Lewis Hine Photographs

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Lewis Hine Photographs

• Captions were written by Lewis Hine. All photos
  courtesy of the National Archives and Records
  Administration.

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General view of spinning room, Cornell Mill, Fall
River, Mass., 01/11/1912
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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 spinning frame to mend broken
threads and to put back the empty bobbins.,
01/19/1909
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View of the Ewen Breaker of the Pa. Coal Co. The
dust was so dense at times as to obscure the
view. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of
the boy's lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes
stands over the boys, prodding or kicking them
into obedience. S. Pittston, Pa., 01/10/1911
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9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works. Indiana.,
08/1908
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Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville,
Ind., 10/1908
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Day scene. Wheaton Glass Works. Boy is Howard
Lee. His mother showed me the family record in
Bible which gave birth July 15, 1894. 15 years
old now, but has been in glass works two years
and some nights. Started at 13 years old.
Millville, N.J., 11/1909
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Camille Carmo, Justine, 7 and 9 years old. The
older one picks about 4 pails a day. Youngest was
picking also. Rochester, Mass., 09/13/1911
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Bowery Bootblack. New York City., 06/1910
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Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley.
Photo taken late at night. The boys work until
midnight and later. Trenton, N.J., 12/20/1909
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Young boy working for Hickok Lumber Co.
Burlington, Vt., 09/02/1910