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A man taking a picture of a potted plant. Photographer profession cameras, work.

A man taking a picture of a potted plant. Photographer profession came...

A man squatting down taking a picture of himself / A man taking a picture of a plant / Public domain art photo.

Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Photograph shows cut logs used in construction of a trestle bridge.

Lattice work - Public domain architectural drawing

Lattice work - Public domain architectural drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From the "Construction" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints an... More

Road making machine - at work on roads of St. James on Gulf, Florida

Road making machine - at work on roads of St. James on Gulf, Florida

In album. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and from item.

U.S. Army Engineer dredges at work on Ohio River; Three Brother's Islands. View downstream from Mt. Dudley showing dredges OHIO & OSWEGO at work. Aug. 25, 1887

U.S. Army Engineer dredges at work on Ohio River; Three Brother's Isla...

Photo by E.J. Carpenter. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dams; Dikes (Engineering); Ohio River; Flood control; Dredges; Army, US Corps of Engineers; Shelf.

Dr. John Scott Mrs. Harrison's father, aged 89, at work in the Pension Office, for A.P.A., Nov. 16.

Dr. John Scott Mrs. Harrison's father, aged 89, at work in the Pension...

Dr. John Scott working at a desk in the Pension Office. In album: Pinkey's blue book, or, The indigo agonies of a photographic amateur, no. 17. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[History of Work diorama showing Samoyedes with tepee and reindeer pulling sled, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[History of Work diorama showing Samoyedes with tepee and reindeer pul...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing early Greek pottery making, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing early Greek pottery ma...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit, demonstrating early bronze casting, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit, demonstrating early bronze ca...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing Stone Age people making flint instruments, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing Stone Age people makin...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[History of Work exhibit showing diorama of people from the Polished Stone Age building a dolman, polishing a hatchet, and making pottery, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[History of Work exhibit showing diorama of people from the Polished S...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miners of the Comstock, as they work under ground. Ophir mine. Gould & Curry mine. Three Bickell brothers who lost their lives in the fire in Gold Hill mine, April 7th, 1869. Savage mine. Chollar mine

Miners of the Comstock, as they work under ground. Ophir mine. Gould...

Composite of five reproductions of photographic prints. Photographed and copyrighted, 1890, by Jas. H. Crockwell, Virginia City, Nevada. In album: Souvenir of the Comstock, p. 20.

The growing field of woman's work. A short look ahead

The growing field of woman's work. A short look ahead

Caricature showing women working as hotel clerk, examining physicians, train clerk and on jury duty. Color lithograph by F. Opper. Illus. in: Puck, 1891 March 4, p. 32. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - WOMEN EMPL... More

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman) at work]

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman)...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu.; Women Employment; Shelf.

[Auguste Rodin observing work on the Monument to Victor Hugo, Lebossé's studio, 1896]

[Auguste Rodin observing work on the Monument to Victor Hugo, Lebossé'...

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Joaquin Miller, 1841?-1916, at work in bed, Christmas Day, 1896, full length, wearing night cap, cluttered room]

[Joaquin Miller, 1841?-1916, at work in bed, Christmas Day, 1896, full...

Photo copyrighted by G. Wharton James. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Photog. Index; PI.

MAINE wreck, forward looking aft - Spanish divers at work - Havana Harbor

MAINE wreck, forward looking aft - Spanish divers at work - Havana Har...

25541 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. War of 1898; Cuba Havana; Ships US Govt.; Shelf.

3 Gold Miners at Work - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

3 Gold Miners at Work - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereo by the Keystone View Co., copyrighted by B.L. Singley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Mines... Gold; Shelf.

American divers at work,-coming up-"Maine" wreck, Havana Harbor

American divers at work,-coming up-"Maine" wreck, Havana Harbor

25559 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pressmen at work in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

[Pressmen at work in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virgin...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 4. Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American school children at work on a craft project]

[African American school children at work on a craft project]

No. 352. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Kindergarten field work, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Kindergarten field work, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

African American children learning gardening. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a garden, agriculture, nursery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.

Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.

Photo shows African American using machinery in a woodworking shop at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Title from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the P... More

Eskimos doing carpenter work, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimos doing carpenter work, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Native weaver at work, Ramallah, Palestine

Native weaver at work, Ramallah, Palestine

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 11098. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arabs; Weavers; Women Empl.; Wheat; Dance; Palestine; Ph. Ind.

Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Italy

Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Ita...

D10900 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crude makers of beautiful goods; making the famous inlaid pearl work, Damascus, Syria

Crude makers of beautiful goods; making the famous inlaid pearl work, ...

D8893 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item.

Gold Miners at Work in the Klondike Mining District, Alaska

Gold Miners at Work in the Klondike Mining District, Alaska

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Alaska Klondyke; Gold Mining.

Rapid transit work at 59th St. & Central Park west, June 8th, 1901

Rapid transit work at 59th St. & Central Park west, June 8th, 1901

Columbus Circle, New York City. H5882 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underhill photographer, New York City.

[Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Edward C. Huffaker and Octave Chanute seated, Wilbur Wright standing, and George Spratt sitting on ground]

[Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Philippine Islands: The native Filipino prefers cock-fighting to work

Philippine Islands: The native Filipino prefers cock-fighting to work

Two cocks ready to fight. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Art Co.). No. 71. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I. (2); P.I. Misc. 1902; ... More

"The prerequisites of success - hard work, keen intelligence, unflinching will" - President Roosevelt, Providence, R.I.

"The prerequisites of success - hard work, keen intelligence, unflinch...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt standing on a platform with his finger pointed, speaking to a large crowd. H23289 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

Stupendous Log-Raft, containing millions of feet - a camp's year's work, profit $20,000 - Columbia River, Oregon

Stupendous Log-Raft, containing millions of feet - a camp's year's wor...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ore. Columbia R.; Lumbering Ore.; Photog. I.; Shelf.

"The law of successful national life is the law of work" - President Roosevelt's Labor Day speech, Rutland, Vt.

"The law of successful national life is the law of work" - President R...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt giving a speech while surrounded by a large crowd. H23309 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

[Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota]

[Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Minn. M- R-; Mines... Iron; Geogr.; Shelf.

[Cobbler at work bench and girl]

[Cobbler at work bench and girl]

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. #7. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shoemakers.

[Old woman] weeding cane - never too old to work, St. Vincent, B.W.I.

[Old woman] weeding cane - never too old to work, St. Vincent, B.W.I.

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 14423. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Plantation crops Sugar cane St. Vincent 1903; Women Employm... More

"A man who is worth his salt will work" - President Roosevelt at Dunsmuir, Cal.

"A man who is worth his salt will work" - President Roosevelt at Dunsm...

Stereograph showing Theodore Roosevelt speaking to crowd from the back of train car. H33575 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

After silk worm has finished his work - cocoons from which raw silk is produced, Shizuoka, Japan

After silk worm has finished his work - cocoons from which raw silk is...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 3894. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Silk; Geogr.

Coffee pickers at work, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.

Coffee pickers at work, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 14439. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisins. Caption card tracings: Coffee; Geogr.

Christlike work in benighted Korea - Miss Peary's home for destitute and blind, English Mission, Seoul

Christlike work in benighted Korea - Miss Peary's home for destitute a...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.; Missions; Blind.

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September 11, 2011 -- "Mormon Helping Hands" volunteers work in Lincoln Park, New Jersey to help disaster survivors recover from Hurricane Irene. "Mormon Helping Hands" is a volunteer outreach program affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FEMA and "Mormon Helping Hands" partner to assists disaster survivors recover from the effects of disasters like the flooding in New Jersey that occurred as a result of Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA.

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Water-logged debris lines the streets of Lincoln Park, New Jersey after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Irene Production Date: 09/11/2011 Caption: Lincoln ... More

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September 11, 2011 -- "Mormon Helping Hands" volunteers work in Lincoln Park, New Jersey to help disaster survivors recover from Hurricane Irene. "Mormon Helping Hands" is a volunteer outreach program affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FEMA and "Mormon Helping Hands" partner to assists disaster survivors recover from the effects of disasters like the flooding in New Jersey that occurred as a result of Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA.

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September ...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA partners with volunteer agencies to help disaster survivors in Lincoln Park, New Jersey Production Date: 09/11/2011 Caption: Lincoln Park, N. J. , Septemb... More

Kairouan. Doorway between two courtyards in the Mosque of the Barber, showing details of the Moorish tiles and fine bits of Arabic stucco work above the door which is chiselled out of hard cement by hand / Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis.

Kairouan. Doorway between two courtyards in the Mosque of the Barber, ...

Blind stamp: Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis. No. 523. No. 13. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September 11, 2011 -- "Mormon Helping Hands" coordinators Jeffery Olson (center) and McLloyd "Mac" Jensen (right) discuss volunteer recovery activity with FEMA Long-Term Recovery Specialist Nancy Turnbull (left) as "Mormon Helping Hands" volunteers (clad in yellow jerseys) work in Lincoln Park, New Jersey to help disaster survivors recover from Hurricane Irene. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA.

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Lincoln Park, N. J. , September ...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA partners with volunteer agencies to help disaster survivors in Lincoln Park, New Jersey Production Date: 09/11/2011 Caption: Lincoln Park, N. J. , Septemb... More

On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s[tee]l. G[enera]l Slocum Di[saste]r, New York H[arbo]r, June 15, 1904

On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal wo...

Stereograph shows men standing among the wreckage on the melted metal and steel deck of the destroyed steamboat the SS General Slocum at the New York Harbor. H49055 U.S. Copyright Office No. 8403. Copyright by ... More

Loading a king hoist in hold [of iron ore ship] - showing pickmen at work, Conneaut, Ohio

Loading a king hoist in hold [of iron ore ship] - showing pickmen at w...

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 6702. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry Iron; Mines and mining; Freight; Geogr.; Occupations.

[Hurried work at a Russian field hospital near Fort Kuropatkin - Port Arthur]

[Hurried work at a Russian field hospital near Fort Kuropatkin - Port ...

H63455 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7786.

[Women at work in an unidentified laundry, possibly in Boston]

[Women at work in an unidentified laundry, possibly in Boston]

Photograph shows interior view of a laundry with two women standing next to large sinks, one operating a wringer, and another woman standing next to a drying rack placed near a stove, and several large baskets ... More

A passing tug showing unloaders at work on both sides of harbor, Conneaut, Ohio

A passing tug showing unloaders at work on both sides of harbor, Conne...

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry...; Tugboats; Great Lakes; Freighters; Ohio Conneaut.

Steam shovel at work digging the Canal, Isthmus of Panama

Steam shovel at work digging the Canal, Isthmus of Panama

Steam shovel loading dirt into railroad cars. H88018 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3100. Copyright by Standard Scenic Company.

Work and gossip at a fountain by the Cappuccini gate in Taormina's old city wall, N. Sicily

Work and gossip at a fountain by the Cappuccini gate in Taormina's old...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (49)-8602. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Fountains; Castles; Ph. Ind.

U.S. Secret Service employees at work

U.S. Secret Service employees at work

Full length, standing, looking at photos in cabinet, right profile. Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Secret Service; PI; G... More

Cleveland Soup, 1893. Strikes = Lock-outs = No work / Leon Barritt.

Cleveland Soup, 1893. Strikes = Lock-outs = No work / Leon Barritt.

Postcard for the American Protective Tariff League shows a bowl labeled "Cleveland Soup, 1893". The words "free trade" and "lest we forget" appear to the left and right of the bowl, a spoon "democracy" rests in... More

White House business office employees at work - Waldon Fawcett photograph

White House business office employees at work - Waldon Fawcett photogr...

Interior view of White House business office showing employees working at desks. Copyright by Waldon Fawcett.

The Washington Monument, the world's highest work of masonry (555 ft.), from the P.O., Washington, U.S.A.

The Washington Monument, the world's highest work of masonry (555 ft.)...

Stereograph shows view of the Washington Monument from the clock tower of the post office with a man in shadows in the foreground. H87543 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick, Office: Ph... More

[Coal miners at work in mine] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

[Coal miners at work in mine] - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Photograph of sterograph half shows two miners working by candlelight in mine. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85503.

U.S. Signal Corps at work on balloon, Ft. Myer, Virginia, 1907

U.S. Signal Corps at work on balloon, Ft. Myer, Virginia, 1907

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. U-107132. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

In temporary quarters - a barber at work, Fort Mason Relief Camp, San Francisco Disaster, Calif.

In temporary quarters - a barber at work, Fort Mason Relief Camp, San ...

H97381 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Barbers; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

How all our pottery manufacturers began - an Indian potter at work - Arizona

How all our pottery manufacturers began - an Indian potter at work - A...

2 Indian women. Stereo copyrighted by American Stereoscopic Co. No. A41092. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Indians; Pottery.

"The conquest of a continent is iron work" - Pres. Roosevelt, Jamestown Exposition

"The conquest of a continent is iron work" - Pres. Roosevelt, Jamestow...

H94428 Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 18005. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Where the work is being pushed with greatest energy - the famous Culebra Cut, Panama Canal

Where the work is being pushed with greatest energy - the famous Culeb...

Excavation and removal of dirt at the Culebra Cut. H92434 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11518. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

Work in roadway, Blackwell's Island Bridge

Work in roadway, Blackwell's Island Bridge

Bridge under construction, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 1680-3.

Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon

Work Horse parade, New York City: horse and delivery wagon

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Parades...; Horses...; NY NYC Misc. 1908; Shelf.

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...

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

[New York City Police Dept. activities: Information Bureau at HQ--4 men at work]

[New York City Police Dept. activities: Information Bureau at HQ--4 me...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. Sunday, Dec. 6/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. ...

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

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 435. Notation indicates information on verso, but no continuation text found. Credit line: National Child Labor C... More

Work Horse parade, New York City: spectators in stand

Work Horse parade, New York City: spectators in stand

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Parades...; Horses...; NY NYC Misc. 1908; Shelf.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

T. A. Wright, Supt. of the Whitnell [sic?] (N.C.) Cotton Mfg. Co. A typical boss,--except hat he was less gruff and suspicious than most. Began mill work at 10 years old. Been at it 18 years. I asked him if he excepts to send his own children to work in the mill. He smiled grimly, " Not if I keep my health, They're going to get an education." He said parents are responsible for so many children in the mills. Father loafs just as soon as children get old enough to work. Dec. 22, 08. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

T. A. Wright, Supt. of the Whitnell [sic?] (N.C.) Cotton Mfg. Co. A ty...

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

Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time off to eat. "Eat a-workin'." 9:00 P.M. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908. Mill was running. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours at a stretch. No special time...

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

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

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

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on warper. Lillie Anderson--Oldest of two sisters. Been in mill five years. Runs only 4 sides. Minnie Anderson, - youngest- runs 8 sides. Been in mill 4 year. One finds many such cases where youngest sister does twice the amount of work. Nov. 28/08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on wa...

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

Carrie Blanchard. "Don't know how old I am. Mother can tell. She keeps track of these things. She begins to work in mill tomorrow. 'Speks I'll go to help." (Mother said she was 10 years old). Little sister not at work yet. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Carrie Blanchard. "Don't know how old I am. Mother can tell. She keeps...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 365. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, Clinton, S.C., going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence. Superintendent wouldn't allow me to take photos inside. Photo by flashlight. Location: Clinton, South Carolina.

A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, Clinton, S.C., going home...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Apache squaws basket work - Public domain scan /

Apache squaws basket work - Public domain scan /

Her-Loo-A-Lah, Apache woman, posed with willow jugs and woven wash basins. H123796 U.S. Copyright Office Title transcribed from item. No. 16.

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

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

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. Hine no. 10-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Aven Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours without any stop for lunch. "Eat a-workin." 8:30 P.M. Friday. Mill running nights. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., Nov. 6, 1908.

Aven Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Work 12 hours without any stop for lunch. "E...

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A few of the hands on night shift Highland Park Hill, No. 3, Charlotte, N.C. 10:30 P.M. January 7/09. (See photo and label 484) Boy in middle been in mill 2 years. Girl next to him in mill 4 years. Been said it was hard work to get night hands. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

A few of the hands on night shift Highland Park Hill, No. 3, Charlotte...

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Boys working in Calvine Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N.C. Shortest boy been in mill work 3 years. Next boy 4 years. Tallest boy 5 years. Superintendent would not permit me to take photos in mill. I saw 10 or 15 children like these boys when they went home to dinner. Jan. 7, 1909. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Boys working in Calvine Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N.C. Shortest boy been in...

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[Linotype compositors at work, N.Y. World]

[Linotype compositors at work, N.Y. World]

Photo by the New York World. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Printing...; Machinery; Newspapers... NYW ... More

Justices of the Supreme Court at work and play, Associate Justice Joseph McKenna (left) on the links with former Justice Pitney

Justices of the Supreme Court at work and play, Associate Justice Jose...

Caddy in background, Washington, D.C., area. No. 1303. National Photo Company Collection.

White House repair work under way

White House repair work under way

Temporary roof being put on the White House. Copyright by National Photo. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Some of the night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Some of the night shift waiting to go to work. Cumberland Glass Works,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 963. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)]

[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)]

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Telegraph operator at work]

[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Telegraph operator at work]

Photo copyrighted by Clinedinst. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

6 P.M. May 6, 1909. Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mills, Burlington, Vt. In front row are Anna Grenier (2 yrs. in mill), Agnes Fountain. See photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

6 P.M. May 6, 1909. Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mi...

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A flashlight photo at 5:30 A.M. of part of the force (200 in all) going to work in Strickland Mill, Valdosta, Ga. A cold, foggy morning. Jan. 23, 09. Query: - are these youngsters "playing around the mill" at this time of day? A number of children even smaller than these did not get into photo. Location: Valdosta, Georgia.

A flashlight photo at 5:30 A.M. of part of the force (200 in all) goin...

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Charlie Lambert 15 now (he says) been in mill work 8 years. Went into mill in Columbia, S.C. at 7 years old, in Granby Mill. (See photo 557). Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Charlie Lambert 15 now (he says) been in mill work 8 years. Went into ...

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Atherton Mill, Doffer boys Charlotte, N .C. Photo taken during absence of Supt. and contrary to his orders. Tallest boy--Lester Blunt. Been in the mill work 2 years. Middle boy--Eb Saddlefield. Been in mill work 3 years. Boy on the right hand end,--Roscoe Simpson. Been in mill work 3 years. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

Atherton Mill, Doffer boys Charlotte, N .C. Photo taken during absence...

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8 P.M. Smallest boy, Sammie Kaplen, 8 years old. Next, James Welled, 8 years old, been at it half a year. Next, Ben Kosmitsky, 13 years old, one year at work. Next, Sam Kaplen, 14 years old, two years at work. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

8 P.M. Smallest boy, Sammie Kaplen, 8 years old. Next, James Welled, 8...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 618. "Neg. destroyed no phot." pencilled on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee col... More

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bottomley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the very smallest. She hangs around the fields. Begin work about 4 A.M. and sometimes works until sunset. (See #838.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bottomley farm, near Baltimore, Md....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 837. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Noon hour, Milleville i.e., Millville? Bottle Works, N.J. All work there, except tiny boy on end. Location: Millville, New Jersey

Noon hour, Milleville i.e., Millville? Bottle Works, N.J. All work the...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 998. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A few of the hands on the night shift in Highland Park Mill No. 3, Charlotte, N.C. 10:30 P.M. January 7/09. 100 hands in all. Ten children as small as smallest in photo to some smaller. One chap (48 in. high) was kept out of photo. Looked 9 years old. Boy on right hand and (by barrel) has been in mill work 9 years ; half of it at night. said "Rather work nights." Boss of spinning room began at 8 years and is now 30. Location: Charlotte, North Carolina.

A few of the hands on the night shift in Highland Park Mill No. 3, Cha...

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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. Dec. 20, 1909. Location: Trenton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Trenton, N.J. Photo tak...

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Going to work - A group of men standing next to a train

Going to work - A group of men standing next to a train

Men in open railroad cars on their way to the mines(?) J130544 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H. English, Wallace, Ida.

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