5,609 Free Photos of Child Labor

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Wanamaker's 8-30 A.M. New York City. - NARA - 523286
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Workers in More-Jones Glass Co., Bridgeton, N.J. LOC nclc.01227
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Work that Educates. Twelve-year old boy tending bees under the direction of his father, John Spargo. Bennington, Vermont, Aug. 1914. LOC nclc.05580
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Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds, and the good housing conditions. LOC nclc.02678
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Scene in canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day, and works regularly, and her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six LOC nclc.01004
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Bleach Room boys. Daniel Crowley, 17 years old. Mike Kennedy, 18 years old. Pacific Mills. Lawrence, Mass. - NARA - 523271
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Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shank (i.e., shack) and are trying to make a living off the meagre land near by. Oct. 11, 1921. LOC cph.3a48917
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Forest Kellison, 4 H Club Member raising a sheep. Examining the quality of the fleece under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. LOC nclc.04426
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5 P.M. Boys going home from Monongah Glass Works. A native remarked 'De place is lousey wid kids.' (See -188.) LOC cph.3a50540
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Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Sommerville, Mass. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. LOC nclc.04259
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8 P.M. Friday, March 5, 1909. Charlie Gilstein, 9 years old. Philip Gilstein, 12 years old. Hartford, Conn. LOC nclc.03280
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9 year old newsie and his 7 year old brother 'Red.' Tough specimen of Los Angeles newsboys. See California report. LOC nclc.03962
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10-year old girl picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hill. LOC nclc.00581
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11 years old. Beginning to doff. Son of one of Gastonia's preachers . His two brothers, 14 and 16 years old, are also in the mill. LOC nclc.01359
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Boy who carries barrels. Robert Saunders, 10 years old. Lives Waquoit - is the sone (i.e., son) of the boss. Mother picks too. LOC nclc.00126
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A pair of truants, tending their father's mules. Photo taken during school hours, near Oklahoma City. Boys are 9 and 11 yrs. old. LOC nclc.00666
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4 p.m. Group of newsies selling in front of South Station. 4 of them said they were 11 years old. Saw no badges in evidence. LOC cph.3b41008
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Newsgirl about 11 years old, with a single paper making a begging and sight seeing trip through the business section. See California report. LOC nclc.03960
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Hartford, Conn., newsboys. Boy in middle, Joseph De. Lucco, has been selling for 8 years. Was arrested for stealing papers a while ago. LOC nclc.03254
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Group of Western Union Messengers in Norfolk, Va. See also photo 2232, 2258, and report on Va. messengers. LOC nclc.03731
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Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino Libro, 34 Walnut Street. Apparently 10 or 11. Works in No. 4 Spinning room. LOC nclc.05476
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Group of workers at the Dallas Cotton Mill. The small boy helps his sister. Eternal vigilance will be needed to keep these little ones out of the mill. LOC nclc.02860
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Group of younger workers in mule room. All but two are 14 and 15 years old. Going home at 11 A.M. Berkshire Cotton Mills. LOC cph.3c01563
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Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room -7. Florida St. Cyr, 24 Gray St. Works in spinning -7. LOC nclc.02424
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La Grossa family, 2 children and mother. Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown,. LOC nclc.00087
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Lena Lochiavo, 11 years old, 209 W. Sixth St., Basket Seller, Sixth Street Market, Cincinnati. In front of saloon entrance. LOC nclc.03200
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Little Levels High School - Hillsboro. One of the best consolidated rural schools in the county. Has Grades & High School. Oct. 6, 1921. LOC nclc.04371
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One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC cph.3c22661
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Mrs. Bissie and family (Polish). They all work in fields near Baltimore in summer and have worked at Biloxi, Miss. for two years. LOC nclc.05421
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Name- Anna Grenier at her 'speeder' Burlington, Vt. Has been here 2 years. Chace Cotton Mill. May 7, 1909. LOC cph.3b24157
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Messengers at the main office, Postal Telegraph Co., 283 B'way, turning in their uniforms at close of the day. The boys are carefully supervised and clothes are well kept. LOC nclc.03702
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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. LOC nclc.03463
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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. LOC nclc.03462
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General view of the spinning room, Cornell Mill, showing some of the young boys and girls employed there. Cornell Mill. See names on other photo. LOC cph.3b06408
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Rural Accident. Clipping from Pittsfield paper describing accident to Clinton Stewart, July 14, 1915. See Hine Report, August 1915. LOC nclc.00314
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Young Drivers and Trapper Boy, Brown Mine, Brown, W. Va. (Underground from 7 A.M. to 5-30 P.M.) Sept., 1908. LOC cph.3a17767
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Young spinner in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Said fourteen years old, but it is doubtful. See exterior photos and age comparisons in 2161 to 2163. LOC cph.3a01139
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Young worker leaving mill of Sagamore Manufacturing Company, Fall River, Mass., August 26, 1911. Noon. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02255
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Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Large sign up, 'Boys wanted.' LOC nclc.04709
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Workers in Fargo & Phelps Shoe Co., saw six boys and two girls probably under 14. Large sign up, 'Boys Wanted.' LOC nclc.04710
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Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds, and the good housing conditions. LOC nclc.02676
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Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds and the good housing conditions. LOC nclc.02680
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King Philip spinning room. Sweeper and cleaner Adelaid Levesque, 1152 Slade St. Age 14 - Looks larger because camera low. LOC cph.3b33419
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Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mill people. Even during the play the mill is ever in the back ground. Dallas Cotton Mill. LOC nclc.02855
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Home of Mrs. Schiaffo. She is a contractor, getting lace from the home workers in the neighborhood. Woman in black... - NARA - 523506
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Home-work (crochet) in East Side Tenement home. Grandmother pealing (sic) potatoes. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC cph.3a18648
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In the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work side by side with the white workers. Also in Richmond. These are some of those working in Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. LOC nclc.01299
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Indiana Mfg. Co. Peru, Ind. The old and the new. Old man has been there 33 years. Boy starting in, working with a board saw. LOC nclc.04486
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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 LOC nclc.04788
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Some of the housing conditions of the workers in the Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C., to contrast with the homes and gardens some times shown from the 'show mills' of the state. LOC nclc.02651
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Some of the spinners in Pell City Cotton Mill, grouped for me by the overseer. Mr. E. A. Thompson, Supt. of the Mill... - NARA - 523355
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Some of the young girls working in the Pelzer S.C. Mfg. Co. Not the youngest. Some of them seem surely under 12. All in the photo work. LOC nclc.02624
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Some of the spinners in Pell City Cotton Mills, grouped for me by the Overseer. Mr. E. A. Thompson, Superintendent of the Mill, is also Mayor of Pell City. LOC cph.3b31139
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Some of the young boys working Pelzer, S.C. Mfg. Co. Some of these workers seem surely near 12 years. May 27, 1912. LOC nclc.02625
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Some of the youngsters working in Belton Mfg. Co., Belton, S.C. Two of the youngest and J. Henderson. Kelly Street. Percy Morrison, Eugene Simper. LOC nclc.02606
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Some of the youngsters working in Belton Mfg. Co., Belton S.C. Two of the youngest and J. Henderson, Kelly Street. Percy Morrison, Eugene Simper. LOC nclc.02609
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Indianapolis Newsboys buying brass checks in a newspaper office. These checks cost at the rate of one-half the selling price of the newspaper and are exchanged at another window for the LOC cph.3c05660
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These are the smallest workers I could find at Southland Shoe Factory, Lynchburg, Va., and I went all through it. Only a few under fourteen. LOC nclc.04730
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School -9 and -12. Some of the boys who work in the glass works at night and go to school in day time. (See report for names, etc.) LOC cph.3c05657
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Shuckers in the Varn & Platt Canning Company. This 4 year old in the foreground was helping some. Six of the shuckers were 10 years and up to twelve. LOC nclc.01027
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Stanislaus Matthew, 30 Cabot St., (left hand boy). Warren Butman, Nonotuck St. Has worked in spinning room since Monday. LOC nclc.02431
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A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, 'No more.' LOC nclc.00015
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A typical fisher boy at T Wharf. Boston, Mass. - NARA - 523219
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Pack boys in Pacific Mill, George Driscoll, 14 years, Mike Foley, 15 years. Been working 1 1-2 years. LOC nclc.01856
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Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregular work.) This is the middle of the morning. Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. LOC nclc.01614
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Camille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one picks about 4 pails a day. Youngest was picking also. LOC nclc.00142
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Betsay (i.e., Betsey) Price, - First year High School at her club sewing. 4 H Club work - Marlinton, W. Va. LOC nclc.04436
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Setting stones in cheap jewelry, Ernest Lonardo, 11 years old, Thomas, 14 years old, 6 Hewitt Street, Providence, R.I LOC nclc.04298
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A typical sight. Family and neighbors working on tags on door steps of Mrs. McCarthy, 88 Marcella Street, Roxbury, Mass. See Home Work report. LOC nclc.04253
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A group of mill workers. Albert Duquette on top. Eclippse (i.e., Eclipse) Mills, North Adams, Mass. 1911. Noon. Richard K. Conant, Witness. LOC nclc.02268
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A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills. Clinton, S.C. - NARA - 523131
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Bessie, four years old, and Marietta, seven years old, both shuck oysters in Barataria Canning Company. Mother is Mrs. Ida Thompson, Baltimore. LOC cph.3a01062
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No. 846-847. Name- These children are representatives of the two families that occupy this one room in a shack on Bottomley's farm, Baltimore, Md. There are only sliding curtains to separate LOC cph.3b38161
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Left to right, Florence Lieto, 10 years old. Jennie Macola, 10 years old. Mamie Macola, 8 years old. Nicholas Macola... - NARA - 523284
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Lionel Perry, nine year old newsboy. Starts out at 5-00 A.M. usually. 4-00 A.M. on Sundays. Sells after school. LOC nclc.03871
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Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. LOC nclc.03406
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Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. LOC nclc.03407
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Going into the Butler Mills at 6-50 A.M. All went into work at North Gate beside office. Sixs (i.e., six) seemed under 14. LOC nclc.02213
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Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Child laborer in Arizona cotton field. 12-year-old boy born i . . . - NARA - 522231
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Group of boys from Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Spending Saturday behind the barn. Overseer came up and I couldn't get names or ages. LOC nclc.01414
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Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see LOC nclc.05497
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Interior of J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many tiny workers. Babies are held on laps of workers, or stowed away in empty boxes. LOC nclc.05423
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Group of workers stringing beans in J. S. Farrand Packing Company, Baltimore, Md. Many youngsters work here. Photo July 7, 1909. LOC cph.3b45099
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Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand Avenue. He jumps on and off moving cars at risk of life. LOC nclc.03497
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Greel's Shoe-shining Parlor, Indianapolis, Ind. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11. Taken at 10 P.M. LOC cph.3c05659
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Housing tobacco in barn of W.L. Fugate. Will go to Schoolsville School but it has not opened on account of repairs. Lewis W. Hine. See 4398-9 and 4400. LOC nclc.00534
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Jack, A Bright Indianapolis Boy of 13- Was a Messenger at the age of 11. Indiana has no age limit for mes'grs. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. LOC cph.3c05663
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Fall River Playground - No. Main St. 4 P.(M) One of largest in city. These are deserted much of the time until July 10th when they are opened. LOC nclc.05093
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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Francis Clancey, 14 years, Walter St., Brightwood. Left school a few weeks ago to work at Kibbe's. Earns $3.50. LOC nclc.04602
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Frank Obin, eight years old. Shucks oysters at Pass Christian. I found him asleep on the floor of the shed at 4 o'clock one morning. LOC nclc.00855
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John White, 189 Union St., a newsboy said he was '10.' Fall River, August 26th, 11 A.M. Richard K. Conant, Witness,) LOC nclc.03747
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Johnnie Yellow, a young Polish berry picker on Bottomley Farm. Says he is 10 years old and has gone to Biloxi, Miss.... - NARA - 523208
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One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. (...) LOC cph.3b47548
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One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. Anthony, R. I. (A Polish boy Willie) who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box. LOC cph.3a20284
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Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about wight (i.e., eight) pounds a day, regularly. See -3598. LOC nclc.00207
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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. LOC nclc.01481
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Miner picking coal. Out of narrow seam (5.5 ft.) Makes $2 $9.00 a day (some days). Brown Mine, Brown , W. Va. LOC cph.3a21705
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Shaw Cotton Mills. Overseer grouped all the workers, and several of them are surely under 13, and several began work under 13 last year. LOC nclc.02968
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This is the attendance at the Jeffers School, -29 on November 1. 7 present out of the possible 20. Absences due chiefly to beet work. See also 4060. LOC nclc.00396
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Some of the youngsters going to dinner. Noon hour. They all work in the Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. LOC nclc.01773
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