS TO MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE CHILDREN ARE JOAN PERRY, LEFT, 4 YEARS OLD; AND CARLOYN ANN BROWN, 7 YEARS OLD

MAY DAY FLOWERS FOR FIRST LADY. WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 2. MAY DAY, DESI...

A black and white photo of a woman and two children, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data provided by Harris & Ewing. NEAR C-852. ASSIGNED NUMBER. Date based on da... More

MAY DAY FLOWERS FOR FIRST LADY. WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 2. MAY DAY, DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS CHILD HEALTH DAY, WAS OBSERVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY WHEN TWO CAPITAL YOUNGSTERS, WARDS OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, PRESENTED A BASKET OF FLOWERS TO MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE CHILDREN ARE JOAN PERRY, LEFT, 4 YEARS OLD; AND CARLOYN ANN BROWN, 7 YEARS OLD

MAY DAY FLOWERS FOR FIRST LADY. WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 2. MAY DAY, DESI...

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

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

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

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

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Mary Christmas, nearly 4 years old. Picks cranberries sometimes. She is now picking up berries spilled at the barrels by Grandfather. Grandpa says, "I make her pick sometimes, yes." Location: Falmouth - Week's Bog, Massachusetts.

Mary Christmas, nearly 4 years old. Picks cranberries sometimes. She i...

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Mary Christmas, nearly 4 years old. Picks cranberries sometimes. She is now picking up berries spilled at the barrels by Grandfather. Grandpa says, "I make her pick sometimes, yes." Location: Falmouth - Week's Bog, Massachusetts.

Mary Christmas, nearly 4 years old. Picks cranberries sometimes. She i...

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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as a grown-up. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as a grown-up. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

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Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a farm near Houston, Millie picks eight pounds a day and Nellie thirty pounds. This is nearly every day. Home conditions bare and bad. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.

Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a ...

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Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a farm near Houston, Millie picks eight pounds a day and Nellie thirty pounds. This is nearly every day. Home conditions bare and bad. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.

Millie, four years old and Nellie five years old. Cotton pickers on a ...

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Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 [?] years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag holding the cracked nuts (to be picked), with her dirty street shoes on, and using a huge dirty jackknife. On the right is the cobbler's bench used by shoemaker in this room. They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all the room and in the dark, damp entry. See 2704. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; M...

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Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 [?] years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag holding the cracked nuts (to be picked), with her dirty street shoes on, and using a huge dirty jackknife. On the right is the cobbler's bench used by shoemaker in this room. They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all the room and in the dark, damp entry. See 2704. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; M...

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Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 [?] years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag holding the cracked nuts (to be picked), with her dirty street shoes on, and using a huge dirty jackknife. On the right is the cobbler's bench used by shoemaker in this room. They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all the room and in the dark, damp entry. See 2704. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; M...

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Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oysters in Barataria Canning Company. Mother is Mrs. Ida Thompson, Baltimore. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oyst...

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Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oysters in Barataria Canning Company. Mother is Mrs. Ida Thompson, Baltimore. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oyst...

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Young Ratler. rising 4 years old, a handsome dark bay, about 15 hands and 3 inches high, will stand and cover mares this season, ... William R. Maddox. Washington, March 10, 1834.

Young Ratler. rising 4 years old, a handsome dark bay, about 15 hands ...

Young Ratler. rising 4 years old, a handsome dark bay, about 15 hands and 3 inches high, will stand and cover mares this season, ... William R. Maddox. Washington, March 10, 1834.

Young Ratler. rising 4 years old, a handsome dark bay, about 15 hands ...

A group of berry pickers on Johnson's Farm at Cannon, Del. Caroline Giammia, is 4 years old, and picking berries her 1st season, averaging 10 quarts a day. Nellie Giammia, 6 years of age, picking berries her 2d season, averaging 25 quarts per day. Tony Giammia, 8 years of age, picking berries 4th year, averaging 50 quarts per day. The children in the door of the shack do not work in the field. Location: Cannon, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers on Johnson's Farm at Cannon, Del. Caroline Gi...

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A group of berry pickers on Johnson's Farm at Cannon, Del. Caroline Giammia, is 4 years old, and picking berries her 1st season, averaging 10 quarts a day. Nellie Giammia, 6 years of age, picking berries her 2d season, averaging 25 quarts per day. Tony Giammia, 8 years of age, picking berries 4th year, averaging 50 quarts per day. The children in the door of the shack do not work in the field. Location: Cannon, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers on Johnson's Farm at Cannon, Del. Caroline Gi...

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