Child Labor in the United States through the Lens of Lewis Hine

Belford Coldos, 8 years old, picking on Weeks’ Bog. Falmouth, Mass, September 1911

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Merilda, carrying cranberries. Rochester, Mass, September 1911

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Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand – Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909

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Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works. Most of the scooping is done by adults. Wareham, Mass, September 1911

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Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high. Has worked for half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C., November 1908

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View of the Ewen Breaker of Pa. Coal Co. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view, January 1911 S. Pittston, Pa

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Norris Luvitt. Been picking 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, June 1909

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These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills. Rossville, Ga, December 1910

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Boy carrying hats. New York City, February 1912

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Breaker boys. Smallest is Angelo Ross. Hughestown Borough Coal Co. Pittston, Pa, January 1911

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Young pickers on Swift’s Bog. All working. Falmouth, Mass, September 1911

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Jo Bodeon, a back-roper in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill. Burlington, Vt, May 1909

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Young girl carrying a bundle of coats home to be finished. New York City, February 1912

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