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Child Labor in the U.S. during the Progressive Era
Photographs by Lewis Hine& Library of Congress
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004000154/PP/
Noon hour at An Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pa.
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Boys "linking" bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
The Mill: A moment's glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Rhodes Mfg. Co.
Lincolnton, North Carolina.http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-glimpse.htm
The Mill: 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. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Georgia.
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The Mill: The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full
of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister." Newberry, South Carolina.
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Newsies: A group of newsies selling on the Capitol steps. Tony, age 8, Dan, 9, Joseph, 10, and John, age 11.
Washington, D.C.
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The Factory: 9 p.m. in an Indiana Glass Works.
Seafood Workers: Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. All but the very smallest babies work. Began work at 3:30 a.m. and expected to work until 5 p.m. The little girl
in the center was working. Her mother said she is "a real help to me." Dunbar, Louisiana.
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Struggling Families: A family working in the Tifton Cotton Mill. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother
said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. Two of
them went off and got married. The family left the farm two years ago to work in the mill. Tifton, Georgia.
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