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A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

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[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsboys for seven, eight and nine years.] Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The boys that run with the engine -- ]

[The boys that run with the engine -- ]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Telegraph boys at lunch. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Telegraph boys at lunch. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The shoemaker's little boy : the cooper's little boy ...

The shoemaker's little boy : the cooper's little boy ...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: St. Nicholas, 16:926 (Oct. 1889).

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Jacket title: Breaker boy, Kingston, Pa. "Ext" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032070. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Jacket title: Breaker Boys, Kingston, Pa. "Ext" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032069. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania]

[Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

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Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011589. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Filling skins, sausage department, Armour's great packing house, Chicago, U.S.A.

Filling skins, sausage department, Armour's great packing house, Chica...

Men and boys stuffing sausage skins at table. 2353y2 U.S. Copyright Office. Title also in Spanish.

The sausage department, Armour's great packing house, Chicago, U.S.A.

The sausage department, Armour's great packing house, Chicago, U.S.A.

Men and boys stuffing sausage skins at two tables. 2358y1 U.S. Copyright Office. Title also in Spanish.

Newsboy cigars. Manufactured by Brown Brothers, Detroit

Newsboy cigars. Manufactured by Brown Brothers, Detroit

Advertisement for Brown Brothers of Detroit, showing young boys, some newspaper carriers, playing cards and smoking, using a Newsboy Cigars crate as a table. One boy's bag reads, Detroit Free Press. Calvert Lit... More

Delhi (?) - young boy carrying two large trunks on his head

Delhi (?) - young boy carrying two large trunks on his head

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

[Street types of New York City: Messenger boy and bike]

[Street types of New York City: Messenger boy and bike]

Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Occupations; Child Labor Messengers; Bicycles.

Phil's Hallowe'en - Drawing. Public domain image.

Phil's Hallowe'en - Drawing. Public domain image.

Boys outside by log cabins. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "Phil's Hallowee'en" by Sydney Dayre, The Scholar's magazine, (... More

Puerto Rican peon bringing bananas to market

Puerto Rican peon bringing bananas to market

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011590. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ise de happiest little coon in de cotton field

Ise de happiest little coon in de cotton field

Boy picking cotton in cotton field. D8285 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. No. 961.

Puerto Rican peon bringing bananas to market

Puerto Rican peon bringing bananas to market

Locale and date from Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016749. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Crude makers of beautiful goods; making the famous inlaid pearl work, Damascus, Syria

Crude makers of beautiful goods; making the famous inlaid pearl work, ...

D8893 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item.

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S.C. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

This is where the mill children live. Compare photo 342. Lancaster, S....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 341. Question mark in front of date on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libr... More

Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria

Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria

Men, women, and children working in a workshop making inlaid pearlwork furniture.

Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria

Making the beautiful inlaid pearlwork of the Orient, Damascus, Syria

Men, women, and children working in a workshop making inlaid pearlwork furniture. H39505 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5448. Copyright by William H. Rau.

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosevelt, Pinehurst Tea Farm, Summerville, S.C.

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosev...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt surrounded by children. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosevelt, Pinehurst Tea Farm, Summerville, S.C.

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosev...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt surrounded by children. H17856 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosevelt, Pinehurst Tea Farm, Summerville, S.C.

Little Negro tea pickers singing pickaninny songs for President Roosev...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt surrounded by a group of children. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Boys pouring wax(?) into molds in factory]

[Boys pouring wax(?) into molds in factory]

H15817 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by W.B. Northrop, World Building, New York City.

Coolie children picking tea--at Talawakele, near Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon

Coolie children picking tea--at Talawakele, near Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the great spinning room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills, Columbia, South Carolina

In the great spinning room - 104,000 spindles - Olympian Cotton Mills,...

Two men with working children. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial re... More

"Mother" Jones and her army of striking textile workers starting out for their descent on New York The textile workers of Philadelphia say they intend to show the people of the country their condition by marching through all the important cities Peirce & Jones, photographers, 906 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

"Mother" Jones and her army of striking textile workers starting out f...

Photograph shows Mary Harris "Mother" Jones with children and adults beginning their "Children's Crusade" to walk from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the conditions of children working in te... More

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the children in town who attend school. 2,000 population. One-third of these raised their hands when asked, "How many have worked in a cotton mill?". Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

Cherryville Graded School, Cherryville, N.C. These are all the childre...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 310. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

1 A.M. near the World Building, ready to start out. Two of the sleepers (See No. 21A) Larger boy Abraham Jachnes, 13 years old. Newsboys Lodging House, 14 Chambers St. Has not been home for 6 months because step-mother has been trying to put him into a House of Refuge. Could not get name of smaller boy, but he was younger, probably 11 years old. These boys are hanging about and snatching and occasional sleep in sheltered spots. Location: New York, New York (State)

1 A.M. near the World Building, ready to start out. Two of the sleeper...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 22-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 308. Witness, Sar...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 378. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Day Scene in an Indiana Glass Works. Aug. 1908. Location: Indiana

Day Scene in an Indiana Glass Works. Aug. 1908. Location: Indiana

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 125. No city recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library ... More

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. Sells Sunday until 3 A.M. Said was 16 years old; is probably 13. Does not go to school. Photo taken at 22nd St. & 3rd Avenue. Witness F. McMurry. Location: New York, New York (State)

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. S...

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Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Archie Love (See Photo 328). Said (after hesitating) "I am 14 years old." Doesn't look it. Been in mill 3 years. Worked 5 months nights at the start. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Archie Love (See Photo 328). Said (af...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 327. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

In neighborhood of Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Lawrence Faircloth (taller boy) "Don't know how old I am." Been in mill 2 years. Runs 3 sides Albert Bartlett (barefoot) Looked 8 years old. In mill 2 years--Beginning to spin. Runs 2-1/2 sides = 25 cents a day. Bad conditions. Saturday, Dec. 5, 08. Location: Dillon, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

In neighborhood of Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Lawrence Faircloth (taller...

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Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on warper. Lillie Anderson--Oldest of two sisters. Been in mill five years. Runs only 4 sides. Minnie Anderson, - youngest- runs 8 sides. Been in mill 4 year. One finds many such cases where youngest sister does twice the amount of work. Nov. 2808. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Maggie Wooten (Largest), creels on wa...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 332. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Row of mill men--Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Tallest man is the Baptist preacher J.H. Blanton. His son, the third from him, works in mill. Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Row of mill men--Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Tallest man is the Baptist p...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 390. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Lea Clemner, 5 Trenton Street, Gastonia, N.C. 8 years old. Beginning to doff. Said he gets only 15 cents a day. Works part time in mill (4 days a week and part time goes to school. Query, --When?. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Lea Clemner, 5 Trenton Street, Gastonia, N.C. 8 years old. Beginning t...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 314. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorway is her boon Companion. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Jessie D---- (the tallest girl) and some of her charges. Girl in doorw...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 21. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Golla Chambers, House 38 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. In mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weaver 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Golla Chambers, House 38 Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 12 years old. In m...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 244. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Postal Telegraph Boy. David Caplan, 9 Monroe Street. Said he was 15 years old. Works from 11 P.M. to 8 A.M., often down around the docks. Location: New York, New York (State)

Postal Telegraph Boy. David Caplan, 9 Monroe Street. Said he was 15 ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 23-A. No date recorded on caption card; estimate based on date recorded on caption cards for photos with ... More

George Rabholz, 14 years old, 724 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio, Delivers bundles for a printing office. Aug. 1908. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

George Rabholz, 14 years old, 724 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio, Delivers...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 31. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Lena Lochiavo, 11 years old, 209 W. Sixth St., Basket Seller, Sixth Street Market, Cincinnati. In front of saloon entrance. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Lena Lochiavo, 11 years old, 209 W. Sixth St., Basket Seller, Sixth St...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 46. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Group of employees in Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Group of employees in Lancaster (S.C.) Cotton Mills. Location: Lancast...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 335. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Girl - Baner? Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sides = 60 cents a day. Soon will run 8 = 80 cents a day. Father said "the wife of neighbor made $7.40 last week, $1.40 more than her husband. Women and girls makes more than the men." Child 8 yrs. old helps sister. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Girl - Baner? Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sid...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 274. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy said he had worked in the mill off and on for five years. Spins now. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

Group of boys working in Lancaster S.C. Cotton mills. Smallest boy sai...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 336. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A few of the girls going home from Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many others younger. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

A few of the girls going home from Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many oth...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 258. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

"Teaching the young idea." The Boss (who began at 10 years of age, and has been at it for 30 years) showing a beginner (who is apparently 9 or 10) See 169. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia

"Teaching the young idea." The Boss (who began at 10 years of age, and...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 183. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 432. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Closing Hour, 3 p.m. Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Zoe Lanier. Help sister in mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Closing Hour, 3 p.m. Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C. Zoe Lanier. Help si...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 242. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found for child labor. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

The Lancaster Cotton Mills S.C. One of the worst places I have found f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 352. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Boys at Lehr glass works. Location: West Virginia

Boys at Lehr glass works. Location: West Virginia

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 68. No city recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library o... More

One of The Newsies at The Newsboys' Picnic, Cincinnati. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

One of The Newsies at The Newsboys' Picnic, Cincinnati. Location: Cin...

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Men with Foot Mold and Boys. A West Virginia Glass Works. Location: West Virginia

Men with Foot Mold and Boys. A West Virginia Glass Works. Location: We...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 187. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there: girls carry lunch. Location: South Bend, Indiana.

Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there: girls carry lunch. Locati...

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Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill 6 years. Ambro Sherley--11 years old. Been in mill over 1 year. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Jamie Sherley, (girl) Wylie Mills, Chester, S.C. Been in mill 6 years....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 322. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

(Right hand boy) John Campbell, (Box 294, Gastonia, N.C.) 10 years old. Been three years in mill. In school part of this time. (Left hand boy) Roy Little. Said 12 years old. 2 years in mill and worked nights 9 months. Doffer. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

(Right hand boy) John Campbell, (Box 294, Gastonia, N.C.) 10 years old...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 253. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

View of Clinton Mills (S.C.) Superintendent would not allow me to take photos in mill. Many youngsters employed. See photos Nos. 359 and 375. Dec. 2, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Clinton, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

View of Clinton Mills (S.C.) Superintendent would not allow me to take...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 373. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Will Morrill, Wylie Mill; Chester, S.C. Been in mill 5 years. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Will Morrill, Wylie Mill; Chester, S.C. Been in mill 5 years. Location...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 320. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Boys, carrying home Firewood from Factory. Cincinnati. Aug. 1908. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by ...

Boys, carrying home Firewood from Factory. Cincinnati. Aug. 1908. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 39. Text cut off at bottom of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More

On streets near Daniel Mill. Lincolnton, N.C. Right hand boy--Dan Biggerstaff. 10 years old. Has worked 3 years. Goes to school now (he says). Left hand, John Erwin. Said 11 years old. Has worked nights. Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina

On streets near Daniel Mill. Lincolnton, N.C. Right hand boy--Dan Bigg...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 290. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. Sunday, Dec. 608. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

View of Scotland Mills, Laurinburg, N.C. All these boys work in mill. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 419. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Group of Miners, Drivers and Trapper. Macdonald, West Virginia., Mine. Oct. 1908. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia

Group of Miners, Drivers and Trapper. Macdonald, West Virginia., Mine....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 145. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

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 lunch. Eat when they can. Some of them "eat a-workin'." Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina

Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 283. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inches high. Been in mill 3 years. Started at 25 cents and now makes $1.00 a day. Spins part time and doffer part time. Other boy goes to school and helps in mill afternoons and Saturdays. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inche...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 329. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill. John Black, (next) 2 years in mill. Charlie Clark--4 years. Earl Lander--Beginning. Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 415. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a boy working at a machine, he was quickly swept out of range. "He isn't working here, just came in to help a little." Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 246. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Tipple at Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia. Bank Boss in centre. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia

Tipple at Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia. Bank Boss in cen...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 144. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Girls and Boys Going Home from Indianapolis Tile Works. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Girls and Boys Going Home from Indianapolis Tile Works. Aug. 1908. Wit...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 109. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Boy on right Charlie Burton-9, Ozark Mill. This anaemic sic, hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Boy on right Charlie Burton-9, Ozark Mill. This anaemic sic, hollow ch...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 277. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't spell her name) Worked 2 years. other two not in the mill. No school within reach. All chewed tobacco. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 318. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home to dinner. Location: Muncie, Indiana

Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 224. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Bob Burton, Gastonia, N.C. 15 years old. A typical adolescent, overgrown, thin, anaemic sic. Been in mill for 8 years. Doffing still in Ozark Mills. Gastonia, North Carolina

Bob Burton, Gastonia, N.C. 15 years old. A typical adolescent, overgro...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 240. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Driver Boy, Barnesville, Mine. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Driver Boy, Barnesville, Mine. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 192. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N.C. Been doffing 2 or 3 years. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 431. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

John Ghent has worked at spinning for 1 year. Goes to school now. Been Sick. Lancaster, S.C. Cotton Mills. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina

John Ghent has worked at spinning for 1 year. Goes to school now. Been...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 337. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Boys going home from Glass Works, Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, West Virginia. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Boys going home from Glass Works, Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, West...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 189. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, N.C. Has worked in cotton mill for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. When can he get any education? Other boy one year in mill. Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 308. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Newberry Mills, Newberry, S.C. Going home to dinner. Dec. 308. Witness...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 381. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

122 Sullivan St. 2nd Floor rear. Leveroni family. Earn 4 cents a gross making violets. Can make 20 gross a day when children work all day. Father has work. Mrs. Leveroni; Tessie Leveroni, age 9; Stephen Leveroni, age 6; Margaret Leveroni, age 7; Josephine Cordono, age 10. These children work on Saturdays on afternoons after 3 o'clock, and evenings until 8 or 9. Location: New York, New York (State)

122 Sullivan St. 2nd Floor rear. Leveroni family. Earn 4 cents a gross...

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An Indianapolis Newsie: (Rather young) Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

An Indianapolis Newsie: (Rather young) Witness E. N. Clopper. Locatio...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drift Mouth, San Lick Mine, near Grafton, West Virginia. Bank Boss in centre: driver on his right: trapper boy outside. Alfred, about 14. He trapped several years during vacation: said he is going to school this year: asked if it were because school is more fun he said. "This yere hain't no fun!". Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Drift Mouth, San Lick Mine, near Grafton, West Virginia. Bank Boss in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 140. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Etta Squires,--12 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Runs 5 sides. Mother was very proud of this. She own two houses and doesn't work in the mill herself. Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Etta Squires,--12 years old. Been in mill 3 y...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 387. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Plenty of young boys and girls. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Plenty of young boys and girls...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 293. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. Been there "bout 2 years." 50 operatives and there were 10 children that looked to be under 12 years of age. Location: Newton, North Carolina

A spinner in Cycle Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. She was 49 inches high. B...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 452. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6 P.M. on a cold, dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M. When they went home the next morning they were all drenched by a heavy, cold rain and had few or no wraps. Two of the smaller girls with three other sisters work on night shift and support a big, lazy father who complains he is not well enough to work. He loafs around the country store. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina

National Child Labor Committee. No. 435. Flashlight photo of children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 435. Notation indicates information on verso, but no continuation text found. Credit line: National Child Labor C... More

Willie Crocker, (barefoot) Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. 13 years old-- "worked since I was 6 years old." Lost part of finger in gear of machinery. Fred Crocker--11 years old. 1 year in mill. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Willie Crocker, (barefoot) Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. 13 years old-- "w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 324. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Glue Room, N.Y. Dimension Supply Co., Evansville, Ind. Oct. 1908. Location: Evansville, Indiana

Glue Room, N.Y. Dimension Supply Co., Evansville, Ind. Oct. 1908. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 197. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

A Saturday ball game. Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Boy with glove, Malcom Rogers. (See photo 329). Next to him - Ben Deaton--12 years old. 52 inches high. Weaver. Runs 6 looms at $1.00 a day. 2 years in mill. I asked him if it wasn't hard work. "Hardest part if it is I have to stretch so much to reach up." (Tallest boy) John Lewis--12 years old. 1 yr. in mill. Weaves--4 looms. Got 40 cents to start. 60 cents now a day. Brother and father in mills. Nov. 28/08 Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A Saturday ball game. Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Boy with glove,...

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Mannington Glass Works. Uses no small boys (below 15): These are average: manager said they do not believe in working boys that ought to be in school. Say it pays to use large boys, as they pay them same as small ones--$1 a day: employ 60 men and 30 boys 15 to 18 years: no young girls. Location: Mannington, West Virginia

Mannington Glass Works. Uses no small boys (below 15): These are avera...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 173. Phrase "no young girls" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Commi... More

Girls working in Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Zetella Gallman (by window) (looked 15 years old). Has worked 2 years. Both girls in middle said they had been in mill 8 years. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Girls working in Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Zetella Gallman (by ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 326. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Noon hour, Ivey mill, Hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. Photo by ...

Noon hour, Ivey mill, Hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 281. After "photo by" the text is cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection... More

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in mill for 2 years. Many youngster here. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Smallest chap said he had been in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 297. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lizzie Davis, (smallest). Been in mill 2 years. Next--Nettie Arnet - Been in mill 8 years. Next--Monnie McCraney, been in mill 3 years. Next--Vater Arnet, been in mill 8 years. Next--Mattie Connor, spinners and Winders. Saturday, Dec. 5, 08. Location: Dillon, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lizzie Davis, (smallest). Been in mill 2 ye...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 397. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

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