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Charles Bailey and Friend, 1908

June 6, 2010
Charles Bailey and Friend

Heading home for lunch, this is Charles Bailey (on right) and a friend. Both worked at the Singer Manufacturing Co. in South Bend, Indiana.

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Eugene Dalton, Messenger

May 7, 2010
Eugene Dalton

Photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee, this is Eugene Dalton in Fort Worth, Texas, 1913. He often worked in the area that was called “Hell’s Half Acre”, infamous for its saloons and brothels. The original of this photo is in the collection of the Library of Congress, and includes this [...]

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Cone Packing

April 9, 2010
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Another interior view of the Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. in Oklahoma City, also taken in 1917.

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Sanitary Cones

April 9, 2010
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In the foreground is fourteen year old John Myers, who baked and packed cones for the Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The photograph was taken in 1917 by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee.

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Tobacco Pickers, 1917

March 15, 2010
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Young tobacco pickers on the Goodrich Farm, Cromwell, Connecticut. The photo was taken in August 1917 by L.W. Hine.

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Albert Heon and Frank Migneault

February 9, 2010
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Albert Heon, 14 years old, and Frank Migneault, 15, both working as doffers at the Kerr Thread factory in Fall River, Mass.

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Kerr Thread Ball Field

February 9, 2010
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This series of photos was taken in 1916 by Lewis Hine as part of his work for the National Child Labor Committee. They show workers at the Kerr Thread plant playing baseball during their noon break. Built in 1900 in Fall River, Massachusetts, it was the largest thread manufacturing facility in the world, employing close [...]

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Bridgeport Newsie

January 28, 2010
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A newsboy in Bridgeport, Connecticut, photographed by Lewis Hine in March of 1909.

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Danville Cigarette Factory

January 26, 2010
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Lunch break at a cigarette factory in Danville, Virginia, circa 1911.

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Field Workers, Windsor, Connecticut

January 5, 2010
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“Field-workers, Amer. Sumatra Tobacco Co. The Supt. called the boys out to the end of the rows and we found 47 boys from 9 to 15 years old, all working but could not get hold of them all. The Supt. said, ‘We have to hire boys because we can’t get men to do the work.’ [...]

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Turk and Friend

December 23, 2009
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This photograph, taken in May of 1910, shows two “newsies” for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The boy on the right, nicknamed Turk, said he was going to Texas soon. The investigator for the Child Labor Committee said the boy had $1.75 he had just won at craps.

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Sonny and Pete, Newsboys

December 16, 2009
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Shown here are two San Antonio, Texas newsboys, Sonny and Pete. It’s difficult to read, but it appears that one of the boys is wearing a badge that says, “National Newsboy Association”. Photo taken in October of 1913 by Lewis Hine.

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Morris Levine

December 9, 2009
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Morris Levine, of 212 Park Street, Burlington, Vermont. Morris is 11 years old and sells newspapers every day, a job he’s had since we was 6. He makes 50 cents on Sundays and 30 cents on the other days. The poster advertises the motion picture, The Traffic Cop, which was released on April 8 of [...]

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Nashville Newsies

November 13, 2009
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Newsies in Nashville, Tennessee, 1910. “Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a decoy. Philip sells until 10 & 11 P.M. sometimes. Photo taken at 11 A.M. Philip said he player [sic?] hookey a week and they fired him. A good many young truants on the street those days.” [...]

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