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The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., British Cartoon Print

The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., Bri...

John Bull, in tattered clothes, seated on a stool, gazing gloomily at a book on the ground: "The Extraordina[ry] Red Book". He is surrounded by the Regent with two gouty legs supported on crutches, Liverpool, M... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Fountain of Job Valley of Hinnom

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Fountain of Job Valley of Hinnom

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 3-4, p. 6. Surroga... More

Uncle Abe. "Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler. "Yes Uncle Abe. Got through with that New Orleans job. Cleaned them out and scrubbed them up! Any more scrubbing to give out?"

Uncle Abe. "Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler. "Yes Un...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was showing a velvet opera cloak ...

Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was ...

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The old partners in the new navy job / Gillam.

The old partners in the new navy job / Gillam.

Illustration shows John Roach and George M. Robeson dressed as 16th century soldiers, doing a song and dance routine on a stage; Roach is holding a paper that states "Contract for new U.S. Cruisers $2,440,000 a... More

Justice out of a job / F. Opper.

Justice out of a job / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Justice as an old woman, asleep at a desk, with cobwebs, spiders, and mice taking over the courtroom; outside a window an armed group of vigilantes have broken down the door to a jail and rem... More

Out of a job once more! / F. Graetz.

Out of a job once more! / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows the entrance to the "Republican Headquarter" with a foot extending out the door, having given the boot to a barrel dressed as a cleric labeled "Clerical Slanders", a bag labeled "British Gold... More

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.

The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows President Cleveland and his cabinet officers struggling to push and pull the Democratic donkey labeled "Bourbon Democracy" into a stable labeled "Reform Stables"; on the donkey's hooves, acti... More

[Waiting for a job (donkeys), England]

[Waiting for a job (donkeys), England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11364". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Dalrymple.

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Da...

Print shows Thomas B. Reed standing on a low platform labeled "Maine", looking through a bent and crooked telescope, labeled "Presidential Aspirations", at the White House in the distance. A diminutive "Joe Man... More

Make a complete job of it, this time! / C.J. Taylor.

Make a complete job of it, this time! / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows three men labeled "Dr. Schurz" holding a large carving knife and sharpening tool, "Dr. Grace", and "Dr. Parkhurst" holding a saw, examining a sick tiger labeled "Tammany"; a medicine case in the for... More

"Job" / E.P. Sperry '97. - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Job" / E.P. Sperry '97. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows a design by Edward P. Sperry for a stained glass window depicting the Biblical Job holding a book and framed by two trees. 21572 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Tiffany Glass and Decorat... More

The old woman of the Senate is doing her best - at a hopeless job / Dalrymple.

The old woman of the Senate is doing her best - at a hopeless job / Da...

Print shows George F. Hoar as an old washer-woman, with a large brush labeled "Magazine Articles and Speeches", white-washing senators from a bucket labeled "Defense of the Senate". He is applying a fresh coat ... More

A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.

A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.

Print shows figures representing "England, Hungary, France, Germany, Russia, [and] Italy" carrying nightsticks and escorting a young child labeled "Greece".

Correct way to bake turkey demonstrated by Uncle Sam's expert cooks. Washington, D.C., Dec. 4. Note to housewives: your turkey- baking troubles will be over and the bird you serve for dinner this yuletide will be tender, juicy and flavorsome if you follow the method used by the expert cooks at the Bureau of Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Continual testing and experimenting with various recipes has taught Uncle Sam's cooks that many a prize bird has become a "ham" when improperly prepared. The best recipe - so far discovered by the Bureau of Economics - is demonstrated in the following set of pictures, made under the supervision of Miss Lucy Alexander, Chief Cooking Specialist. Miss Alexander, a graduate of Vassar and the University of Illinois, has been on her present job for eleven years. Mrs. Jessie Lamb, Assistant Cook, is stuffing the turkey under the watchful eye of Miss Lucy Alexander. The turkeys on the table will go into the ovens at regular intervals, and be tasted and judged by a group of experts who are determining which diet and feeding program will produce the best flavored meat.

Correct way to bake turkey demonstrated by Uncle Sam's expert cooks. W...

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On job. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Charles Edison, son of the famous inventor and new Assistant Secretary of the Navy, pictured at his desk today. He was inducted into office yesterday

On job. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Charles Edison, son of the famous in...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caricature, Looking for a job, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Looking for a job, public domain cartoon image

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B.F. Fox, Job Hedges, and H.B. Cocheu

B.F. Fox, Job Hedges, and H.B. Cocheu

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. Washington, D.C., March 11. America's next first lady, whoever she may be, was last night instructed on how to be successful in a skit presented by the Women's National Press Club during an annual stunt party. The skit runs through different satiric phases of women in national politics and ends with the president being offered the job of president of Mars with the biggest WPA project yet--to fix up a wireless so that Mrs. Roosevelt can wire her column back to earth. Wives of practically every contendor for the presidental nomination were guests, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke off-the-record to the members and guests. 1 - Mrs. Smith goes to Washington as a new senator, and learns her first lessons from the taxi driver who picks her up at Union Station. '..Don't you keep a letter file-keep an incinerator, Senator.' Driver, Katherine Wilson of the Des Moines Register and Tribune; Mrs. Smith, Emma Budbee, N.Y. Herald-Tribune

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get al...

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"Betsy Ross of the Capitol." Washington, D.C. Mrs. Georgeieanna Higgins. Official title is Seamstress to the United States Senate, but for years has been called the "Betsy Ross of the Capitol." She is responsible for keeping the flag that flies over the Senate wing of the Capitol in proper flapping order. This is no mean job since the flag flies night and day when the Senate is in session, which means a terrific beating from the elements, an average of 12 Flags is used each session

"Betsy Ross of the Capitol." Washington, D.C. Mrs. Georgeieanna Higgin...

A black and white photo of a woman sewing. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From oiler to member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. From the Job of an oiler in a paper mill the Eleventh Michigan District vacated by Senator-elect Prentiss M. Brown

From oiler to member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. From the ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Job Harriman - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Job Harriman - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alice Rohe Author of I was dying - I made it my job to get well.

Alice Rohe Author of I was dying - I made it my job to get well.

Illustration shows portrait of Alice Rohe. Illus. in: As I look at life : Intimate stories of love, marriage, divorce, fortune, adventure, health by fourteen famous men and women who have lived and felt the str... More

Sen. Norris reaches 78th milepost. Washington, D.C., July 11. Senator George W. Norris, independent from Nebraska, today passed his 78th birthday on the job. Here is his secretary, Kathrine Connell, pinning a congratulatory rose upon Sen. Norris's coat

Sen. Norris reaches 78th milepost. Washington, D.C., July 11. Senator ...

A woman helping a man with a tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcoa-New Kensington Works, Packing & Job Shop, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA

Alcoa-New Kensington Works, Packing & Job Shop, New Kensington, Westmo...

Survey number: HAER PA-337-E Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction

AG&E Vice President tells S.E.C. of $5000 a month mystery man employed by his company in Capital. Washington, D.C., May 16. Fred S. Burroughs, Vice President of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., spread before the Securities and Exchange Commission today the story of how his firm retained a man at $5000 a month to 'mix with the right people' in Washington and to advise on the attitude of government officials. The man was Ben Gray and Burroughs denied that he--Gray--was a lobbyist or that his job was to attempt to influence officials

AG&E Vice President tells S.E.C. of $5000 a month mystery man employed...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tarzan paints the Senate flagpole. Washington, D.C., July 11. There comes a time each year when things around Capitol Hill need a bit of fresh paint, flagpoles no exception. Here is the flagpole over the Senate Office Building getting its new paint job, curiously enough, from a steeple-jack named Tarzan--Jack Tarzan

Tarzan paints the Senate flagpole. Washington, D.C., July 11. There co...

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A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy, on horseback, and Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, on foot, driving cattle labeled "High Protectionist, Senatorial Pledge Breaker, [and] Beet Sug... More

A tidy job; but-- / J.S. Pughe.

A tidy job; but-- / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows New York City mayor Seth Low, as a lion tamer holding a whip, standing next to the Tammany Tiger which is bound in ribbons labeled "Civic Honesty, Fusion, Decent Government, Municipal Reforms... More

A tidy job; but - / J.S. Pughe.

A tidy job; but - / J.S. Pughe.

Seth Low, as an animal trainer, standing by tiger wrapped in ribbons "civil honesty", "decent government", municipal reforms", etc.; as Charles Francis Murphy stands behind, with large scissors "election 1903".... More

Back on the job / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Back on the job / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt arriving at the White House after a vacation at Oyster Bay; following him, carrying the luggage, is William Loeb. Uncle Sam meets them at the entrance, dressed as a 17th ce... More

Cowboy looking for a job

Cowboy looking for a job

Cowboy on horseback with another horse. H74640 U.S. Copyright Office. Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

First on the job - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

First on the job - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man seated, full lgth., at desk. Stereo copyrighted by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick. No. 8637. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Offices; Ph.

Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow ch...

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Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girls attend school. Making garters for Liberty Garter works, 413 Broadway. Mother , a widow, earns 75 cents a day by working all day until 12 at night. Bessie works until 10 P.M. Sophie until 9 P.M. They expected to work until 10 P.M. to finish the job, although they did not know when more work would come in. Witness Mrs. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...

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George Cartwright, 401 North Laurel St., Bridgeton, N.J., is out of School. Hangs around the Cumberland Works looking for job. Says he is 14 years old now (questionable) and has worked off and on since he was 11. (See photo 958). Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

George Cartwright, 401 North Laurel St., Bridgeton, N.J., is out of Sc...

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Early automobiles - H.M. Goldstein job

Early automobiles - H.M. Goldstein job

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Job Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wadsworth Jr.

Job Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wadsworth Jr.

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Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R[...] Oil Co., Linda Vista and Piedmont properties

Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R...

J138839 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 3, 1910. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 115 East Jefferson St., Los Angeles. Phone 22049. Price $1.70. No. 558. Order by... More

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

N.Y. Job Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

N.Y. Job Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extreme left, "Just helps his mother," the superintendent said. Next boy is Leo, with a "steady job," see photo 1753. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee. / Photo by [...]

The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extrem...

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Registering at N.Y. Job Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Registering at N.Y. Job Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extreme left, "Just helps his mother," the Superintendent said. Next boy to him is Leo, with a "steady job," see photo 1753. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extrem...

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N.Y. Job Bureau - Public domain portrait photograph

N.Y. Job Bureau - Public domain portrait photograph

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Salvator Quattirto, 48 Union St., Lawrence, Massachusetts. One of the very young boys in spinning room, Ayer Mill. Has a steady job there now. Used to work in Wood Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusettsachusetts.

Salvator Quattirto, 48 Union St., Lawrence, Massachusetts. One of the ...

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4 P.M. John Sachatello, a barber with a steady job helping family make flowers, 302 Mott St. Making "bluettes" at $2.00 a gross. Makes $12.00 to $13.00 a week when all work. Mary 5 yrs. old. Tommy 7 yrs. old. Location: New York, New York (State)

4 P.M. John Sachatello, a barber with a steady job helping family make...

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"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second Street, New Bedford. "Am pickin' now, couldn't get no place this mornin'." Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second ...

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Comparison of ages: On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted 11 years, helped sister spool all summer in Glenallen Mill. Next her is Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years, and doffing all summer in Spring Village Mill. Next is Rosina Coyette, said she was 14 but Mr. Hine doubted it; has steady job doffing and spinning in Spring Village Mill. Left end is Eva Caonette, spinner in Spring Village Mall, said she was 14 but may not be. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Comparison of ages: On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted 11 years, ...

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Guiseppe Zapell [?], 102 Common Street, regular job as a doffer on the fourth floor. Second and third of the Washington, Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Guiseppe Zapell [?], 102 Common Street, regular job as a doffer on the...

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In filling room, Wood Mill; Alfie [?] Lanadin, 59 Union St., Lawrence, Massachusetts. Has had a steady job there for two months. Location: Lawrence, Massachusettsachusetts.

In filling room, Wood Mill; Alfie [?] Lanadin, 59 Union St., Lawrence,...

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Stephen Warren, 284 Main St., Indian Orchard. Has doffed all summer in Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Quit a few days ago but expects to get another job soon. Says he will not go to school. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Stephen Warren, 284 Main St., Indian Orchard. Has doffed all summer in...

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Salvator Guattirto [i.e., Quattirto?], 48 Union St., one of the very young boys in the spinning room of the Ayer Mill. Has steady job there now. Used to work in the Wood Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Salvator Guattirto [i.e., Quattirto?], 48 Union St., one of the very y...

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The only school near the Cotton Mills, Winona, Miss. A private school taught by Miss. McIntosh, who for several years off and on has conducted it, charging each pupil only one dollar a month. With only ten pupils now the job is not very lucrative. She said it was discouraging, but that many seemed to appreciate it. "What we need is compulsory education and a free school out here, which we may get before long." Children range from six to ten years. One of the ten year old boys said, "Only two more years and I'll be in the mill." Little girls added, "Four years more and I'll be there." They all seemed to feel they would get into the mill as soon as possible. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

The only school near the Cotton Mills, Winona, Miss. A private school ...

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[...]m #2. Joseph Delforno, 46 Bishop St., has worked there 6 months; has job "filling heels" in Long's Shoe Factroy [i.e., Factory] said, "I'm supposed to go [...]ress [i.e., Cypress?] St. to night school." Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

[...]m #2. Joseph Delforno, 46 Bishop St., has worked there 6 months; ...

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Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Fries, Virginia Family of Albert Senter. He said, "I don't work steady. Have a garden here." Eleven year old Mandy has learned to "spin" by "helping." She said, "They say I'm too little to work steady." Father added, "I guess she'll get in all right in a little while. They've been extra careful, lately, 'cause the inspector's been around, but it'll be easier now for her to get in." The three girls work and Mandy helps, with one eye on a steady job. Location: Fries, Virginia.

Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Fries, Virginia Family of Albert Sent...

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Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old. Is a "Loom boy" in spinning room of the Ayer Mill; has a steady job now and makes $5.15 a week now. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old....

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Rosina Goyette, Maple St. Apparently 12 but says she is 14; has steady job doffi[ng] and spinning in Spring Village Mill. She said at first she had been working six months, later she changed it to three weeks. Her partner said, "a few weeks." Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Rosina Goyette, Maple St. Apparently 12 but says she is 14; has steady...

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Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) works in Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virginia Gets forty cents a day. Husband has a job in a North Caroline cotton mill not far away, and spends Sunday with the family here. They moved here a while ago, expecting steady work which was promised by the mill. Disappointed, as mill work very slack. Two girls (said to be 15 and 17) work in the shirt factory here, where I afterwards found some young children at work. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) w...

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[Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old. Is a "Loom boy" in spinning room of the Ayer Mill; has a steady job now and makes $5.15 a week now.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[Leopoldo Andreoli, 208 Elm St. Very young--appears 11 or 12 years old...

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Tootsie, six yr. old news-boy, sells every day and Sunday for a young uncle who had to spend a good deal of his time driving Tootsie back on the job. Harry Murphy, 809 4-1/2 St., S.W., Washington, D.C. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Tootsie, six yr. old news-boy, sells every day and Sunday for a young ...

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Tootsie, six yr. old news-boy, sells every day and Sunday for a young uncle who had to spend a good deal of his time driving Tootsie back on the job. Harry Murphy, 809 4 St., S.W., Washington, D.C. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Tootsie, six yr. old news-boy, sells every day and Sunday for a young ...

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Wilfred Tremblay, 1332 Davol St., a doffer in spinning room of Cartwright Mills; apparently 12 years old. Said "Me brudder-in-law got me the job last summer. Been there even [i.e., ever?] since." Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Wilfred Tremblay, 1332 Davol St., a doffer in spinning room of Cartwri...

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Somerville Home Work. Annie Capodana, 9 years old. Lives at 9 Ward Street. Teresa Siuserella, 10 years old, 52 [?] Medford Street. At their job. See Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusetts.

Somerville Home Work. Annie Capodana, 9 years old. Lives at 9 Ward Str...

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Johnie William Bumgarden (boy in front and part of his family). His birth record in the family bible says born May 7th, 190[2?] Just past his 10th birthday, is learning to doff. Got a regular job. 35 cents a day. Been at it a few weeks. Cannot write very well. Says he is 12 years old. Father said 5 of the family formerly worked in the mill making $28 a week. They take boarders which bring them $5 a week. A total of $33 a week. (Later the father said the record in the bible was put in wrong.) Rock Hill. S.C. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Johnie William Bumgarden (boy in front and part of his family). His bi...

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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller & Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs onto to [sic] other boy who saws them on an unguarded circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets the chance. He is exposed not only to the above dangers, but to the weather. No roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day." (fifty cents) Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found in Beaumont that employed boys - likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve y...

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Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job. He takes the slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs on to the other boy who saws them on an inguarded [i.e., unguarded] circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets the chance. He is exposed not only to the above dangers, but to the weather - no roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day" (fifty cents). Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found around Beaumont that employed boys likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride s...

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John Holland. Said he was 10 years old. Has had a regular job for some months rolling bobbins in the Deep River Mill. Been helping the father and brother a year. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

John Holland. Said he was 10 years old. Has had a regular job for some...

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Ruth Rous. She said she was 11 yrs old, but others there said she was not 10. She has a regular job, and several sisters are working. Deep River Cotton Mills. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

Ruth Rous. She said she was 11 yrs old, but others there said she was ...

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Dewey Smith has a steady job in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Said he was twelve but it is doubtful. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi.

Dewey Smith has a steady job in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Said he wa...

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Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record ...

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John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for eight months in the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills. Violation of law. Gets a dollar a day now. Before he came here, he worked in the cotton mill at West, Tex., for five or six years. Said boys work in the Cuero mill under age. "They don't even bother to ask your age. Didn't ask mine. Easy 'nuff to git a job." The mills were not running on account of floods this week. I found only one other boy under age. - "Spider" Estes said he is fourteen years old and been working here, doffing, one year. Location: Cuero, Texas.

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...

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Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been helping his sister for some months in the Deep River Mills. Mother and sister work. Father deserted. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.

Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been help...

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A dinner Toter who claims to have regular job in Eagle Mill, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

A dinner Toter who claims to have regular job in Eagle Mill, Columbus,...

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Rosy Phillips. Fifteen year old spinner in a Dallas cotton mill. She was far from "rosy" - thin, anaemic. Prematurely old. Her brother Exie [?] twelve years old who helps her some on Saturdays. He said: "I can't get a steady job, but I can help her all I want to." I did not see any others very young. Location: Dallas, Texas.

Rosy Phillips. Fifteen year old spinner in a Dallas cotton mill. She w...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone has a steady job. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone (except the boy behind the fence) has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone...

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John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for eight months in the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills. Violation of law. Gets a dollar a day now. Before he came here, he worked in the cotton mill at West, Tex., for five or six years. Said boys work in the Cuero mill under age. "They don't even bother to ask your age. Didn't ask mine. Easy 'nuff to git a job." The mills were not running on account of floods this week. I found only one other boy under age, "Spider" Estes said he is fourteen years old and been working here, doffing one year. Location: Cuero, Texas.

John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...

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Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record ...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge think[s] he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge thinks he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Louis Stokes one of the young workers in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Said he was ten years old, has a regular job doffing. Been working over a year or more. No wonder the superintendent objected to my photographing people. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi.

Louis Stokes one of the young workers in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. S...

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Ollie Johnson. Bible records shows her 10 years old. She goes into the Anniston Mfg. Co. regularly to help her sister Annie spin. Her mother admits it also. Says all the children learn to spin that way. Ollie said: "I have kep up 3 sides for Annie." Sister Annie's Bible record says 12 years old last February. Has a steady job here; runs 4 sides. Mother said Annie learned to spin at Pell City Mill before she was 12, and thought it was all right. Their step-father said: "I'm so porely, thinkin of movin where the climate is better." The whole family works. See 8846. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

Ollie Johnson. Bible records shows her 10 years old. She goes into the...

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[The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill school who have to make the 8 weeks schooling for the year. The school is miserably equipped. Willie Laty, the shortest boy, said he was 10 years old, and been working there about 1 year. He and the other boy said he had a job as a spinner and sweeper, but that he had just been fired (probably after the boss saw the investigator photograph them.) Collie Webb and Archie Croll are also probably under 12, and some girls not in this photograph.] Location: Anniston, Alabama.

[The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill s...

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[Ollie Johnson. Bible records shows her 10 years old. She goes into the Anniston Mfg. Co. regularly to help her sister Annie spin. Her mother admits it also. Says all the children learn to spin that way. Ollie said: "I have kep up 3 sides for Annie." Sister Annie's Bible record says 12 years old last February. Has a steady job here; runs 4 sides. Mother said Annie learned to spin at Pell City Mill before she was 12, and thought it was all right. Their step-father said: "I'm so porely, thinkin of movin where the climate is better." The whole family works. See 8846.] Location: [Anniston, Alabama]

[Ollie Johnson. Bible records shows her 10 years old. She goes into th...

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[Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family record in bible says he is 11 years old - born Jan 22, 1903 (doubtful), and father says 12 years old. He appears to be under 9. Works every day at spinning, and has been working for some weeks. Boss saw investigator photographing him and whistled to him to get out. This photograph was gotten as he went in to work. Then boss took him off his regular job and put him helping others. Mother was furious at boss for not giving Richard and sister (a little older) more steady work. "He keeps changin em around and helpin others. I'll tell him that if he doesn't give em plenty of work there is plenty of mills that will." Father and mother both well and able to support family.] Location: Opelika, Alabama.

[Going back to work. Youngest boy is Richard Millsap. The family recor...

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A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read or write. The mother does mill work some. Alice, 17 years has steady job. Makes from $5 to $6 a week. Alfred, 13 years now, worked here when he was 12, and in other mills before that. Makes $4 a week. Recently crippled by getting his hand caught in the cogs of a spinning machine. Richard just reached 11. Been working here 1 year; began when he was 10. Makes $2.40 a week. "The work runs him down too." William, 6 years old, nearly blind. Lizzie, 5 years old. Home in utter neglect; filthy and bare. When investigator called the mother had been gone about an hour, leaving a roomer's 3 months old baby in the cradle before an open fire on the hearth, and only two children 5 and 6 years old - one nearly blind, playing around. She came back and fed them a lot of cheap candy. What will Society reap from its neglect of this family? Shaw Cotton Mills. Location: South Weldon, North Carolina.

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including t...

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2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His mother said: "He's old enough to work all right," but the boy admitted that she had to sign up that he was older than he was. He appears to be 10. Has had job doffing for several weeks. Could not write his own name. Has had no schooling after the 1st grade. Wylie Haw (right hand boy). Mother says he is 12 years old now. Been working 1 year. She is a widow. Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His...

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The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill school who have to make the 8 weeks schooling for the year. The school is miserably equipped. Willie Laty, the shortest boy, said he was 10 years old, and been working there about 1 year. He and the other boy said he had a job as a spinner and sweeper, but that he had just been fired (probably after the boss saw the investigator photograph them.) Collie Webb and Archie Croll are also probably under 12, and some girls not in this photograph. Location: Anniston, Alabama.

The mill school of the Anniston Mfg. Co. These are boys at the mill sc...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia].

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young. Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning i...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job for such a child. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 23/15.

Nine-year old Pauline Reiber topping beets, a dangerous and hard job f...

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Group around gate of Durfee Mill at noon. 15 year old boy was looking for a job. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group around gate of Durfee Mill at noon. 15 year old boy was looking ...

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At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born Sept. 2, 1900. George B. Stone. Left at 14 in the 5th grade to be a "braider tender" at the Fall River Webbing Co. (applying for this job). Has also been a clipper at the Standard Speciality Co. and weaver at Lincoln Mfg. Co. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born...

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[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report.] Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones,...

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