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[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Proportion of total Negro children of school age who are enrolled in the public schools.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans enrolled in public schools between 1876 and 1896. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro ... More

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Enrollment in the Negro common schools of the former slave states of the United States.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Bar graph shows school enrollment of African Americans between 1876 and 1895. The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in ... More

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the children in town who attend school. 2,000 population. One-third of these raised their hands when asked, "How many have worked in a cotton mill?". Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the childre...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 310. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

High Shoals (N.C.) School. This is average attendance. Enrollment is 80. Only one other school in town and about 15 attend that. See photo 279 (St. John's Mission School) Population of town is about 1000. Where are the rest of the children? This school is supported principally by the Mill Co. (Partly by County). Betterment work is being started. Mill.superintendent is very suspicious of Photographers. Couldn't get any of mill children. Photo. November 9, 1908. Location: High Shoals, North Carolina / by Lewis W. Hine.

High Shoals (N.C.) School. This is average attendance. Enrollment is 8...

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Slide No. 404. Smallest girl, runs and 4 sides, been in this mill for 3 years. The oldest girl said she goes to school but couldn't spell her own name.

Slide No. 404. Smallest girl, runs and 4 sides, been in this mill for ...

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Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't spell her name) Worked 2 years. other two not in the mill. No school within reach. All chewed tobacco. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 318. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Slide No. 404. Smallest girl, runs and 4 sides, been in this mill for 3 years. The oldest girl said she goes to school but couldn't spell her own name

Slide No. 404. Smallest girl, runs and 4 sides, been in this mill for ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 404. No location or date recorded on caption card. Date based on date recorded on cards for photos with neighbori... More

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollment 163-- attendance, usually about 100. There are over 1,000 operatives in the mill. These are all that go to school from this mill settlement, which is geographically a part of Lancaster, but on account of the taxes has been kept just out of the corporate limits. Nov. 30/08. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollme...

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Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the children in town who attend school. 2,000 population. One-third of these raised their hands when asked, "How many have worked in a cotton mill?". Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the childre...

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The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, including the High School. Population of the town is 2,000. Where are rest of children? Asked these children how many had ever worked in a cotton mill. About one-third of them held up their hands. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, includin...

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Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't spell her name) Worked 2 years. other two not in the mill. No school within reach. All chewed tobacco. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't s...

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High Shoals (N.C.) School. This is average attendance. Enrollment is 80. Only one other school in town and about 15 attend that. See photo 279 (St. John's Mission School) Population of town is about 1000. Where are the rest of the children? This school is supported principally by the Mill Co. (Partly by County). Betterment work is being started. Mill.superintendent is very suspicious of Photographers. Couldn't get any of mill children. Photo. November 9, 1908. Location: High Shoals, North Carolina by Lewis W. Hine

High Shoals (N.C.) School. This is average attendance. Enrollment is 8...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 278. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... 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...

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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

The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, including the High School. Population of the town is 2,000. Where are rest of children? Asked these children how many had ever worked in a cotton mill. About one-third of them held up their hands. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

The pupils in the Cherryville N.C. Graded School. 200 attend, includin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 270. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollment 163-- attendance, usually about 100. There are over 1,000 operatives in the mill. These are all that go to school from this mill settlement, which is geographically a part of Lancaster, but on account of the taxes has been kept just out of the corporate limits. Nov. 3008. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollme...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 339. "Negative destroyed." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informati... More

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Court. Been working 6 months. Boy on right hand Albert Papin (13 years old now), 77 Main Street. Is a "helper." Works after school. Four of his sisters work in the mill. Two of them began at 11 years old. May 18, 1909. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Co...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 768. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 904. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Corps of Truant Officers. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Corps of Truant Officers. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 948. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Corps of Truant Officers. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Corps of Truant Officers. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Eva Vanasse, 82 Washington St. Been there two months. The other girl goes to school. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somers...

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Mrs. S.J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She earns $3.50 a week. Boys together earn $4.90 a week. Husband died when they lived on a farm. She couldn't get any heavy work there to do so moved to Macon. Hopes to send the boys to school when they get a better start. Spends $2 a month for 2 rooms in this house. Does her own cooking and housekeeping, except sewing and washing. She chews snuff. Location: Macon, Georgia

Mrs. S.J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She e...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 498. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Charles Chasse, 201 Main Street. When I inquired about him in the home, his mother very reluctantly admitted he was working, but said he is past 14 years of age. I met him on the street and he said he is to be 14 next month, when he hopes to get his "school papers." Said he has been working several months. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somer...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 767. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Charles Chasse, 201 Main Street. When I inquired about him in the home, his mother very reluctantly admitted he was working, but said he is past 14 years of age. I met him on the street and he said he is to be 14 next month, when he hopes to get his "school papers." Said he has been working several months. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Small boy works as helper -- backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somer...

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Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Court. Been working 6 months. Boy on right hand Albert Papin (13 years old now), 77 Main Street. Is a "helper." Works after school. Four of his sisters work in the mill. Two of them began at 11 years old. May 18, 1909. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Co...

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Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours. Locati...

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Mrs. S. J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She earns $3.50 a week. Boys together earn $4.90 a week. Husband died when they lived on a farm. She couldn't get any heavy work there to do so moved to Macon. Hopes to send the boys to school when they get a better start. Spends $2 a month for 2 rooms in this house. Does her own cooking and housekeeping, except sewing and washing. She chews snuff. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Mrs. S. J. Bonner and 2 boys. Work in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She ...

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Fisher Boys Playing Truant on their Father's Smacks. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Fisher Boys Playing Truant on their Father's Smacks. Boston 1915 Exhib...

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The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Eva Vanasse, 82 Washington St. Been there two months. The other girl goes to school. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

The girl on right hand works regularly in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somers...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 760. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (State)

Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (St...

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Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Giglia, 48 Carolina St., 10 years old last summer. The whole family string beans at S. Haven and Albion, N.Y. 2. Anthony Litterie, 79 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., sometimes in the evening stringing beans and hulling strawberries in sheds, N. Collins, N.Y. 3. Vito Bargio, 48 Carolina St., 12 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds of Albion, N.Y. and returned to school Oct. 17th. 4. Ben Madonia, 205 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y., sometimes until 8 P.M. Entered school on time, good record. 5. Sam Pecararo, 107 Trenton Ave., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y. Worked until 8 P.M. sometimes. Entered school Nov. 18th, but has good record, nevertheless. Buffalo, N.Y. 6. Charles Ponnepinto, 106 Seventh Ave., 8 years old last summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Gi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1333. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

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

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Paresse Family, 4 Fly St., Buffalo, N.Y. All three worked in the Albion Canning Factory in the sheds (Jo, only a little) on peas, beans and corn. Jo was too small to get husks off the corn so they stopped his working. Millie and Ignatio made 40 to 50 cents a day each, at 8 cents and hour because the work was slack. Returned to Buffalo the last of October. Went out the last of May, losing about 11 weeks of school time. Millie would not go to school when she came back because she was behind the rest of the class. Was found out by the C.O.S. in January and was reported to truant officer and sent to school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo...

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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1804. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Line of children found in a "penny arcade" at 1:30 P.M. As many of the schools in Schenectady run on "half time" they are not necessarily truants. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Line of children found in a "penny arcade" at 1:30 P.M. As many of the...

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Truant selling Saturday Even[ing] Post. 10:30 A.M. St. Louis, Missouri.

Truant selling Saturday Even[ing] Post. 10:30 A.M. St. Louis, Missour...

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Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Said they work i.e., would continue to work after summer vacation. Louis Godbout (right hand end) 132 Lincoln Street. John Friedman, (Tallest) 120 Lincoln St., Joe Lacroiz, (Second in height) 110 Lincoln St. Location: Bennington, Vermont

Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1068. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Selling during school hours, 10:30 A.M. Location: Syracuse, New York (State)

Selling during school hours, 10:30 A.M. Location: Syracuse, New York (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1254. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

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Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1117. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1343. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans[?] at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for [...] in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound...

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A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to another. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to anothe...

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Truants like these may be found most any day between 11& 12 A.M. Jefferson St. Near Washington. May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Truants like these may be found most any day between 11& 12 A.M. Jeffe...

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Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Said they work [i.e., would] continue to work after summer vacation. Louis Godbout (right hand end) 132 Lincoln Street. John Friedman, (Tallest) 120 Lincoln St., Joe Lacroiz, (Second in height) 110 Lincoln St. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington,...

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Truants like these may be found most any day between 11& 12 A.M. Jefferson St. Near Washington. May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Truants like these may be found most any day between 11& 12 A.M. Jeffe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1355. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Donato Dandrea, hopping cars to sell papers at 10 A.M. during school hours. (See No. 1213.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Donato Dandrea, hopping cars to sell papers at 10 A.M. during school h...

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Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old, last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents and hour for all time including overtime, Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1326. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (State)

Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (Sta...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1239. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo Ciaravina, 124 State St., 8 years old. Worked on beans and corn in sheds at Albion, N.Y. Entered school December 5th. 2) Mike Miranda, 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the home at Forsetville. Entered school September 7th. 3) Louis Belilta, 61 Water St., 12 years old last summer. Worked part of the time snipping beans in the sheds at Collins, N.Y. 4) Rose Moreibella, 41 Peacock St., 11 years old last summer. Stringing beans part of the time in the sheds at North Collins and Cherry Creek, N.Y. 5) Josephine Favata, 62 Main St., 10 years old last summer. Said that when little sister slept, she husked corn and string beans in the big shed at Albion, N.Y. 6) Magaline Tutarchi, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans and shelling peas sometimes in the sheds at Mr. Morris, N.Y. 7) Bombe Regis, 69 Water St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the sheds. Entered school in September. 8) Rosa Guglinzza, Room 10, 62 Main Street, 10 years old last summer. Worked on berries, corn and beans in the sheds at Cherry Creek. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1337. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

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...

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Donato Dandrea, hopping cars to sell papers at 10 A.M. during school hours. (See No. 1213.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Donato Dandrea, hopping cars to sell papers at 10 A.M. during school h...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1214. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six year old boy, 1 ten year old boy, 1 eleven year old boy, 1 twelve year old boy, 2 five year old girls, 1 six year old girl, 2 nine year old girls, 1 ten year old girl, 1 twelve year old girl. In front of shacks at noon, Florence colony ?, Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain two weeks more. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six yea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1121. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds of Albion Canning. Canning, stringing beans. Was 10 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. until 9 P.M. Returned to school September 27th, losing 2 weeks time. School record good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1332. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #1. 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and apples and tomatoes in sheds and factory, getting 50 cents a day, sometimes until 8 P.M. Parents sometimes work all night until 5 A.M. Entered School #1, January 11th from School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1331. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We measured one of these peck boxes and found it contained 10 quarts instead of 8. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E. F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We meas...

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Truants like these may be found most any day between 11 & 12 A.M. Jefferson St. near Washington. May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Truants like these may be found most any day between 11 & 12 A.M. Jeff...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1356. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (State)

Selling during school hours, 2 P.M. Location: Rochester, New York (Sta...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1239. Hine no. 1240. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Paresse Family, 4 Fly St., Buffalo, N.Y. All three worked in the Albion Canning Factory in the sheds (Jo, only a little) on peas, beans and corn. Jo was too small to get husks off the corn so they stopped his working. Millie and Ignatio made 40 to 50 cents a day each, at 8 cents and hour because the work was slack. Returned to Buffalo the last of October. Went out the last of May, losing about 11 weeks of school time. Millie would not go to school when she came back because she was behind the rest of the class. Was found out by the C.O.S. in January and was reported to truant officer and sent to school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1327. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Truants selling papers at Jefferson and Washington 11 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Smallest boy is Marvin Adams, 2637 Washington Ave. Said he got his papers "off'n de other feller." Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Truants selling papers at Jefferson and Washington 11 A.M. Monday, May...

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Selling during school hours, 10:30 A.M. Location: Syracuse, New York (State)

Selling during school hours, 10:30 A.M. Location: Syracuse, New York ...

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Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4...

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In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six year old boy, 1 ten year old boy, 1 eleven year old boy, 1 twelve year old boy, 2 five year old girls, 1 six year old girl, 2 nine year old girls, 1 ten year old girl, 1 twelve year old girl. In front of shacks at noon, Florence colony [?], Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain two weeks more. E.F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

In the group are: 2 four year old boys, 1 five year old boy, 1 six yea...

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Cannery children in School # 2 Buffalo, N.Y. Two boys on left end work nights. Cosmus Laduca, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in sheds, So. Dayton, N.Y. Frances Seinta, 13 years old last summer. Worked on beans in factory, Barker, N.Y. $1.50 a day. Lost 10 weeks school. Is a repeater. Mary Sciolino, 10 years old last summer stringing beans in sheds, Barker, N.Y. Salvatore Dicarlo, 11 years old last summer. Working on beans and corn until 9 P.M., sometimes, Albion, N.Y. Calegevo Mondo, 12 years old last summer. Husking corn, stringing beans, sticking apples on machine, Wilson , N.Y. Lost 11 weeks. Is a repeater in school. Cosmus Guarino, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in sheds, Albion, N.Y. sometimes until 11 P.M. Also dropped cans. Lost 11 weeks school. Is a repeater. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Cannery children in School # 2 Buffalo, N.Y. Two boys on left end work...

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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...

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Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Giglia, 48 Carolina St., 10 years old last summer. The whole family string beans at S. Haven and Albion, N.Y. 2. Anthony Litterie, 79 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., sometimes in the evening stringing beans and hulling strawberries in sheds, N. Collins, N.Y. 3. Vito Bargio, 48 Carolina St., 12 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds of Albion, N.Y. and returned to school Oct. 17th. 4. Ben Madonia, 205 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y., sometimes until 8 P.M. Entered school on time, good record. 5. Sam Pecararo, 107 Trenton Ave., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y. Worked until 8 P.M. sometimes. Entered school Nov. 18th, but has good record, nevertheless. Buffalo, N.Y. 6. Charles Ponnepinto, 106 Seventh Ave., 8 years old last summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Gi...

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Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo. was 7 years old last summer. Charley 12 years old last summer. Snipped beans and hulled strawberries in the sheds, Charley until 12 P.M. sometimes, Hamburg Canning Factory. Left school last of May and entered school October 18th, losing about 9 weeks of school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo...

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Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day, the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents an hour for all time, including over time. Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last sum...

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Truant newsboy 7th & Olive Sts. 11 A.M. May 12, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Truant newsboy 7th & Olive Sts. 11 A.M. May 12, 1910. Location: St. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1445. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds of Albion Canning. Canning, stringing beans. Was 10 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. until 9 P.M. Returned to school September 27th, losing 2 weeks time. School record good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds o...

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Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so is undersized. Does not go to school. Sells all day and in the evening, on cars, at corner on Main St., (See Nos. 1215, and 1214.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1213. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1131. The caption card says "over" but there isn't any continutation text on the verso of the card, nor a s... More

Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo. was 7 years old last summer. Charley 12 years old last summer. Snipped beans and hulled strawberries in the sheds, Charley until 12 P.M. sometimes, Hamburg Canning Factory. Left school last of May and entered school October 18th, losing about 9 weeks of school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1330. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Truants like these may be found most any day between 11 & 12 A.M. Jefferson St. near Washington. May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Truants like these may be found most any day between 11 & 12 A.M. Jeff...

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11:00 A.M. Thursday May 11th, 1910. Truant selling Saturday Evening Post. 7th & Olive Sts. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

11:00 A.M. Thursday May 11th, 1910. Truant selling Saturday Evening Po...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1444. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee col... More

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We measured one of these peck boxes and found it contained 10 quarts instead of 8. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E.F. Brown Witness Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We meas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1112. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so is undersized. Does not go to school. Sells all day and in the evening, on cars, at corner on Main St., (See Nos. 1215, and 1214.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Donato Dandrea, 231 W. Genesee St. Said he was 14 years old, but if so...

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Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Cannery Sheds at Albion, Wilson, Hamburg, etc., last summer. Ages run from 10 to 13 years. Entered school late. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Ca...

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11:00 A.M. Thursday May 11th, 1910. Truant selling Saturday Evening Post. 7th & Olive Sts.,. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

11:00 A.M. Thursday May 11th, 1910. Truant selling Saturday Evening Po...

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Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Cannery Sheds at Albion, Wilson, Hamburg, etc., last summer. Ages run from 10 to 13 years. Entered school late. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Ca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1341. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Truants selling papers at Jefferson and Washington 11 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Smallest boy is Marvin Adams, 2637 Washington Ave. Said he got his papers "off'n de other feller." Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Truants selling papers at Jefferson and Washington 11 A.M. Monday, May...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1388. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans? at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for ... in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1328. Portion of text cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Librar... More

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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1120. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to another. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to anothe...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1125. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #1. 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and apples and tomatoes in sheds and factory, getting 50 cents a day, sometimes until 8 P.M. Parents sometimes work all night until 5 A.M. Entered School #1, January 11th from School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #...

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Willie Cohen, 1210 So. 6th St., 8 years of age, newsboy, attends John Hay School. Was selling papers at Philadelphia. & Reading Terminal 10:30 A.M. Monday June 13th, Said it was Jewish Holiday. Max Rafalovizht, 1300 So. 6th St, 8 years old, attends John Hay School, was selling papers at Philadelphia. & Reading Terminal, June 13th, 1910. Location: Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Willie Cohen, 1210 So. 6th St., 8 years of age, newsboy, attends John ...

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Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 years old. Been picking this summer at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Sept. 27, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsy...

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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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Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day, the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents an hour for all time, including over time. Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last sum...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1325. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... 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

Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery last summer. Rose Cugino, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds of Albion, sometimes until 9 P.M. Made 50 cents a day. Is making good in school work. Joseph Cangiamila, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds until 8 P.M., sometimes at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks school. Henry Panasoi, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds sometimes into the evening at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks schooling. Andrew Geraci, 13 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds and dropped tomatoes cans into machine, sometimes until 9 P.M. and 10 P.M., at Albion, N.Y. Made 75 cents to $1.00 a day. Lost 7 weeks of school, but is making good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1340. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Antonio Martina, 53 Carolina Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 11 years old last summer. Attends School #1. He, and a 13-year-old sister worked in sheds of Ellis-Canning Factory, Brant, N.Y., snipping beans at 1 cents a pound. Left for the country in May, returned late in September, losing about 7 weeks of school. He sells papers reluctantly. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Antonio Martina, 53 Carolina Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 11 years old last s...

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Truant selling Saturday Evening Post. 10:30 A.M. St. Louis, Missouri

Truant selling Saturday Evening Post. 10:30 A.M. St. Louis, Missouri

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1442. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

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Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri.

Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri.

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Catherine Celaberta, 766 or 756? S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 years old. Been picking this summer at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Sept. 27, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Catherine Celaberta, 766 or 756? S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylv...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1105. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right): 1) Rose Paralto, 12 years old last summer. Helped mother on strawberries, Canning Factory, Simcoe, Canada. Entered school , January 3d, 1910. Last year, school work excellent, this year not good. 2) Josephine Pellina, 10 years old last summer. Strings beans in sheds of Forestville[sic?], Cannery. Came to school in September. 3) Christian Cengo, 10 years old last summer. Worked stringing beans in sheds Forrestville Cannery sometimes until 8 or 9 P.M. 4) Anna Gengo, 10 years old last summer. Sheds of Forrestville Cannnery. 5) Metea Spana, 13 years old last summer. Worked on peas and beans in the sheds of Eden Center Canning Factory. 6) Josephine Leone, 12 years old last summer. Helped in the sheds at Barker Cannery. 7) Frances Imperllario, 11 years old last summer. Worked on berries Cherry Creek Factory. 8) Mary Lefesso, 12 years old last summer. Worked at Barker Canning Factory. Entered school October 22d. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right...

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Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo Ciaravina, 124 State St., 8 years old. Worked on beans and corn in sheds at Albion, N.Y. Entered school December 5th. 2) Mike Miranda, 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the home at Forsetville. Entered school September 7th. 3) Louis Belilta, 61 Water St., 12 years old last summer. Worked part of the time snipping beans in the sheds at Collins, N.Y. 4) Rose Moreibella, 41 Peacock St., 11 years old last summer. Stringing beans part of the time in the sheds at North Collins and Cherry Creek, N.Y. 5) Josephine Favata, 62 Main St., 10 years old last summer. Said that when little sister slept, she husked corn and string beans in the big shed at Albion, N.Y. 6) Magaline Tutarchi, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans and shelling peas sometimes in the sheds at Mr. Morris, N.Y. 7) Bombe Regis, 69 Water St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the sheds. Entered school in September. 8) Rosa Guglinzza, Room 10, 62 Main Street, 10 years old last summer. Worked on berries, corn and beans in the sheds at Cherry Creek. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo ...

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Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri

Truant newsies 11 A.M. May 12th, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1443. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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