Belford Coldos, 8 years old, picking on Weeks’ Bog. Falmouth, Mass, September 1911
Merilda, carrying cranberries. Rochester, Mass, September 1911
Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand – Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works. Most of the scooping is done by adults. Wareham, Mass, September 1911
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
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
Norris Luvitt. Been picking 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, June 1909
These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills. Rossville, Ga, December 1910
Boy carrying hats. New York City, February 1912
Breaker boys. Smallest is Angelo Ross. Hughestown Borough Coal Co. Pittston, Pa, January 1911
Young pickers on Swift’s Bog. All working. Falmouth, Mass, September 1911
Jo Bodeon, a back-roper in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Young girl carrying a bundle of coats home to be finished. New York City, February 1912
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