![All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 a.m., work all day and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles[?], Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYWxsLXRoZXNlLWJveXMtYXJlLWN1dHRlcnMtaW4tdGhlLXNlYWNvYXN0LWNhbm5pbmctY28tZmFjdG9yeS03LWFnZXMtcmFuZ2UtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 a.m., work all day and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles[?], Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.")
All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...
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"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...
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Walter Kitosky, seven year old oyster shucker. Location: Pass Christi...
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![Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small [force]. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvY29tcGFyaXNvbi1vZi1hZ2VzLXNvbWUtb2YtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LXdvcmtlcnMtaW4tcm9hbm9rZS12YS1jb3R0b24tbWlsbHMtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small [force]. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.")
Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia)...
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Walter Kitosky, seven year old oyster shucker. Location: Pass Christia...
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![Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex [i.e., Inez?] Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small force. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvY29tcGFyaXNvbi1vZi1hZ2VzLXNvbWUtb2YtdGhlLXlvdW5nZXN0LXdvcmtlcnMtaW4tcm9hbm9rZS12YS1jb3R0b24tbWlsbHMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex [i.e., Inez?] Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small force. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.")
Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia)...
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Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going hom...
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"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...
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Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Virginia)...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2163. Text cut off; no continuation text found. Final word based on previous caption. Credit line: National Child... More
Carrie, a seven year old oyster shucker at Pass Packing Co., going hom...
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Seven year old Ann Suter, and eight year old Andrey Shrier in costume....
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![[Seven year old Ann Suter, and eight year old Andrey Shrier in costume. See photo and label 2937 and report by L.W. Hine. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvc2V2ZW4teWVhci1vbGQtYW5uLXN1dGVyLWFuZC1laWdodC15ZWFyLW9sZC1hbmRyZXktc2hyaWVyLWluLWNvc3R1bWUtc2VlLXBob3RvLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Seven year old Ann Suter, and eight year old Andrey Shrier in costume. See photo and label 2937 and report by L.W. Hine. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]")
[Seven year old Ann Suter, and eight year old Andrey Shrier in costume...
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Part of a group of itinerant cotton pickers leaving a farm at which th...
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Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a d...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3547. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly a...
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![Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZm91ci15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb3R0b24tcGlja2VyLXdoby1waWNrcy1maWZ0ZWVuLXBvdW5kcy1hLWRheS1yZWd1bGFybHktYW5kLXNldmVuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.")
Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly a...
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Seven year old Rudie Kartis, and brother, Louis, 9 years old. The olde...
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Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early...
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Elbert Hollingsworth, ten year old cotton picker. Picks 125 pounds a d...
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Seven year old Rudie Kartis, and brother, Louis, 9 years old. The olde...
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Ruby Hollingsworth, seven year old cotton picker. Works all day, early...
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Ceremonies and Parades - Tablet Unveiled for Brooklyn Soldier Dead. M...
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Andre is a seven year old war orphan whose mother is very grateful to ...
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This seven year old boy has been through some of the serverest hardshi...
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Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
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Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Erik Coyne, 100th Services Squadron,...
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"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...
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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2159. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Tiny, seven year old oyster shucker (Henry's sister, No. 3291) does no...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3292. Year not recorded on caption card; 1912 based on year that appears to be recorded on card for photograp... More
309 W. 146th Street. ... and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, emb...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2812. First part of caption appears to have been crossed out; name "De Levo"[?] barely visible. Credi... More
Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near Wes...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3645. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4940. "109, 110" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card covers 4940-4941.... More
Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2159. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2425. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More
309 W. 146th Street. ... and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, emb...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2812. First part of caption appears to have been crossed out; name "De Levo"[?] barely visible. Credi... More
Tiny, seven year old oyster shucker (Henry's sister, No. 3291) does no...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 3292. Year not recorded on caption card; 1912 based on year that appears to be recorded on card for photograp... More
Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near Wes...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3645. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
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"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...
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"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...
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Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
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![Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the "renters". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the "renters."[)]. Location: West, Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc3VsYWstZmFtaWx5LWZydWdhbC1ib2hlbWlhbi1mYXJtZXJzLW93bi1hbi1laWdodHktYWNyZS1mYXJtLW5lYXItd2VzdC13aWxsLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the \"renters\". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the \"renters.\"[)]. Location: West, Texas.")
Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near Wes...
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![Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the "renters". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the "renters."[)]. Location: West, Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc3VsYWstZmFtaWx5LWZydWdhbC1ib2hlbWlhbi1mYXJtZXJzLW93bi1hbi1laWdodHktYWNyZS1mYXJtLW5lYXItd2VzdC13aWxsLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the \"renters\". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the \"renters.\"[)]. Location: West, Texas.")
Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near Wes...
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![309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, "See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them." "She is so little because she's been sick so much.["] She works after school. Father is out of a job. "They pay too cheap for lace." Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvMzA5LXctMTQ2dGgtc3RyZWV0LWFuZC1oZXItc2V2ZW4teWVhci1vbGQtZGF1Z2h0ZXItbG9yZW56YS1lbWJyb2lkZXJpbmctbGFkaWVzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, \"See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them.\" \"She is so little because she's been sick so much.[\"] She works after school. Father is out of a job. \"They pay too cheap for lace.\" Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)")
309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, e...
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![309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, "See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them." "She is so little because she's been sick so much.["] She works after school. Father is out of a job. "They pay too cheap for lace." Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvMzA5LXctMTQ2dGgtc3RyZWV0LWFuZC1oZXItc2V2ZW4teWVhci1vbGQtZGF1Z2h0ZXItbG9yZW56YS1lbWJyb2lkZXJpbmctbGFkaWVzLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, \"See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them.\" \"She is so little because she's been sick so much.[\"] She works after school. Father is out of a job. \"They pay too cheap for lace.\" Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)")
309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, e...
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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...
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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...
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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...
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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...
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Tiny, seven year old oyster shucker (Henry's sister, No. 3291) does no...
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Tiny, seven year old oyster shucker (Henry's sister, No. 3291) does no...
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