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[Plat of a survey for William Hughes, Jr. of 460 acres in Frederick County, Va. on the Cacapon River].

Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington Atlas. 1932. Survey plot is located either in Hampshire County or Morgan County, W. Va. Handwritten on verso: William Hughes Junr., plat for 460 acres, 1753, More

Advertisement. To be sold by public vendue, on Thursday the 14th of April next, at the House of Abraham Post, Tavern Keeper, at Sagerties. Six thousand acres of land. Situate to the north of, and adjoining the line between the counties of Albany

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans/.; On verso: 1768, Advertisement for the Sale of Sword's Land. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. More

A Plan of London on the Same Scale as that of Paris : In order to as certair the Difference of the Extent of these two Rivals, the Abbe de la Grives Plan of Paris, & that of London by J. Rocque have been divided into equal Squares where London Contains 39, and Paris but 29, So that the Superficie of London is to that of Paris as 39 to 29 or as 5455 Acres to 4028, there are exceeds Paris, bx 1472 Acves, the farmer being a 1/2 square Miles & Pais only 6 1/3 by J. Rocque Chorographe to his Maesty = Plan de Londres &C. Sur la même Echelle que Celui de Paris : afin de constater la Difference en Grandeur de ces deux Rivals on a devise Le Plan de Paris par Mr. l'Abbe de la Grivem, et, celui de Londres par J. Rocque, par desquarré dona Londres en Continent 39 & Paris 29 Chaquequarre etant de 168440 Toesas en & superficie, ce qui donne 7339 Arpens pour la sourface de, Londres, et 5416 pour celle de Paris les surplus pour Londres et done de 1923 Arpens Por J. Rocke Chorographe de Botannique ; R. Parr Sculp [mapa]

Comprende al actual condado de Gran Londres

[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military service More

Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun[t]y. Surveyed for George Washington 2950 acres of land (by virtue of a warrant for 5,000 acres granted by His Excellency the Governor to said Washington agreeable to His Majesty proclamatiom issued in the year 1763) lying in the county of Botetourt on the n.e. side of the Great Kanhaway about a mile and half above the mouth of Cole River, joining the upper end of the Poketillico survey ... Novemr. 6th, 1774.

Scale not given. Title from certificate mounted below map. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750- More

A Map of the lands ceded by the Cherokee Indians to the State of South-Carolina at a congress held in May, A.D. 1777; containing about 1,697,700 acres.

Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Charleston. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1522 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si More

Plan of a tract of land (marked in the General Plan no. 7), containing in the whole 5000 acres, & divided into 20 plantations of 250 acres each, situate on a left hand branch of Elk River, & on the head waters of Salt Lick Creek, in Harrison County, State of Virginia

Covers part of Harrison County (W.Va.) "Survey'd for Sam'l Young, Ase'e of William Jones, 5000 Acres of Land, in Harrison County, on a Land Office Treasury Warrant, no. 20,98, dated the 20th Day of October 1783 More

For sale. The quantity of 389,565 acres of farm lands, in sixty adjoining and adjacent tracts, fit for wheat, rye and other grain, cattle, tobacco and cotton. These lands (except one tract) are situated in the county of Rutherford, District of M

North Carolina- lands for sale.; On verso: 09-83-443.20. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Po More

Plan of 59 different tracts of land (of 1000 acres each) containing in the whole 59,000 acres : situate on different waters of south Edisto River, except seven tracts (or 7000 acres) are lying on the waters of north Edisto River in the District of Orangeburgh, State of South Carolina

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2007-36

A great bargain. To be sold Very cheap by Samuel Blodget, of Derryfield. A farm lying in Goffstown, N. H. containing about one thousand acres ... Dec. 1806.

Form on an application and certificates for taking up lands in the old purchases, and east of the Allegheny river. James Dunlap. of the township of Derry, in the county of York, applies for three hundred acres of land, situate in said township a

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 151, Folder 17a.

Compagnie de colonisation Americaine. Action de 100 acres de terres dans les etats de Virginie et de Kentucky

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A copy of ... the fourth and fifth ranges of townships in the Kennebec Million Acres /

Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also th More

A sketch of the northern part of the "Million Acres" on the Kennebec River with certain timber lots laid down theron, and coloured, which have been applied for : the number of acres in each lot has not been measur'd, but the quantity estimated by appraisers.

Partial cadastral map showing timber lots (tinted yellow), lot numbers, and lot acreages. Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead River More

A sketch of the north part of the Kennebec Million Acres.

Partial cadastral map showing timber lots and lot acreages. Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Date and authorship from a More

A lottery. 1 prize of 400 acres of land, being that part of my dwelling-plantation, which includes my dwelling-house ... Peregrine Fitzhugh [n. d.].

Lotteries. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 32, Folder 31.

Map of Wayne County, Michigan : exhibiting the names of the original purchases and the number of acres in each tract exception regular subdivisions of perfect sections which contain 40, 80, 130, 180, 200, 240, 280, & c acres as the case may be /

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's Office of the United States Court for the District of Michigan at Detroit this day of January 1855 by John Farmer of said district as author and proprietor." More

Map of Hamilton County, Ohio : exhibiting th various divisions and sub divisions of land with the name of the owners & number of acres in each tract together with the roads, canals, streams, towns &c. throughout the county /

LC Land ownership maps, 633 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes property tax statistical table, insets of Madisonville, Harrison, Sharon, Storrs Township, Mill Cr More

Map of Floyd County, Indiana : showing the townships sections divisions and farm lands with the owners' names and number of acres, together with roads, rivers, creeks, railroads, &c &c. /

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1859 by P. O'Beinre in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." LC Land ownership maps, 144 Incl More

Battery no. 6 on Mechanicsville Turnpike : total contents 10 69/100 acres.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Battery no. 9 (near the Brooke turnpike) : total contents 8 91/100 acres.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Battery no. 5 (on Stony Run Road) : total contents 10 73/100 acres.

Battery no. 10 (near the new fair grounds) : total 14 85/100 acres.

Public domain scan of a plan, map, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Survey of the President, Porcupine, and Redfield Petroleum Co.'s lands : containing in all 8,400 acres situate in President and Pinegrove townships, Venango County, Pennsylvania /

Hand col. to distinguish the land tracts owned by the 3 oil companies. Also shows oil wells (1 of which is dated "Sep't 1st 1864"), warranty tract numbers, names of landowners of adjacent tracts, and proposed r More

A topographical map of the Elizabeth Furnace iron property, Augusta Co., Va., containing about 6250 acres, Aug. 1867.

Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H237 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Insets: More

Map of Dr. Dellinger's mill property with 153 acres of land showing proposed changes of public roads, bridge site &c. /

Shows property in Augusta County, Virginia, near Middle River and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H312 Available also through More

Map of Gauly Farm, 1722 acres. - Public domain old map

Shows the farm near the mouth of New River, at Gauley, Fayette County, West Virginia and names of some residents. Pen-and-ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H321 Available also More

Map of 360 acres of land, lying in Bath County, Va., the property of W. Ramsey, Esq'r.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H313 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes inset of map entitled: Map showing the location More

Sketch map showing location of 5,007 acres of Elkhorn Fork, W. Va. coal & timber lands.

Shows property in McDowell County, West Virginia and names of some residents. Pen-and-ink on brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H323 Available also through the Library of Congress web s More

Map of about 8000 acres of land on Spring Brook in the towns of Pittston and Covington, County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania.

Millions of acres. Iowa and Nebraska. Land for sale on 10 years credit by the Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Co. at 6 per ct interest and low prices ... Buffalo. N. Y. Commercial advertiser printing house [1872].

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 134, Folder 13.

A topographical map of the lands of the Cabin Creek Coal Co. of W. Virginia embracing 14,307 acres in Kanawha and Boone counties, West Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by form lines. Oriented with north to bottom. On verso obscured by mounting: Cabin Creek coal [sic] maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.), mounted on cloth. LC Civ More

Map of the "Slaughter's Creek" coal & timber lands, 2,907 acres, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S. America /

Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) with a pasted correction square in lower right corner, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H263 Available also through the Library of Co More

Proposed site for World's Fair in 1883 : between 110th and 125th Streets, Morning Side and River Side Parks, N.Y. Area 300 acres.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Survey of a tract of 9,138 acres of coal lands on the New River in Raleigh County, West Virginia, west of Quinnimont].

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Copy of map of Ellen Smith 10,000 acres, Raleigh Co., W. Va. from actual transit survey /

Map of "Big Hill" iron lands, 592 1/2 acres, Botetourt Co., Virginia /

Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil over an ink grid on lined paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H232 In pencil on verso: 340. Available also through the Library of Congress web More

Topographic map of the Vesuvius Furnace Iron Estate, Rockbridge Co., Va., 8,000 acres /

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. In ink in upper right corner: IV. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H249 Includes inset of "Geological secti More

"Kennedy" iron lands, 4,500 acres : / during American Civil War

Shows mountains in the southern portion of Augusta County, Virginia. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H241 Includes "Section of Kennedy Mn." In pencil on b More

Map of Floyd County, Indiana : showing townships, ranges, sections & farm lines with the owners names and number of acres /

Relief shown by hachures. Includes note, township information, and advertisements. LC Land ownership maps, 145 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the N.C. Morse patent of eighty-six thousand acres of coal, timber, iron, etc. lands in Pike County, Kentucky ; Map of part of Kentucky and Virginia, W. Va., and Ohio showing location of coal and timber lands /

General maps not showing coal mines or timber lands. Pen-and-ink on brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H230 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Incl More

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican congresses to railroad corporations ; this is more land than is contained in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana

America Transformed: Railroad infrastructure expanded from 31,000 miles in 1860 to 130,000 miles by the 1890s. To subsidize construction, the U.S. government gave over 140 million acres of public land to railro More

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican Congresses to railroad corporations /

On sheet below map "We believe that the public lands ought, as far as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual settlers; that all unearned lands heretofore improvidently granted to railroad corporations by More

Map showing location of the "Gallego" forty thousand acres of coal and timber lands, Fayette County, W. Va. /

Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H255 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 183.

Broad Acres, 19th century - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

Edward Gay (1837–1928) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of 11,000 acres of iron and coal lands in Wythe Co., Va. /

General map, does not give mining information. Pen-and-ink, watercolor and pencil, mounted on cloth. Title from verso partially obscured by mounting. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H250 Available also through the More

[The Georgia Negro] Acres of land owned by Negroes in Georgia.

Bar graph shows the amount of land owned by African Americans in Georgia from 1874 to 1899. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Sec More

Harvesting grain with reapers that cut 200 acres daily

Photograph shows two panoramic views of reapers havesting grain fields in the Deering vicinity of Beach, North Dakota. Copyright Chas. Welch. No. 1191.

C. O. and G. Railroad, Traverse additional 20 Acres at Haileyville Indian Territory

Railroad Right of Way Maps

Platt Historic District - National Parks Gallery

Waterfall It was not until 1901, as the town began to be surveyed and platted, that the notion of reserving the springs from development arose in a serious manner. Senator Orville Platt took up the idea and un More

Transportation Building covering 15.6 acres, second in size at the exposition, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

H60542 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8550. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agriculture Building, (covering 23 acres), showing floral clock, World's Fair, St. Louis.

H49115 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palace of Transportation, covering 16 acres the 2nd largest of exposition buildings, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

H49921 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5739. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Palace of Varied Industries, a magnificent building covering 14 acres and costing $2,604,000, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

H51725 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5749. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Manufactures Building (covering 14.5 acres) looking across Lower Grand Basin and Plaza, from Electricity Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

H61016 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8535. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palace of Machinery, the Exposition home of force and power, covering 12 acres and costing $510,000, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

H55888 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5806. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map showing the locations of the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Hamilton's Crossing, Chancellorsville, Salem Church, Wilderness, [and] Spotsylvania, and also showing the boundaries of the battlefield park surveys of 6556 acres.

Scale ca. 1:90,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553 Accompanied by a pamphlet entitled Map of the Six Battlefields: Fredericksburg, Hamilton's Crossing, Chancellorsville, Salem Church, Spotsylvania, Wilderness More

Plowing a 300 acre field with 8 horse team, at the rate of 8 acres per day, Adams County, Washington

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 14175. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Wash. Adams Co. 1907; Farm crops Wheat; Geogr.; Shelf.

Photograph of Part of a Tract of About 20 Acres in Chisholm, Minnesota

Original caption: Part of tract of about 20 acres in village limits covered with tops and slashings which made destruction of village possible. Chisholm, Minn. Historic Photographs

Cutting 100 acres a day in E. A. Crommett's 1500 acre flax field, Warwick, N. D.

Photograph shows steam tractor pulling five reapers through a flax field; men handling both steam tractor and reapers. Photo by A. E. Anderson. Copyright registration title: Cutting 100 acres of flax a day.

Acres and acres of empty oyster shells. Piles 15 deep in places. Shells are used all over the town to make streets, railroad beds, etc. Many of these piles are said to be the work of young shuckers. Location: Florida.

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James Thomas Witness Testimony Jones 002

QUESTION 5. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any. ANSWER [4 columns with headings] Subdivision, Acres Cult More

The Yelverton Family. Ten in the family. Live in a six-room house, "The only one on the street," they told me repeatedly. Two years ago the came here from the farm fifty miles away and a mile from the R.R. where they owned 135 acres. Father and four oldest boys have been working in the Laurel Cotton Mills for two years. Father said, "the little girls don't work, an' we're not goin' to let 'em if we can help it. We'll send 'em to school an' make ladies out of em. I don't reckon we'll ever go back to the farm. They all like the mill work. It's light work, but not very healthy though." The boys said, "We'd ruther work in the mill, It's easier. No hot sun an' no cold in winter 'cause they heat the mill then." The two youngest boys, eleven and thirteen years old, the father said, have been in the mill two years, and have had almost no schooling, and no likelihood of getting any more. The mother said, "I don't like to live in the city near so well. We're more shut in, an' we can't give the boys the schoolin' they ought to have 'cause they've got to work in the mill (wages is so low). We haven't been so well as on the farm." Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

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Amended Location Map of Sallisaw, McAlester and Southern Ry., Lands Required for Right-Of-Way . . . Segregated Land 41.48 Acres, Allotted Land 17.18 . . . McAlester, Okla.

Railroad Right of Way Maps

James Thomas Witness Testimony Jackson 002

QUESTION 5. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any. ANSWER [4 columns with headings] Subdivision, Acres Cult More

Oliver Jackson WITNESS TESTIMONY Brown 002

QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any. [columns with headings] Subdivision - Acres cultivable More

A dilapidated "renters" home near West. The Tripp farm. Five in the family. Girl (apparently fifteen years old) is married. The farm contains a hundred and fifty acres now. A larger farm of eight hundred acres was cut up into this and three others - to rent. See Hine report. Location: West, Texas.

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Oliver Jackson WITNESS TESTIMONY McPherson 002

QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any. [columns with headings] Subdivision - Acres cultivable More

A dilapidated "renters" home near West. The Tripp farm. Five in the family. Girl (apparently fifteen years old) is married. The farm contains a hundred and fifty acres now. A larger farm of eight hundred acres was cut up into this and three others - to rent. See Hine report. Location: West, Texas

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3646. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D More

Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister thirteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.

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"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so and then move on, giving them nomadic habits and everything is temporary. House unpainted and ill-cared for. The children from five years old up pick cotton and help with the farm work, but get little or no schooling. It is estimated by State University that 300,000 children are thus affected in Texas alone. See Hine report Texas. Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres, and they get about twenty bales of cotton this year, which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas.

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Five year old Willie Hesse. Picks fifteen pounds of cotton a day. Parents own the farm of eighty acres. Near West. Will get ten bales of cotton besides other things. Father and mother and some hired hands work. Farm well kept up. Location: West, Texas.

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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 pounds; ten year old three hundred. The 12 year old girl and other pick, (not in photo). Farm well kept up. Location: West, Texas.

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Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleven and girl of thirteen, hoeing the sugar beets. They have 80 acres in beets, come out here from the town in May and go back late in November. One of the families has been here for five years and owns its home. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July, 1915. Location: Colorado.

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Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Nebraska 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado Photo by Hine Oct. 2215

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4018. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D More

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 Labor, August 1915 Location: Southern Vermont, Vermont.

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Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9 children and some hired help. Only one child in school (see 4042). This is 6 yr. old Lena, who works some too. The 8 yr. old boy pulls and piles beets. 9 and 12 yr. old boys run the pulling machine, (the mother said, "We all got to do all we can.") 11 yr. old girl piles and tops and does housework. 13 yr. old girl piles and tops. Says she hasn't hurt herself with the knife this year, but did last year. The whole family begins work from 5 to 6 A.M. and works until 6 P.M. and after, with time off for dinner. Pedroni has been living here for 20 yrs., owns several hundred acres, about 100 in beets. Is said to be well-to-do. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 25/15.

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11 year old daughter of Mr. Schneider. She and her 7 year old sister are kept out of school to work in the beets in spite of the fact that the father owns a farm of 250 acres, and he boasted last year that he had made $10,000 from the proceeds of this farm. Location: Fort Morgan [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

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Mrs. Paul Saunders and her children. They run the farm of over 100 acres with the help of two hired men. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.

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Rural Accident. Mr. Stewart is running a farm of 135 acres with the help of his wife and these two boys of eleven and twelve years. See Hine Report, August 1915.

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[Families of Henry and John Miller: boy of eleven years, girl of eleven and girl of thirteen, hoeing the sugar beets. They have 80 acres in beets, come out here from the town in May and go back late in November. One of the families has been here for five years and owns its home. See Hine Report, Colorado. Beet Workers, July, 1915.] Location: [Colorado]

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Jake is ten yrs old, Marie is 13, but neither could spell own name. Scheler family, near Sterling. The boy said he had recently stuck the hook into his knee while topping. Six in the family, four work. Another family with them, 2 adults. Working 50 acres of beets. Farm near Sterling. Oct. 23/15. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine.

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Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Neb[raska] 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine Oct. 22/15.

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Stuart Acres, Marshall, Mich., Panoramic Photograph

J263298 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Corbett & Spencer; May 4, 1915. Copyright claimant's address: Albion & Battle Creek, Mich.

Plan showing that part of "Onion's Addition to Sweaty Banks" : which was conveyed by Thomas B. Onion to Charles Ridgley, September 12, 1794, and now found to contain about 323 acres of land : clear of the claims of adjoining owners : [western Edgewood, Harford County, Md.] /

Manuscript land ownership survey map of western portion of Edgewood, Harford County, Md. Shows real-property lines, measurements, orientations, acreages, tract names, and names of landowners. Gift; Kurt J. Kuhn More

Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked last year." Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. "We move about a good deal" mother said. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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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 P.O. owns 35 acres. Location: Rockcastle County--Mt. Vernon [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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H.H. Allison and 2 boys 10 and 12 years old gathering rye. Should be in school which opened several days ago. Several girls of school age also out. Owns farm of 112 acres. May go to Shady Nook School later. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Home of Ed Bentley family, Route 2, Hebbardsville. Father is up the river cutting logs (is home part of the time) and sister is attending the Zion School. Boys expect to go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., in about 2 weeks; have lost 2 weeks already. Hayward is 15 years old and Harry is 11. Father rents the farm and has 6 acres in tobacco. No other help. Location: Hebbardsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Robert Steele Witness Testimony, page 2

Peryle Woodson Final Proof, witness testimony- Robert Steele, page 2 Text transcription: QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal sub-divisions, showing fully the character of same, and More

Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant. Location: Warren County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old Warren picked 41 pounds of cotton yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked last year." Had about 20 pounds in his bag. She said Clara, 11 years old, averages 75 pounds a day. Picked 101 pounds yesterday, earning $1.25 (they are picking now for another farmer). She carries 40 pounds in the bag. Velma, 14 years, picks 125 pounds. Has picked over 200 pounds in a day. Children go to Flower Mound School, District 48 while living here, but they are itinerant, renting a small farm of 10 acres now. "We move about a good deal" mother said.] Location: [Comanche County, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.

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Family of C.J. Walker, Route 2, Box 78, Geronimo, Oklahoma. 6-year old Jewel and 5-year old Harold picks 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." The 3-year old is learning to pick. Father is a renter on shares: gives 1/4 of his cotton for rent, and 1/3 of his corn. Has 20 acres in cotton. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Topping tobacco. Roland Lowe, 13 years old in field with two brothers. There are 7 boys and 2 girls in the family, and 4 are in school. Father, Mose Lowe, R. Route 1, Winchester. Children go to Pretty Run School, Division 2, Clark Co., Ky., but Roland and Bush, 14 years old have not started yet--about 3 weeks after it opened. Father rents this farm of 160 acres. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant. Location: Warren County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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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 P.O. owns 35 acres. Location: Rockcastle County--Mt. Vernon [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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