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Harley Bruce, a young coupling-boy at tipple of Indian Mountain Line of Proctor Coal Co., near Jellico, Tenn. He appears to be 12 or 14 years old, and says he has been working there about a LOC cph.3a26046
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Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years old. Works in the mill-room. His father is boss of another room. Frank Matley next in right end of picture lives at 25 LOC cph.3b43675
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Johnnie Yellow, a young Polish berry picker on Bottomley farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Says he is 10 years old and has gone to Biloxi, Miss. for 9 years (with family) and has worked LOC cph.3a20804
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Israel Marinoff, 81st St., Ward 5. Works at -2 drawing-in room. At his home his father gave me the boys age at 14 or 15. Those of his other children he was more sure of. LOC nclc.02217
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Group fo (i.e., of) workers going to work at 6-45 A.M. In Spring Village Mill. In this group are Mamie La Barge, Elizabeth and Lumina Demarais, Als de Gauthier, Erena La Prise (See previous LOC nclc.02306
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Group of boys working in Woodstock Cotton Mills. Smallest boy is Will Earwood, said he had been working there six years. Another small boy said he had been working there nearly ten years. LOC nclc.01928
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All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Tex. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was LOC cph.3a20293
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All work in Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb Miss. Smallest boy, a band-boy, is Johnnie Mathews, apparently only ten or eleven, but his mother assured me he is nearly fourteen, which is very LOC nclc.02082
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10 yr. old news-boy selling during school hours, but he said that he only goes to school in the afternoons. The half-day system makes it very hard to check up truants, but a good many of the LOC nclc.03772
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Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to Prairie Lee School. Beula is 13 years old and picks about 200 pounds a day when cotton is good. She drags and carries a bag LOC nclc.00606
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Main Entrance, Wamsutta Mills. Boy running is one of the workers in Wamsutta Mills. He is very small and appears considerably under 14. He has been dodging me for some time and did his best LOC nclc.02484
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Nine year old Mollie Keller and her two sisters, 10 and 13 yrs old, pulling beets. The overalls are used by many girls and women. They said they begin sometimes at 5 A.M., usually about 6 or LOC nclc.00319
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Mike Peoki, 707 South 7th St., Philadelphia. Didn't know age. Mother said 9 years. White's Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two LOC nclc.05294
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Michael McNelis, 612 Noble St., age 8 yrs. Old, newsboy. This boy just recovered from his second attack of pneumonia, was found selling papers in big rain storm today. General appearance was LOC nclc.03633
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Mrs. Gay, 33 James Street, Attleboro, Mass., and children - 5, 7, 12, and 13 years old, setting stones in cheap jewelry. There were 244 stones in this lot. She said they earned about $5 a LOC nclc.05579
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N. W. Bigham-In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison-In mill 2-1-2 years. 13 years old. Doffs-75 cents a day. Eureka Cotton Mills, Witness S.R. Hine. LOC nclc.01461
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Lillie Robertson, a young spinner in Century Cotton Mills, South Boston, Va. Runs four sides. Sister Mamie (with cup) helps her and is ten years old. Baby doesn't work yet. Father works in LOC nclc.02175
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Lacy (12 yrs. old) and Savannah (11 yrs old) Have worked two years. Father said 'The little one is a cracker jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the LOC cph.3b05700
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Two Portuguese girls working in Royal Mill, River Point, R.I. Younger girl, Mary Fartado 'Works on lace.' Been in mill 3 years. Other girl 3 years too. they do not speak English. LOC nclc.01679
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Young girl working in American Woolen Mills Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. 27 Children apparently under 15 were counted at one gate. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos LOC nclc.01850
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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. (See N.C.L.C. Photos -720-745, May 1909.) 27 Children apparently under 15, were LOC nclc.01855
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Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Weeks work LOC nclc.04824
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Whistle blows noon Opelika Cotton Mill. Smallest girl in photograph is Velma Smith a tiny little spinner with a steady job all day. I found her at home crying bitterly because her father LOC cph.3b31142
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Noon, June 10, 1909. Parker Mills, Warren, R.I. All these and about a dozen more I saw working in this mill that A.M. when I visited the mill. The smallest boy in middle has been working LOC nclc.01814
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Group of workers in Moritas Mill, Columbus, Ga. Could not get the youngest. I went through the mill in the morning and saw some very young workers, and a number of little dinner toters who LOC nclc.02826
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Group of workers in the Massachusetts Mills, Lindale, Ga. Photo taken at noon, April 12, 1913, while they were being paid off. During the days following this, I proved the ages of nearly a LOC nclc.02791
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Group of Workers in Glenallen Mill, including Adrienne Pagnette, Annie Dugas, Francis Pagnette, Anatole Gernon, apparently 11 or 12 years old, doffs on top floor spinning room of the above LOC nclc.02318
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Group showing some of the youngest workers taken in the Scotland Neck Cotton Mill at starting time. Tiniest girl, one apparently 8 or 9, investigator saw at work at her knitting machine LOC nclc.02962
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Isaac Boyett, 'I'm de whole show.' The twelve year old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street, Waco. The photo shows him in the heart of the Red LOC cph.3a31143
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Isaac Boyett, 'I'm de whole show.' The twelve year old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street, Waco Tex. The photo shows him in the heart of the LOC nclc.05542
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Isaac Boyett, 'I'm de whole show.' The twelve year old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street, Waco Tex. The photo shows him in the heart of the LOC nclc.05542
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Gordon Peter, using scoop with metal teeth not covered. Said 10 years old. One of the smallest scoopers that we found. Usually scooping is done by adults. Been picking 3 years. LOC nclc.00120
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Group at Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Va. I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. Some of them, especially LOC nclc.02194
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Group of 'cartoners' in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory -7. Everyone of them works putting cans of sardines into paper cartons. Eleven out of the fourteen were under twelve years. Several from LOC cph.3b33767
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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Joseph Giordano 14 years, Feeding Hills, Mass. Had just received his work certificate and left school. Tended a chocolate machine at $3.50. This was as small a boy as LOC nclc.04603
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Waiting for the 'Forwards' - Jewish paper - at 1 A.M. Group includes boys 10 years old. Taken on steps of 'Forwards' building at 1-15 A.M. just as the papers were being issued. LOC nclc.3c34588
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Young girl carrying bundle of coats home to be finished. New York City. - NARA - 523520
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Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report. LOC cph.3a38575
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Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Migratory labor camp (F.S.A.) seen from . . . - NARA - 521762
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Two families working together on Kimball farm near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. LOC nclc.00238
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Watch Co., (6 boys of questionable age, but could not get photo of them.) These machines automatically make the tiny screws used in watches- One man tends to 14 machines. A lesson for glass LOC cph.3b15914
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Gladys Goodrum, 116 Short Street, Columbus, Ga. Said 12 years old. Seen working nearly one year as looper in Massey Hosiery Mill. Makes $9. a week sometimes. LOC nclc.02802
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Family group hulling strawberries in the sun at Johnson's Hulling station, Seaford, Del. Note the child of about 5 years of age in the centre of the picture with sharp, long knife hulling LOC nclc.00787
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Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. 'Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands.' Ages of those LOC nclc.00520
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Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, Attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. 'Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands.' Ages of those LOC nclc.00524
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Conrad Helmut's two girls, 6 and 8 yrs. old, pulling beets, near Sterling, Colo. The ground was hard and the little ones tugged away at the beets steadily. There are three smaller children LOC nclc.00323
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Every one of these youngsters went into work when the whistle blew, noon June 15, 1911, in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. See also photos and labels 2245 to 2249. Following are LOC nclc.02200
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Charlie Talley, 9 years old, lives at 204 N. Douglas St., Starts out about 4 a.m. every day in the week and Sunday. Goes to school too, he says. LOC nclc.04014
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On right hand is Richard Fitzgerald, 53 Montgomery St., works in twisting room of Eclipse Mills, No. Adams. On left hand, Joseph Adams, 107 Front St., works in twisting room of Eclipse LOC nclc.02262
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One of the smallest boys I found at the Converse Manufacturing Co., Converse, S.C. just beginning to spin. 33 cents a day. Very few young children here but I was told it was due to the LOC nclc.02597
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One of the young doffers working in Pell City Cotton Mill. Supt. of Mill is also Mayor of Pell City. Pell City, Ala. - NARA - 523356
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Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every day-been selling five years. Makes 50 cents Sundays and 30 cents other days. LOC nclc.03979
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Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Ten-year-old boy brings in his morning pick to the weighmaster at . . . - NARA - 522239
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Nearly the entire force, Yooona (i.e., Yocona) Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in the photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby LOC nclc.02107
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Mery Horn, a hunchback. The doctor told her it was a severe case and was being aggravated by the heavy load of papers she carried and so she must stop. She replied 'But I need the spending LOC nclc.03232
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Mother and children hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station. Cyral (in baby cart) is 2 yrs. old this May and works steadily hulling berries. At times Cyral would rest his little LOC nclc.05326
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Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Has been working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 9 months. LOC nclc.01743
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The Dickerson Family, Dependent Parents. Father (not in photo) works in a machine shop. All except mother and two babes work in the cotton mill, Winona. Mother said, 'Father earns good pay. LOC nclc.02114
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Team work. Older brother makes smaller boy do the work. Small boy said he was 9 years old. Appears to be 7. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. LOC nclc.03485
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The smallest girl is Josephine Ramie, 10 years old, Maniyunk, Pa. (Near Philadelphia). Padrone stands over them, urging them, urging them and often swearing at and threatening them. Theodore LOC nclc.05289
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Some of the workers in the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C., but I could not get the smallest ones into the picture. LOC nclc.02691
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Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, 'Only helps in the mill afternoons and LOC nclc.02032
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Some of the youngest workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, 'Only helps in the mill afternoons and LOC nclc.02032
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Slovenly kitchen living-room of family of Alfred Benoit, 191 N. Front St., a sweeper in Bennett Mill; has been there for two months. Mother works in the same mill; father is a canvasser (and LOC cph.3b21264
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These boys all said they worked in the Everett Mill, another boy told me that the smallest boys do not work. There (sic) names are John Pickacki, 84 Union Street, smallest boy in the picture LOC nclc.02342
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The only school near the Cotton Mills, Winona, Miss. A private school taught by Miss. McIntosh, who for several years off and on has conducted it, charging each pupil only one dollar a LOC nclc.02118
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Tommy Bullard and his family. He has been sweeping for over a year in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Said he was 13, but it is doubtful. Mother is a widow. Sisters in the mill too. LOC nclc.02137
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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Va.) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, LOC nclc.02044
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9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were LOC nclc.04977
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9 year old cash girl in Gafer Department store. At first glance the home conditions with a one-armed father and several children in the family would indicate that her small wages were LOC nclc.04978
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Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10-00 P.M. over campfire in corner lot behind bill-board. Jefferson St. near Olive. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper,. LOC nclc.03470
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Frances Frigineto, 3 years old, Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter been picking two years. This is the fourth week... - NARA - 523261
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Lena Lochiavo, 11 years old, Basket Seller, Sixth St. Market, Cincinnati O. Saloon entrance. 11 P.M. Had been there since 10 A.M. and not yet sold out. LOC nclc.03202
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As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth Va. I went through the mill several times while they were working and saw a number of boys and girls that were surely under 14. LOC nclc.02192
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A few of the youngsters in King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. Taken at noon, Jan. 14, 1909. A party of us under the guidance of the Vice President had been shown through the mill but no evidences LOC nclc.01593
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A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found working in the spinning room of one of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. mills at Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at 1-00 p.m., May LOC nclc.01738
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A few of the youngsters in the Manchester Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. I was not allowed to go inside. See photos 517 to 520. LOC nclc.01611
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Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School -49, Comanche LOC nclc.00668
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1909 detail, Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan LCCN90707449 (cropped)
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2 'yearlings' belonging to a South Georgia farmer. The former usually gets more attention than the child. John Paulk family. See report of Lewis W. Hine on Georgia, March 1915. LOC nclc.00252
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Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School -49, Comanche LOC cph.3a19696
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All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. LOC cph.3a48139
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All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. LOC nclc.00859
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All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, April 10, 1913. The youngest are turners and loopers. Other Hosiery Mills around here employ children of 8 and 9 years. LOC nclc.05340
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All working in May Hosiery Mills. Youngest boy admitted 5 years of age and had been working there 9 months. He is... - NARA - 523342
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A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. Been there 'bout 2 years.' 50 operatives and there were 10 children that looked to be under 12 years of age. LOC nclc.01545
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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from LOC nclc.00501
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Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Boy on right hand is Joseph Tanguay, 80 Depot Street. Left hand boy is Henry Labreck, 14 Chesley Av. LOC nclc.01755
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Alberta Mc Nadd on Chester Truitt's Farm. Alberta is 5 years old and has been picking berries since she was 3. Her... - NARA - 523320
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Noon hour, Manchester Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. See photos 517 to 520. LOC cph.3b13188
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High up on the top floor of a rickety tenement, 214 Elizabeth St., N.Y., this mother and her two children, boy 10 years old and the girl 12, were living in a tiny one room, and were LOC cph.3b03540
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Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. One was 9, he said, and other 11. You(n)gest work for $3. a LOC nclc.03846
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Harry and Sallie. Driver in Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafton, W. Va. Was afraid to be photo'd because we might make him go to school. Probably 12 years old. LOC cph.3b30369
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Henry, 10 year old oyster shucker who does five pots of oyster (sic) a day. Works before school, after school, and Saturdays. Been working three years. Maggioni Canning Co. LOC nclc.05334
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