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Amusing themselves while waiting for morning papers. New York, February 1908
Taken some time in Feb 1908
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Getting working papers. New York, February 1908
Taken some time in Feb 1908
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Letter from James W. Houston and Others Supporting Child Labor Bill for District of Columbia, 04/14/1908
Taken 14 Apr 1908
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Letter from Godfrey Cabot Regarding Child Labor, 05/13/1908
Taken 13 May 1908
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A typical glass works boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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A.D.T. Messenger Boy. 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Cigar factory. Boys in foreground. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Greel's Shoe-Shining Parlor. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Indiana Glass Works. Midnight, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Night shift, A.D.T. Messengers, 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Noon hour at cotton mill. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Noon hour, Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Putting bottles into the Annealing Oven. 1 A.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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Radishes! Penny a bunch! Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M., August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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These checks cost at the rate of one-half the selling price of the newspaper and are exchanged at another window for the number of papers they call for, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
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"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M. Cincinnati, OH, 08/22/1908
Taken 22 Aug 1908
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Boy running trip rope at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours a day, September 1908
Taken some time in Sep 1908
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A basket factory. Girls making melon baskets. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Carrying-in-boy- at the Lehr (15 years old). Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Glass blower and mold boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch; then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girls at weaving machines; warpers. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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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), October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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Union Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas old, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
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A doffer in Lincolnton Mill. Lincolnton, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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A few of the workers in Cherryville Mfg. Co. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Cherryville Graded School. These are the children in the town who attend school, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Father said, the little one is a cracker-jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Girls running warping machines, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Golla Chambers, 12 years old, been in mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weave 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said he has been in the mill off and on for 5 years, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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One of the doffers in Vivian Cotton Mills. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in 10 years? Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Springstein Mill. John Lewis (boy with hat), 12 years old, 1 year in mill, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
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Rhodes Mfg. Co. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Lincolnton, N.C., 11/11/1908
Taken 11 Nov 1908
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A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C., December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills. Salisbury, N.C., December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Hattie Hunter, spinner in the Lancaster Cotton Mills. Gets 50 cents a day, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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She was working steadily whe the investigator found her. The mills seem full of youngsters who just happened in or are helping sister, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Smallest girl - Corrine Goud, runs 3 and 4 sides. Been in mill 3 years. Oldest sister said she goes to school, but couldn't spell her own name, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Soarbar Seris has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Reckon I'm about 14." Didn't look it, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Some of the doffers and the Supt. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Catawba Cotton Mill, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Sweeper and doffer boys in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many more as small, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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This shows the number of small children on the day shift. Nearly as many small ones on night shift. This is a new up to date mill, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Two of the young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Newton, N.C., December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
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Some of the doffers and the Supt. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Catawba Cotton Mill. Newton, N.C., 12/21/1908
Taken 21 Dec 1908
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