5,664 Free Images of Child Labor

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Cocoanut Shaver -Kibbe's Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Been working one year. Earns $3.50. LOC nclc.04598
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Carrying underwear back to the factory through squalid surroundings. East Side near Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. LOC nclc.04191
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9-00 P.M. Dec. 17, 09. Newark, N.J. Nicholas Guiseppi, 65 River St. Sells until later than this. LOC nclc.05450
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A few of the young boys working in the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory. Many others work, who would not be photographed. See other photos. LOC nclc.04744
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5-30 Sunday Morning May 8th, 1910. Boys starting out from Burley's Branch, 23rd St. near Olive. LOC nclc.03475
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A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Dec. 2, 1908. L.W.H. LOC nclc.01477
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Workers in Enterprise Cotton Mill (Augusta, Ga.) Smallest boy (in middle) been in this mill 4 years. Others been there several years. LOC nclc.01585
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Two of the 'pin boys' working in Bowling Academy with 3 other small boys until 10 or 11 P.M. some nights. Burlington,. LOC nclc.03374
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Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the papers as she worked. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04303
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6 A. M., June 9, 1909. I found only a few youngsters going into this mill. American Thread Co., Westerly, R.I. LOC nclc.01815
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Arthur Sarasin, 7 Acushnet Block. Works in weaving room. At his house his people said he was fourteen last week. LOC nclc.02219
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Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He delivers bundles, tends the door, etc. LOC nclc.04012
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Antonio Satera, 135 1-2 Common St., works in folding-in room of the Wood Mill. Is an illiterate - probably 13 years old. LOC cph.3b46589
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See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report LOC nclc.00334
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Eldridge Bernard, 11 yrs. old. Buster Smith, 6 yrs. Old. Route boys of Newark. Colored. Taken at 4 P.M. LOC nclc.03836
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Katherine Flanagan, 15 years old. Examining curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager. LOC nclc.05189
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General view of weave room, Cornell Mill. Immediately after the photo was taken, the looms started up with deafening clatter. Cornell Mill. LOC nclc.02496
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Some adolescents in Bibb Mfg. Co. Macon, Ga. - NARA - 523155
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Some of the doffers at the Salisbury (N.C.) Cotton Mill, October 18th, 1912. The average age of the children here is rather high, but there are some youngsters. LOC nclc.02644
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The Petrino children, 290 First Ave. Peter, Mary, (baby), Katherine. Entire family spends summer working in a fruit picking center. LOC cph.3b06596
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Burns Basement Branch. A dark dirty cellar, 3518 Evans Ave. See photo 1460. St. Louis, Mo. May 1910. LOC cph.3a42467
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Going home Saturday noon, Jan 6., from Nashawena, Nonquitt and Manomet Mills. Many of these smallest ones said, 'Working in these mills.' LOC nclc.02516
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One of the youngest boys I found working in the Naomi Mill apparently 10 yrs old. There were two others about as young. LOC nclc.02833
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Rosy, an 8 year old oyster shucker works steady all day from about 3 A.M. to 5 P.M. The baby will shuck as soon as... - NARA - 523414
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Group of newsies selling on capitol steps. Dan, a chronic truant, 9 years old. Joseph, 10 years old, begins selling... - NARA - 523532
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Interior of Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. Magnolia... - NARA - 523307
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Hugh Dixon a 10 year old boy who says he's been working in the Shaw Cotton Mill some in the past year. LOC nclc.02982
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John Endyk, 90 Springfield St., been in Mill-room of Wood Mill one year. Birth certificate makes him 14. LOC nclc.02338
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Group of boys working in Freidjman (i.e., Friedman) Shelby Shoe Company, 6-30 A.M. (See photo -1718 for names of boys.) LOC nclc.04702
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All workers that are in Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in middle, and there are many others even smaller than he in mills of this region. LOC nclc.01990
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Boys Working in a Cannery, Indianapolis, Unloading freight cars full of new tomato cans. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. LOC nclc.05356
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Children of the Sunshine with 'Play'. L.W. Hine. (-4140- Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. LOC nclc.05593
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Anaemic adolescent who refused to give his name- Works in Kilburn Mill, New Bedford. (Is probably 13 or 14 years old.) LOC nclc.02246
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Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushing into the doorway tried to avoid me. LOC cph.3a18649
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Noon hour card game - Mill Boys. Pacific Mills. Lawrence, Mass. - NARA - 523272
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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. LOC cph.3b18633
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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. LOC nclc.01748
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Little spinner in Mollahan Cotton Mills, Newberry, S.C. Many others as small. Dec. 3-08 Witness Sara R. Hine. LOC cph.3c07335
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Loafing around. Group of boys who had been sweepers and doffers, then worked in tire factory and now out on strike. 5 P.M. LOC nclc.05105
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Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. LOC nclc.05322
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Lincoln Cotton Mill, Evansville, Ind. Boy sweeping small boy picking up and carrying away. (Bad light and shaking floors.) LOC nclc.01333
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Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Azy Warn-Winds. Stella Warn (little one) spins 4 sides. 'Been at it a long time.' LOC nclc.01484
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Two 7 year old newsies, profane and smart, selling Sunday. Nashville, Tenn. - NARA - 523340, edit
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Workers in the Tifton Cotton Mills. All these children were working or helping. 125 workers in all. Some of the... - NARA - 523146
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Investigator talking with Ida List, 124 Ridge Street, New York. 8 year old child suffering from chorea (St. Vitus dance) Was born in New York. Mother has always worked hard and takes in LOC nclc.04881
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Carl Brown, eleven years old. He and his father run a farm of 160 acres in Southern Vermont. He is overgrown, sluggish, but he said- 'I'd ruther go to school.' See Hine Report, Rural Child LOC nclc.00309
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) A midnight crap game in the street near Post Office, Providence, R.I. Nov 23, 1912. One 12 years old, one 14. One had been shooting here a couple of hours LOC cph.3b11230
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Midnight, Nov. 23, 1912. Providence, R.I. Newsboys shooting craps near Post Office. Been playing here at craps for an hour. Flash-light photo LOC cph.3a48752
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Teresa Lerre, cranberry picker
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked- I saw them at work LOC nclc.02633
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked- I saw them at work LOC nclc.02632
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02640
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02635
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02690
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Isidor Lipovsky, 24 Luck Street. 10 years old and been selling every day part of the time. Second year at it. LOC nclc.03975
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Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings. LOC cph.3b22404
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Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores. LOC nclc.04921
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Arlie Fankins, Shovels in Barnesville Mine- Says he is 14 years old (doubtful)- Has a father and two brothers in the mine. LOC nclc.01081
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Arthur Fernande, said 8 years old, picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a... - NARA - 523463
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Home of Wyatt Pruett (in doorway). His father is a prosperous farmer but the boy stays out of school to work. Will go to Pruett School. LOC nclc.00504
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Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. LOC nclc.00014
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Joseph Dryjowicz, 11 Joy St., (in shirt sleeves). Has been bandboy for 7 months in -8 mill. Group of workers. LOC nclc.02439
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Bleach-room boy-Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pacific Mills. LOC nclc.01860
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King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. LOC nclc.03054
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King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. LOC nclc.03055
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Union Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas... - NARA - 523092
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Young spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each... - NARA - 523348
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Doffer in Pacific Mill(s)- John Chow Syrian, 65 Water Street, said he was 16 years old. Illiterate. LOC nclc.01863
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One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P(ac)king Co. and a heavy load. J. W. Magruder, witness. LOC cph.3a15222
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Nine-year-old Johnnie and the shucking-boss. He is also a padrone. For four years has brought these people from Baltimore. LOC cph.3c19790
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Max Schwartz, 8 years old, and Jacob Schwartz, sells until 10 P.M. sometimes. Newark, N.J. - NARA - 523244
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New Haven, Conn. Smallest boy 10 years old been at it a year and half, sells until 6 or 7 P.M. LOC nclc.03289
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Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. LOC nclc.03483
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Mrs. J.L. Hazel and children stripping tobacco. A very interesting and poorly educated family. See special card and Kentucky report. LOC nclc.00654
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind. - NARA - 523101
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Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. LOC cph.3b37907
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Mrs. Bissie and family (Polish). They all work in fields near Baltimore in summer and have worked at Biloxi, Miss. for two years. LOC nclc.05421
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Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithton, Ky. The children go to parochial school in Stithton. LOC nclc.00465
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The Swimming Hole. Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin's farm. LOC nclc.05097
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Some of the youngsters working in Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson, Supt. of the Mill is also Mayor of Pell City. LOC nclc.01919
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Some original play houses conceived and executed by girls at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. See Ellis report. Photos were not posed. LOC nclc.05228
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Stoking the furnace in the power-house. Pauls Valley Training School. The boy was very proud of his job. See 4833-4842. LOC cph.3b08799
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Embroidering chiffon waists in crowded bed-room, East Side. (For complete details see Miss E. C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04278
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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg (sic) Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) LOC nclc.02586
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Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins Farm. I'm just beginnin'. Licked two boxes yesterday. Gets 2... - NARA - 523206
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Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01009
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John Bachman, 22 Nelson Street, Ward 6. Work in drawing-in room. 14 years old. Witness R.K. Conant. LOC nclc.02220
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Hyman, six year old newsie. Another six year old newsie said he sold until 6 P.M. LOC cph.3a53379
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Frank Denato, 6 years old, Tom, 4 years old, and Domino, 12 years old, live in Philadelphia and padrone. Whites Bog.... - NARA - 523262
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Earl Carpenter. 'Don't know how old I am. Been doffing since June in the Cannon Mill.' Concord, N.C. LOC cph.3a29781
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Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Some of 'hands.' Sunday, Dec. 6, 08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01502
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A few of the young oyster shuckers at the Pass Packing Co. Pass Christian, Miss. - NARA - 523407
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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg (sic) Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) LOC nclc.02587
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Richard Tevor, 8 years old. 5 years picking cranberries. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, N.J. This is the fourth... - NARA - 523258
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Rose Vetrano, 9 yrs. old, helping her mother on corset-covers, 71 Sullivan St., 3rd floor back. LOC nclc.05483
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General view of Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. with Padrone. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. LOC nclc.05312
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General view of the hulling station of A.J. Johnson. Seaford, Del. - NARA - 523315
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Central Public School. Only a short walk from the homes of the cannery workers, and yet only 4 children were to be found there. LOC nclc.01043
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Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N.C. Been doffing 2 or 3 years. LOC nclc.01524
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3 girls working in Salvan Medicine Factory and in a Seed store. Olive near 14th St. Noon, May 12th, 1910. LOC nclc.04652
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