5,609 Free Photos of Child Labor

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10-30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old Celery Vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers ana gum. Has been in this LOC cph.3c14497
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B.F. Howell, Route 4, Bowling Green, Ky. and part of his family stripping tobacco. The 8 and 10-year old boys in photo 'tie up waste'; his 12-year old boy and 14-year old girl (not in photo LOC nclc.00648
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Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy-Otto Sheldo-2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman-4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford-5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, LOC nclc.01589
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A Night Scene (Photo by 9-00 P.M.) Flower making. Family of Mary Bezzola, 212 Sullivan St., N.Y. George (10 years old) and Levia (9 years old) work until 9-00 P.M. when work is rushing. LOC nclc.04141
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4-30 P.M. Mrs. Annie De Maritius, 46 Laight St., front, Nursing a dirty baby while she picks nuts. Was suffering with a sore throat. Rosie, 3 yrs. old hanging around. Conevieve, 6 yrs. old. LOC cph.3b36704
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Nick Pilisotta, ten years old, 899 Fayard St. Works some in the Biloxi Canning Co. 'I want to quit school and work steady. Make 50 cents a day. Made $1.30 one day last year when shrimp was LOC cph.3a01042
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Newsies starting to sell at 3-30 P.M. after school. Left to right- Tony Tomasula, 9 years, 11 Fly St.; Frank Thomas, 10 years, 26 State St.; Morris Bookbinder, 12 years, 212 Eagle St. LOC nclc.03389
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Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old (see 4830) and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said- 'He said LOC cph.3b30503
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Manley Creasson, 914 W. 6 St. Messenger -6, Mackay Telegraph Co. Says he is 14; school records say 13. Says he has steady job - 'Been a messenger for years. Get $15 for 2 weeks' pay.' LOC nclc.04020
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Left hand boy is Broadus McCoy been sweeping one year, Cherry St. Makes 40 cents a day sweeping in the Belton Mfg. Co., Belton S.C. The family bible record said he has just reached 11 years LOC nclc.02611
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Left hand boy of three, Anton Perry, 723 Water Street, Ward 6. Works in Mill. Birth certificate makes him 14. Right hand boy Joseph Oliver, 164 Fourth Street, Ward 5. Works in drawing room LOC nclc.02228
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Lea Clemner, 5 Trenton Street, Gastonia, N.C. 8 years old. Beginning to doff. Said he gets only 15 cents a day. Works part time in mill (4 days a week and part time goes to school. Query, LOC nclc.01407
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Maggie Burton, 14 years old. A typical adolescent. Sister to Charley Burton (see large photo - 277). Been Spinning 6 years. Can run 7 sides = 70 cents a day . Does run 5 sides = 50 cents a LOC nclc.01408
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Little Fannie, 7 years old, 48 inches high, helps sister in Elk Mills. Her sister (in photo) said, 'Yes, she he'ps me right smart. Not all day but all she can. Yes, she started with me at LOC nclc.01893
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Raymond Bykes, Western Union No. 23, Norfolk Va. Said he was fourteen years old. Works until after 1-00 A.M. every night. He is precocious and not a little 'tough.' Has been here at this LOC nclc.03737
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General Utility Boy in Miller & Vidor Saw-mill. 14 years old (he said). Part of the time he throws slabs into the chute that has chain carrying them to the mill. I saw him helping a man LOC nclc.05545
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Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said- 'She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in LOC nclc.00467
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Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said- 'She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in LOC cph.3c26794
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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 LOC nclc.00763
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Royal Mills workers. Front Row; -Spinners- Left hand end, Simplis Leon (one year in mill); next Manuel Silvey (2 years in mill); next John Enos (2 years in mill). Back row;-Doffers etc. Some LOC nclc.01681
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Yetta Leider, making hair-goods for Mowshowitz (of 178 E. 2nd St., N.Y., see photo 2878) 2nd floor front in dirty and ill-kept bed-room at 81 Ridge St., N.Y. Dark kitchen and inner bed-room LOC nclc.04201
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Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger -1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. 'You bet I LOC nclc.05561
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John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver-4 looms. 40 cts. to start, 60 cents a day now. Brother and mother in mill. Morris Small (boy with cap) 'Reckon I been in mill 2 LOC nclc.01424
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Joe Rose. Dumps cranberries for his father. Said he was 11 years old. Lived at Hourwich, Mass. 7 out of 57 workers were 6 to 12 years old. Working from 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. they said. LOC nclc.00108
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James Morgan, 119 French St. Newsboy. 9 years of age. Selling newspaper 4 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling papers own choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 6 hours per LOC nclc.03605
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See 4053) Only one pupil is now present out of a possible 20 pupils, in School -9, Dist. 3, Ft. Morgan, Oct. 27-15, over five weeks after school began, (Sept. 20). They try to have 9 months LOC nclc.00376
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Tessie Sposato, 12 yrs. old girl and her mother picking nuts in attic of tenement, 141 Hudson St., N.Y. She holds the nuts against her dirty apron as she picks them out. Works until 9 p.m. LOC nclc.04093
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Tootsie, six yr. old news-boy, sells every day and Sunday for a young uncle who had to spend a good deal of his time driving Tootsie back on the job. Harry Murphy, 809 4-1-2 St., S.W., LOC nclc.03783
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This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 sides and earns 52 cents a day. Overseer has hand on boy' s shoulder. He said this mill made 70% profit last year and LOC cph.3a29770
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Sweepers and doffers in Royal Mill, River Point, R.I. Boy on right hand end, Frank Jetro has been in mill 3 years. Next Jos. Jetro, nearly 3 years. Next Manuel Ray; 2 years. Next Jo. Jolian; LOC nclc.01685
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Sunday morning, March 7, 1909. Morris Hurowitz, 10 years old. Been selling 2 years. Sells Saturday until 8 P.M. Starts out again Sunday at 7 A.M. Sells 25 or more Sunday papers. Is a bright LOC cph.3c07779
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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1-2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking LOC nclc.05309
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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1-2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking LOC nclc.05307
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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1-2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking LOC nclc.05307
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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. X 5 1-2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking LOC nclc.05309
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122 Sullivan St. 2nd Floor rear. Leveroni family. Earn 4 cents a gross making violets. Can make 20 gross a day when children work all day. Father has work. Mrs. Leveroni; Tessie Leveroni, LOC nclc.04071
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A) L. Seizwater, 333 Christian St., age 13, sells papers in subway. Works from 2 P.M. to 11 P.M. daily. Saturdays from 9 A.M. to 2 A.M. Sundays. Earnings 25 cents daily. (b) Jacob Cross, LOC nclc.03635
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Compare ages- Veronica Mikula, says 12 years old, 93 N. Front St., Steven Mikula, (in mill) says 15 years, appears less than 14. Photo taken in spare unused room too cold to warm. They crowd LOC cph.3a47663
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Charlie Lawson, 18 year old member of 4 H Club, showing his Hereford Heifer (on which he won a prize at the county fair) and now competing for a university scholarship at the Annual 4 H Fair LOC nclc.04400
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Daisy Chapman, a prize winner from Webster Springs, W. Va. She has been a 4 H Club Member for several years. Sewing is her main line now. Also one of the 'Caesar Gang' from Webster Co(unty) LOC nclc.04382
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Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, W. Va. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year- is a 'ketchin-up-boy' $.70 a day- says glass LOC cph.3a21698
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A typical group of Postal Messengers. Smallest on left end, Wilmore Johnson, been there one year. Works days only.... - NARA - 523438
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Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1-2 Milton St., rear, top floor, Worcester, Mass. Mother and children, 6 yrs., 8 yrs. two of 12 yrs. old. The 3-year-old helps a LOC nclc.04286
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Nearly all of family works in mill. Father in doorway, Mrs. A.L. Conyers (at end) not in mill. Llewlyn, Bessie... - NARA - 523132
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Italian newsies selling on Main St. at 10 P.M. Left to right- Lawrence Ferrer, 12 years old, 76 Front Ave.; Mathew Chinera, 11 years old, 58 E. Prier St.; Steve Cajuto, 11 years old, 218 7 LOC nclc.03402
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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also LOC nclc.03727
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John Gannon (14 years old) 104 Cherry St. John cannot secure an employment certificate because he lacks weight and cannot pass the physical test; he is also under sized for his age; has LOC nclc.04637
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Sold out at 8-30 P.M. Left to right- Pasquale Lolara, 13 years, 147 Jay St. Ercola Guallilo, 13 years, 53 1-2 Park Ave. Jerry Paciello, 12 years, 410 Catherine St. Frank Graciana, 13 years, LOC nclc.03435
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4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 LOC cph.3a38583
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5-15 P.M. Father hanging around the home while family works on feathers. Said, 'I not work. Got some sickness. Dunno what.' Mother; Millie, 16 yrs.; Jimmie, 11 yrs.; Mary, 12; Camilla, 5 all LOC nclc.04105
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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, LOC nclc.03257
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A family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. Does not work. Boy, 11 years old, helps some. New York City. - NARA - 523516
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Selling on Main Street, 9-30 P.M. Left to right- Joseph Magus, 10 years old, 80 Melody St. Guy Casacali, 12 years old, 31 Maple St. Morris Stein, cripple, 14 years old, 53 Sullivan St. Asked LOC nclc.03420
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William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 607 ('606' crossed out) E. 6th Street. Newsboys. William has been selling papers 4 years, average earnings 25 cents per LOC nclc.03581
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Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said- 'Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds.' See 4560. LOC cph.3a20269
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Bella Roy, said 11 years old. 'Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' since I was 5 years old.' Lives 44 Bowler St., Fall River. Sister Jeanette said 6 years old beginning to pick now. Also LOC nclc.00130
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Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said- 'Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds.' See 4560. LOC nclc.00597
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Gizzi family, 175 Sullivan St., 3-30 P.M. Make little roses which are easier than violets, but bring only 9 cents gross. Left to right- Leo, 11 years old. Louise 14 years old. Jose 12 years LOC nclc.04081
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George H. Bogart, 720 Pine Street. Market vender, 11 years of age. Tends stand for 1 year. Father owns same, Gets 25 cents per week. Norman Colt, 331 E. 7th St. Market vender, 12 years old, LOC nclc.03568
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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 LOC nclc.00765
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Amelia Sousa, 12 years old, picks 22 measures. Balmeda, 4 years old. Children said she doesn't pick, but she was... - NARA - 523482
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Going to work at 5-30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names (i.e., named) Jo. is a sweeper in Mill Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me. Been there 2 years. I saw him working inside. Said he didn't know how LOC cph.3b37909
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9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre. Eli Marks, 505 4 1-2 St. S.W., (8 yrs. old, makes 25 cents a night.) Morris Marks, 10 yrs. old makes 50 cents a night. Harvey LOC nclc.03752
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Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Tom Jenkins (left hand end) 13 years old, been in mill 3 year. Walter Jenkins, 15 years old. 4 years in mill. John Glover, (right hand) 16 years old, at mill 5 LOC nclc.01341
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Payne Cotton Mill. Girl with drooping eyes and hands on hips has been helping one year. Macon, Ga. - NARA - 523156
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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also LOC cph.3a42468
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Hodges Callop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also photo and LOC nclc.03732
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Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 years old and lives at 1506 S. Robinson St. Onem said- 'I never have been in school in my life but I got a pretty good LOC cph.3b30501
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From Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon Ga. Smallest girl-Pampa Barrow, helper 1 yr. in mill. Next, Hellie Dix, helper 3 years in mill. Next, Ola Dix, helper 4 years in mill. Next, Minnie Lane, helper 1 LOC nclc.01590
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See also 600 and 660.) (Called 'Bologna') Tony Casale, 11 years old been selling 4 years. Sells until 10 P.M. some times. His paper boss told me the boy had shown him the marks on his arm LOC nclc.05416
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12 yr. old truant, selling extras during school hours, 4-15-12. 'Thought I'd rather sell extras to-day than go to school. I go to St. Patrick's School.' At 2 A.M. April 19, I found him still LOC nclc.03773
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No Known Restrictions: Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin, St. Louis, Mo. by Lewis Hine, 1910 (LOC)
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Left hand boy Zeke Gosselin, 95 Main St. Been in mill one year. Other boy Philip Lesard, 68 Elm Street. Been in mill three years. W(or)king in G(rea)t Falls M(anu)f(acturin)g Co. LOC nclc.01750
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Spinners and doffers, Lancaster Cotton Mills, South Carolina, 01441u
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Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, Mass. The 13 years old girl, Catina Termine finishes the garments and carries them back and forth. LOC cph.3b07720
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One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year. Some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said LOC cph.3a49704
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Boy on left hand end (hands in pockets) is Peter Carlos, 33 Waldron St. Been working in Mill No. 1 for 1 1-2 years. Smallest boy is Nicholas Karambles, 33 Waldron Street. Cocheco Mfg. Co., LOC nclc.01770
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One of spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. (N.C.) She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year, some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said LOC nclc.01556
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Mrs. Ricca, making rompers for Campbell kids. Husband out of work. New York City. - NARA - 523504
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Averzano family, photo taken 1-30 P.M. March 6, a school day and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week... - NARA - 523528
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13-year-old boy, Edgar Kitchen, working for Bingham Bros. Dairy. He gets $3 a week; is not working for his own parents. Starts on the wagon at 7 A.M.; works seven days in the week driving LOC nclc.00426
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Boy carrying hats. New York City. - NARA - 523519
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Making dresses for Campbell kids dolls in a dirty tenement. The older boy, about 12 years old, operates the machine... - NARA - 523529
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Workers in More-Jones Glass Co., Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in middle is Harry Simpkins, 52 South Ave. (dirty, noisome conditions). See him in photos 978 & 979. LOC nclc.01228
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Smallest boy is Joseph Fortin, 71 Cocheco St. His mother (at home) said he is 14 years old. He does not look it. 6-00 A. M., May 15, 1909. Group going into Mill No. 1. Cocheco Mfg. Co., LOC nclc.01776
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Mrs. Guadina, living in a dirty, poverty stricken home. On the trunk is the work of 4 days. She was struggling along... - NARA - 523517
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Group on Court St. selling around the Shea Theatre, 8 P.M. Boy in center, Vito Bucheto, 10 years old. Behind him to... - NARA - 523275 (cropped)
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Luther Purdue, 114 Sheldon St. Said 9 years old. Been working 6 months in High Point Hosiery Mill, N.C. Works all day, making about $3.00 a week. Said he expects to go to school later. 'We LOC nclc.02630
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Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in a canning company. I ain't very fast only about 5 boxes a day. They pay about... - NARA - 523452
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Carrying-in Boy at the Lehr, (15 years old) Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day. LOC cph.3a20276
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Luther Perdue, 114 Sheldon St. Said 9 years old. Been working 6 months in High Point Hosiery Mill, N.C. Works all day now, making about $3.00 a week. Said he expects to go to school later. LOC nclc.02631
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Three young oyster shuckers
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A family working in the Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) LOC cph.3a29768
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Library, Henry St. Settlement. New York City. LOC cph.3a48918
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3 of the many young oyster shuckers
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A game in the gymnasium. Henry St. Settlement, New York City. LOC nclc.04578
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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, LOC nclc.00052
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At center market. 11 year old celery vender. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers... - NARA - 523535
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After midnight April 17, 1912, and still selling extras. There were many of these groups of young news-boys selling very late these nights. Youngest boy in the group is Israel Spril (9 yrs. LOC cph.3b08442
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Millie, 13 years old. Ignatio, 9 years old. Jo, 6 years old. Paresse family - NARA - 523287
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