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Upton Stopper Co., Morgantown, W. Va. Plenty of Small Boys The one by the machine is a 'catching up' boy He seemed about 10 yrs. old. Oct. 1908. See 183. L.W.H. LOC nclc.05364
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Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal parasites under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. 250 of these club boys and girls in the county. (See Photo No. LOC nclc.04427
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Family of Mrs. Donovan, 293 1-2 Highland Street, Roxbury, Mass., tying tags for Dennison Co. This is the family that has worked on tags for 7 years and makes an average from that work $30 a LOC cph.3b41011
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Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his LOC nclc.02154
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Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, 'I ravels and picks up.' Small boy in another mill said, ' Over in Mill they work em so little they LOC nclc.01995
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Carmela Picciano, 311 E. 149th St., 3(rd) fl(oor) rear. 12 years old. Making Irish lace for collars. Works until 9 P.M. sometimes. Dirty kitchen. LOC nclc.04130
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Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Many youngsters here. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the... - NARA - 523148
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Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said 'I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough.' The other was 'jest hangin' around.' LOC cph.3b33406
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One way to keep the children out of the mill. Mrs. D.E. Hudson, South Boston, Va. Her children are seated around her. In the chairs are some of her boarders. Children are well-kept. The home LOC cph.3a29780
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Louis Dupree, Western Union messenger -168. Has just reached fourteen years, and knows the Red Light district pretty well. Was eager to show me around town there. See Hine report on LOC nclc.03922
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Making hair-goods in a tiny hall-bedroom. Mrs. Chassin, 385 E. 3rd St., N.Y. top floor. The whole tenement is in a most dilapidated and disreputable state. Hair lying on the bed, trunk and LOC nclc.04200
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Making neckties in the kitchen. The 11 year old girl and 13 year old boy work on the ties every day after school. The... - NARA - 523523
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Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills. Been working there for four months. Fills batteries. Her mother said she was born July 8, 1903. See Hine report. LOC nclc.02909
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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley, Trenton, N.J. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. I found practically no small boys selling late in the evening LOC nclc.03368
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Part of a family of Louis Benkendorfer a Bohemian farmer who owns this farm of eighty acres near West. Will get twenty bales of cotton and other crops too. The five year old picks fifteen LOC nclc.00234
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Mrs. Mary Caperale (a widow), 141 Hudson St., picking nuts, while her two daughters help her. The dirty children are handling the nuts and playing with them. The open bag of nuts stands LOC nclc.04094
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Mrs. Streety (a widow) and family. West Point, Miss. The four children on the ground work in the mill. Oldest makes 90 cents a day, - the next, 70 cents, - the boy 30 cents, ('He's slow,' LOC nclc.02125
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Myrtle Bagwell, one of the youngest of the spinners in Spartan Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. Lives 104 Duncan Street. Been working nearly 2 years. Older sister said she could not find the LOC cph.3b36987
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Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Smallest boy in foreground chews and smokes and is as tough as he can be. Albert Heon' - 87 Campbell Street. Twisting room. 8 or 10, 14-16, in front wanted to be in LOC cph.3b33408
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Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age 13). One child not working. They go to school and work afternoons and Saturdays on this custom work for father. Feb. 5, LOC cph.3a29805
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The Bush Family. Winona, (Miss.) Cotton Mills. The mother, a widow, and three children all work in the mill. Smallest boy, Louis, said he was 'going on 12.' Been here only a few months. LOC nclc.02115
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The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows- one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father LOC nclc.00224
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Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks LOC nclc.00048
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Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Said they work (i.e., would) continue to work after summer vacation. Louis Godbout (right hand end) 132 Lincoln LOC nclc.01842
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Some of the padrones on Whites Bog, Browns Hills (i.e., Mills), N.J. The chief padrone (in straw hat) is Gus Denato (see report of E.F. Brown). Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. LOC nclc.05306
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These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, 'I ravels and pick up.' Small boy in another mill said 'Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they LOC cph.3a47661
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These boys work off and on in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Smallest boy is Geo. Cartwright, 401 N. Laurel St. He says been working off and on since 11 years old. LOC nclc.01213
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The three on the ground work in the Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C. The boy 'Otie Honeycott' (his mother could not spell his name) said he had been doffing two years in the Cannon Mill. LOC nclc.02649
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The two smallest boys in the group are Patrick Roddy, 968 Central Street, who doffs in No. 1 spinning room, and has been working there three months. Walter McNally, 7 North Street, works in LOC cph.3b43669
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Supt. and overseers with the 'Relief Crowd,' in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. The Supt. said, 'We relieve all children under sixteen for two hours a day except the doffers, who get plenty LOC nclc.02094
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Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. LOC cph.3a29821
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Street Bretzau, who is a 'Tube-boy' in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during LOC cph.3a26043
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Ebb-tide in the industry. Family of Mrs. Wm. Fuqua. On account of slack work in the cotton mill, her husband recently got work up-town. He is the only wage earner. Six in the family. The LOC nclc.02178
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Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. I saw her working steady all day, at top speed. Could not speak a word of English. LOC nclc.00910
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A 12 year old girl who had been working in Weave room of Consolidated Duck Mill, La Grange, Ga., for one year and helping to support a father who works when sober. LOC nclc.02808
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Brush-making late at night. Photo taken at 9-00 P.M., and they work later. Girls are 12 and 14 years old and go to school working in the morning before school and at night after studying is LOC nclc.04152
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC nclc.01914
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I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly lighted room. The light came from a small gas jet which was high above the girl's head, in the center of the room. She LOC nclc.04320
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Leroy Raley, 215 Noble St., a 10-year-old truant newsboy, who was photographed during school hours. Said- 'Someone stole my clothes so I couldn't go to school.' LOC nclc.04025
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Anna Dazet (14 years old) 334 West 49th St. Girl unable to procure employment certificate because she lacks the required number of days. Father tubucular, in advanced stage, and in hospital. LOC nclc.04638
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Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the 'bushel-man.' Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. LOC cph.3a03543
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San Lorenzo, California. Evacuation of farmers of Japanese descent resulted in agricultural labor s . . . - NARA - 537535
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San Lorenzo, California. Evacuation of farmers of Japanese descent resulted in agricultural labor s . . . - NARA - 536477
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Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at it about 3 months. Requires great deal of mental application and accuracy and good oversight. Takes over a year to learn. LOC nclc.03051
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5 yr. old Willie, one of Washington's youngest news-boys. He is a kind of free-lance, helps other boys out, and roams around the city on his little velocipede, with all the recklessness of LOC nclc.03790
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5 p.m. John McBride, messenger -27 Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., 67 Bromfield Street. Said he was 14 years old and gets $5 a week. Taken near State House. LOC nclc.03995
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7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01015
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Applying for certificate - Leo Mette, 205 Albany St., 14 years. Application for Flint Mill as sweeper. Left school in 3rd grade. Slightly defective speech. 2nd application. Worked two weeks LOC nclc.05063
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2 A.M. 4-12-08. Newsie in Tenderloin, Abe Bloom, 78 Eldridge St., N. Y. (Said was 16 yrs.) LOC nclc.03194
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A.D.T. boy, 13 years old. 1 1-2 years at it. Works from noon till 10-30 P.M. Said he carries notes, etc. Burlington, Vt. - NARA - 523255
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A midnight scene in More-Jonas Works. See small snapper up boy in left of photo. Bridgeton, N.J. - NARA - 523234
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A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the Pool Room while waiting for papers. The smallest boy is 9 years old and sells until 9 P.M. (See LOC nclc.03461
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Cutting out embroidery on the dirty kitchen floor. Battista family, 259 E. 151 St. N.Y. On the right is the married daughter, who lives down stairs and usually works there. On her right next LOC nclc.04128
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Bowling Alleys, connected with Geo. P. Grays, 'Bastable Caf ' on Genesee St. About 8 very small boys employed here. Work until midnight. Photo taken at 11-30 P.M. LOC nclc.05318
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Boy shucking oysters, he helped to catch. A few young boys are employed on the oyster boats and to shuck them but times are slack now. Apalachicola, Fla. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Jan. 25, LOC cph.3b03530
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Boys working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. 3 Smallest boys are- Louis Godbout, 132 Lincoln Street; John Friedman, 120 Lincoln Street; Joe Lacroix, 110 Lincoln Street. LOC nclc.01832
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Breaker of the Chauncy (Pa.) Colliery, where a 15 year old breaker-boy was smothered to death and another badly burned, Jan. 7, 1911. (Photo of newspaper clipping -1946.) The Coroner told me LOC nclc.01120
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Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills. One of these, fourteen years old, said she had been working here, off and on, for four years, and earns about one dollar a day now. LOC cph.3b19536
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Basso family, making roses in dirty poorly lighted kitchen. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school. Peter, 8, works... - NARA - 523515
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Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Jasper Prevatt (smallest). Has doffed 3 years. Ben-Runs 3 sides. In mill 4 years. Lillian (next) Winds-In mill 8 years. Blennie (next). Bertha-winds. In mill 8 LOC nclc.01486
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Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lonnie Baker (tallest). Has doffed 4 years. Gets 40 cents a day. Bertie Baser-10 years old. 3 years in mill. Runs 3 sides = 30 cents a day. LOC nclc.01485
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Making dresses for Campbell Kid Dolls in a dirty tenement room, 59 Thompson St., N.Y. 4th floor front. Romana family. The older boy, about 12 years old, operates the machine when the mother LOC nclc.05492
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Luft family, farm near Sterling. Mother, 9 yr. old Amelia, and 12 yr. old Mary working while father hauls the beets to factory. 'Amelia she not work all time, she wash dishes and tend baby.' LOC nclc.00355
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Obear Nestor Works. East St. Louis, Ill. Names of the smaller boys are- Walter Kohler, 981 N. 18th St.; Walter Riley, 918 N. 17th St.; Will Convery, 1828 Natalie Ave.; Clifford Matheny, 1827 LOC nclc.01285
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Cutting tobacco on farm of A.G.W. Gish, Route 3, Henderson. Boys 10, 13 and 15 years will all go to Niaara School, Div. 4, Henderson Co., when it opens next week. New building. The 2 younger LOC nclc.00523
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Andy Kormack, 9 years old, and Samuel Kormack, 7 years old, Newsboys. 1712 Church St. Andy been selling papers 2 years. Average earnings 50 cents week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells LOC nclc.03617
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Boy on left hand end (hands in pocket) is Peter Carlos, been working in mill for 1 1-2 years. Smallest boy is... - NARA - 523197
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Children hoeing on farm near Mt. Vernon, Ky. Go to Mt. Vernon Graded School. Mamie, 7 years, Grace, 9 years, Marguerite, 12 years and Everett, 14 years. Father, Alfred Bryant, Mt. Vernon LOC nclc.00473
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Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee pants) said he had worked in mills for 7 years and some nights. At nights they work 12 hours, without any hour off for LOC nclc.01378
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Pioneer School -13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd 7 months term. Miss Lela Ginsinger, Principal (been here 2 years). Photo shows only 6 children present and 2 teachers in LOC nclc.00636
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Pioneer School -13 (6 miles northwest of Shawnee) opened October 2nd-7 months term. Miss Lela Ginsinger, Principal (been here 2 years). Photo shows only 6 children present and 2 teachers in LOC nclc.00635
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On left is Anna Pagnette; said 12 yrs. old, has been helping sister in Glenallen Mill all summer. On right is Alice Dugas; said 11 years old and helps sister Annie spin Glenallen Mill. Annie LOC nclc.02317
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On the tipple at the Bessie Mine, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. by Lewis Hine
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Orley Shrouce, 8 Ozark Mill. 10 years old. Said he worked a year, but when new law came in a while ago the mill people turned him off,-too young. 'Then they came again and hired me back.' LOC nclc.01370
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Newsies selling on Court St., 8 P.M. Left to right- Frank Spegeale, 13 years old, 72 Terrace St.; Dominick Gagliani, 10 years old, 230 Court St.; Charlie Decarlo, 8 years old; Anthony LOC nclc.03404
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Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late night and with bad associates. Kept irregular hours. Stole from large retail stores. Often stayed away from home all LOC nclc.03510
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Robert Paul, 10 year old newsy. Found at 11 P.M. with 12 papers near Seminole Hotel. Been at it 4 years. Often sells until midnight. He and brother make about $1.50 a day. Goes to school LOC nclc.03853
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Rock Creek School -32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened September 11th-8 months term. 34 present. J.W. Evans, Principal, P.O. Route 2, Shawnee, said there are only half as many as he expects LOC nclc.00622
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Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been working in Mule Room -1, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, 1 year. Michael Keefe (next in size), 32 Marion St., been working in -1 LOC nclc.02394
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Johns Lewis. Springstein Mill. A typical cotton mill boy. 12 years old -1 year in mill. Weaver-4 looms. Got 40 cents at start-60 cents now. Brother and Pa, in mills. Witness S.R. Hine. LOC cph.3b06140
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Group of tobacco pickers in Bermant plantation, 3 were 10 yrs., 3 were 11 yrs., 13 were 12, 12 were 13 yrs., 2 - 14 yrs. old. The owner said, 'They all get $1.25 a day.' LOC nclc.00699
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Group, all working in -2 Spinning Room. Smallest boy (right hand end of front row) is Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St. Next to Rene is Philip Beaulieu (see 2628). Next to Philip is Alfred LOC nclc.02401
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Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Don't know A, B, C's. Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the... - NARA - 523161
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1-00 A.M. Sunday, Nov 24, 1912, and still selling. Stanley Steiner, the boot-black and newsboy, is ten years old, and sells until 1 A.M. Lives, 92 Ulmsbec LOC cph.3a38910
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Family of Fred Karb and their mud shack - beet workers near Sterling, Colo. They all work from 5-30 A.M. to 7-00 P.M. with about an hour for lunch. The 6 and 8 yr. olds pull and pile, -10 LOC nclc.05583
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Family of Mrs. Mette making flowers in a very dirty tenement, 302 Mott St, top floor. Josephine, 13 yrs. old, helps out side school hours until 9 P.M. sometimes. She is soon to be 14 and LOC cph.3b45427
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