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Street and Negro quarters, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C. / Photographed by Hubbard & Mix, Beaufort, S.C.

Street and Negro quarters, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C....

Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, standing alongside dirt road lined with wooden houses.

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 2, East side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 2, East side of Willow Creek Valle...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dunedin Hospital, Nurses' Home, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Dunedin Hospital, Nurses' Home, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Compound," an enclosure in which employees of the mines must live, Kimberley, South Africa

"The Compound," an enclosure in which employees of the mines must live...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

Home of cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Home of cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Either Louisiana or Mississippi. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8136. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Home of the cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Home of the cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Locale and attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Either Louisiana or Mississippi. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08138. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Waiorongomai, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Waiorongomai, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Home of cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Home of cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home of the cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Home of the cotton picker - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Workmen's houses, Pullman, Ill's.]

[Workmen's houses, Pullman, Ill's.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workmen's houses, Pullman, Ill's.

Workmen's houses, Pullman, Ill's.

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "308" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012562. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens be...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker houses and gardens before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker houses and garde...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pathway before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pat...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "NCR 3A." Also, blue star s... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden before l...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Regi... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker houses and gardens before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker houses and garde...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building befor...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sa... More

N.A. Berlin - Italian Camp Sec. 4 - Oct. 19, 1896

N.A. Berlin - Italian Camp Sec. 4 - Oct. 19, 1896

Progress photo of the development of the Clinton-Wachusett water supply and storage system. Photo shows group of huts some with sod roofs and walls (camp of Italian construction workers?) No. 707. and photogr... More

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ford Colliers] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Ford Colliers] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kaitangata from Castle Hill mine - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Kaitangata from Castle Hill mine - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

107 Green Street (House), 107 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County, GA

107 Green Street (House), 107 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County,...

Survey number: HAER GA-123 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), cabin homes of the Negro caretakers, Charleston, S.C.

Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), cabin homes of the Neg...

Title from jacket. "G 7917" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500330. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

109 Green Street (House), 109 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County, GA

109 Green Street (House), 109 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County,...

Survey number: HAER GA-122 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

Ford Colliers - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Ford Colliers - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Possibly related to coal mining. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 727. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), cabin homes of the Negro caretakers, Charleston, S.C.]

[Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), cabin homes of the Ne...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 341. Question mark in front of date on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S....

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dunollie State Mine, Grey - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Dunollie State Mine, Grey - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Employees' residences, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]

Employees' residences, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Characteristic employees' home, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]

Characteristic employees' home, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Characteristic employees' home, National Cash Register, Dayton, Ohio

Characteristic employees' home, National Cash Register, Dayton, Ohio

"WHJ-1281" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014762. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Employees' residences, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Employees' residences, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

"WHJ 1272" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042929. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Nurses Home, Wellington - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Nurses Home, Wellington - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

811 West Union Street (Cottage), 811 West Union Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

811 West Union Street (Cottage), 811 West Union Street, Jacksonville, ...

Significance: Representative of the type of worker's cottage built in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, usually one of a group of rentals, this building type is colloquially called a "sho... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building after landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building after...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sa... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens after landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens af...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Regi... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens after landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens af...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pathway after landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pat...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "NCR 3B." Also, blue star s... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker vegetable garden]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker vegetable garden...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Regi... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker garden after renovation]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker garden after ren...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue (House), 3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue (House), 3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue, Valley, ...

Significance: This textile mill worker's dwelling is typical of many pyramidal cottages built ca. 1907 in the Shawmut Mill's "city beautiful" village. Its simple, square plan originally contained three rooms a... More

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old. Been in mill 2 months. Doffer. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old. Been in mill 2...

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

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old. Been in mill 2 months. Doffer. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old. Been in mill 2...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 273. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Dec. 2, 1908. L.W.H. Location: Clinton, South Carolina.

A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Dec. 2, 1908. L.W.H. Location: Clinton, South Carolina

A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 384. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Mill School House (in middle) surrounded by mill houses. Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Small need here for large schoolhouse. Most of the children in mill. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Mill School House (in middle) surrounded by mill houses. Maple Mill, D...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mill School House (in middle) surrounded by mill houses. Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Small need here for large schoolhouse. Most of the children in mill. Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Mill School House (in middle) surrounded by mill houses. Maple Mill, D...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 388. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Carolina cotton mill worker and his family all are working. Location: South Carolina.

Carolina cotton mill worker and his family all are working. Location:...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carolina cotton mill worker and his family all are working. Location: South Carolina

Carolina cotton mill worker and his family all are working. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 395. No city or date recorded on caption card. Date based on date recorded on cards for photos with neighboring n... More

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Bennington, Vt. Rents are from $6 to $8 a month. Location: Burlington, Vermont

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Benn...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 746. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in King Mill live. The Secretary of Associated Charities said this is the most degraded part of Augusta. Location: Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 559. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of "Model Tenements" occupied by the workers in Augusta (Ga.) Cotton Mills. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Group of "Model Tenements" occupied by the workers in Augusta (Ga.) Co...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Unidentified mill house, Billerica Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A four-family house crowded close to the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Homes of mill hands. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

A four-family house crowded close to the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in King Mill live. The Secretary of Associated Charities said this is the most degraded part of Augusta. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of "Model Tenements" occupied by the workers in Augusta (Ga.) Cotton Mills. Location: Augusta, Georgia

Group of "Model Tenements" occupied by the workers in Augusta (Ga.) Co...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 491. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A four-family house crowded close to the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Homes of mill hands. Location: Burlington, Vermont

A four-family house crowded close to the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 744. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Lights and shadows / Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph

Lights and shadows / Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph

Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of "Special Privilege" while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and... More

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Bennington, Vt. Rents are from $6 to $8 a month. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Benn...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at Stop-the-Mode sic. near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. See Photo 1113. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at St...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1114. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Vid na poselenīi︠a︡ Kushvinskago zavoda. Kushva, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Vid na poselenīi︠a︡ Kushvinskago zavoda. Kush...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 147. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1805. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at Stop-the-Mode [sic.] near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. See Photo 1113. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at St...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1418 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1418 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 12 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1141. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Upper floor of hallway, opening into 12 rooms (see photo #1145) in large shack occupied by cranberry pickers on Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. 12 rooms on first floor. One small window 21 x 26 inches in each room. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo Lewis W. Hine.

Upper floor of hallway, opening into 12 rooms (see photo #1145) in lar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: Bi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1808. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection,... More

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. The interior of these shacks consists of a flooring of straw, a few bags, and absence of light and air. Location: Ross, Delaware

The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. Th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1569. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Three persons lived in this room. See photo #1114. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodo...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fairly good, but housekeeping not very good. Working very good. Good light, fresh air. Fries, Virginia Location: Fries, Virginia.

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fa...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Upper floor of hallway, opening into 12 rooms (see photo #1145) in large shack occupied by cranberry pickers on Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. 12 rooms on first floor. One small window 21 x 26 inches in each room. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey Photo Lewis W. Hine

Upper floor of hallway, opening into 12 rooms (see photo #1145) in lar...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1144. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, Del. There is one room in this shack unpartitioned in which 2 families (8 people) live. One half of the shack is taken up by a berth of four compartments. Rags and straw furnish the bedding. Clothes are hung inside to dry. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, D...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1580. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Vid na poselenīi︠a︡ Kushvinskago zavoda. [Kushva]

Vid na poselenīi︠a︡ Kushvinskago zavoda. [Kushva]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vid na Kyshtymskīĭ zavod, Russian Empire

Vid na Kyshtymskīĭ zavod, Russian Empire

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda K...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 91. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

1416 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1416 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Name: Bedroom, 5 1/2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. with one window 21" x 16 " in which 3 persons sleep. Food was lying all over the bed unprotected and covered with flies. Large shack on Forsythe's Bog, nr. Pemberton. N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Name: Bedroom, 5 1/2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. with one window 21" x 16 " in whi...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kamenskīĭ zavod s rabochimi poselenīi︠a︡mi [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

Kamenskīĭ zavod s rabochimi poselenīi︠a︡mi [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work inside. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Noon hour. Going to work in Avondale Mills. I saw these girls at work ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fairly good, but housekeeping not very good. Working very good. Good light, fresh air. Fries, Virginia Location: Fries, Virginia

View of the Washington Mills, Fries Virginia Housing conditions are fa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1499. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Shack of Jo. Mermilla family, cranberrries pickers on Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J in settlement called Florence. Six persons live in this room. One bed on floor. Food exposed to flies, etc, on rafters and on floor. The children were very dirty and ill-kept. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Shack of Jo. Mermilla family, cranberrries pickers on Whites Bog, Brow...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1157. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Three persons lived in this room. See photo #1114. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1113. "Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton" appears to be crossed out on the caption card. Perh... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Vid na Kyshtymskīĭ zavod, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Vid na Kyshtymskīĭ zavod, photographic print

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 199. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Bolʹnit︠s︡a i poselenīi︠a︡ Kyshtymskago zavoda. Gora Sygomak

Bolʹnit︠s︡a i poselenīi︠a︡ Kyshtymskago zavoda. Gora Sygomak

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Shack of Jo. Mermilla family, cranberrries pickers on Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J in settlement called Florence. Six persons live in this room. One bed on floor. Food exposed to flies, etc, on rafters and on floor. The children were very dirty and ill-kept. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Shack of Jo. Mermilla family, cranberrries pickers on Whites Bog, Brow...

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Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Verkh-Isetskago zavoda. [Ekaterinburg]

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Verkh-Isetskago zavoda. [Ekaterinburg]

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Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Verkh-Isetskago zavoda. [Ekaterinburg]

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Verkh-Isetskago zavoda. [Ekaterinburg]

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Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Bolʹnit︠s︡a i poselenīi︠a︡ Kyshtymskago zavoda. Gora Sygomak, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Bolʹnit︠s︡a i poselenīi︠a︡ Kyshtymskago zavod...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 197. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the f...

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Vid na Kaslinskīĭ zavod - Color separation negative, public domain

Vid na Kaslinskīĭ zavod - Color separation negative, public domain

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A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, Del. There is one room in this shack unpartitioned in which 2 families (8 people) live. One half of the shack is taken up by a berth of four compartments. Rags and straw furnish the bedding. Clothes are hung inside to dry. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, D...

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The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. The interior of these shacks consists of a flooring of straw, a few bags, and absence of light and air. Location: Ross, Delaware.

The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. Th...

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"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave at any time." The boss said 18 of his Syrian workers were housed in this small shack - others in similar and smaller ones. He said, "these people work in the factories the rest of the year and give up their jobs for a time to come down here and get a holiday. I go every year and get them." Location: East Wareham [vicinity] - Maple Park Bog, Massachusetts.

"We don't pay them till the end of the season or they would all leave ...

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Home of Kettles family. Housing conditions in the mill settlement at Magnolia, Miss. are good. Working conditions are good also. Location: Magnolia, Mississippi

Home of Kettles family. Housing conditions in the mill settlement at M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2099. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

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