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Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapoli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 130. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery, In Indianapolis, Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery, In Indianapolis, Aug. 1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 86. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Boys in a Cannery, Indianapolis, Ind. Unloading new tomato cans from freight cars. Witness E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Boys in a Cannery, Indianapolis, Ind. Unloading new tomato cans from f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 57. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapoli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 119. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Band St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 10 and Marie 11 years old. They worked, with mother, last winter, shucking oysters for Varn & Beard Packing Co., Young Island, S.C. (near Charleston). Mrs. Kawalski did not have things represented to her correctly and she found that all the children that had fare paid were compelled to work for the company. Other smaller children worked some and went to school some. Maire and Albert have worked several summers in the berry, beans and tomato fields packing houses near Baltimore. (see my report, July 10, for further particulars). Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Band St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 825. Text is cut off at bottom of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libra... More

Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Location: Maryland

Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Location: Maryland

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 826. No place or date recorded on caption card. Probably July 1909 in Maryland, based on captions for photos ... More

Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Giglia, 48 Carolina St., 10 years old last summer. The whole family string beans at S. Haven and Albion, N.Y. 2. Anthony Litterie, 79 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., sometimes in the evening stringing beans and hulling strawberries in sheds, N. Collins, N.Y. 3. Vito Bargio, 48 Carolina St., 12 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds of Albion, N.Y. and returned to school Oct. 17th. 4. Ben Madonia, 205 Seventh St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y., sometimes until 8 P.M. Entered school on time, good record. 5. Sam Pecararo, 107 Trenton Ave., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in sheds, Hamburg, N.Y. Worked until 8 P.M. sometimes. Entered school Nov. 18th, but has good record, nevertheless. Buffalo, N.Y. 6. Charles Ponnepinto, 106 Seventh Ave., 8 years old last summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group from school #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right) 1. Michael Gi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1333. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. Genesee St. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1220. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Another general view of the "hulling" station of A.J. Johnson at Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware

Another general view of the "hulling" station of A.J. Johnson at Seafo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1571. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1343. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo Ciaravina, 124 State St., 8 years old. Worked on beans and corn in sheds at Albion, N.Y. Entered school December 5th. 2) Mike Miranda, 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the home at Forsetville. Entered school September 7th. 3) Louis Belilta, 61 Water St., 12 years old last summer. Worked part of the time snipping beans in the sheds at Collins, N.Y. 4) Rose Moreibella, 41 Peacock St., 11 years old last summer. Stringing beans part of the time in the sheds at North Collins and Cherry Creek, N.Y. 5) Josephine Favata, 62 Main St., 10 years old last summer. Said that when little sister slept, she husked corn and string beans in the big shed at Albion, N.Y. 6) Magaline Tutarchi, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans and shelling peas sometimes in the sheds at Mr. Morris, N.Y. 7) Bombe Regis, 69 Water St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the sheds. Entered school in September. 8) Rosa Guglinzza, Room 10, 62 Main Street, 10 years old last summer. Worked on berries, corn and beans in the sheds at Cherry Creek. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1337. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old, last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents and hour for all time including overtime, Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1326. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds of Albion Canning. Canning, stringing beans. Was 10 years old last summer. Worked from 7 A.M. until 9 P.M. Returned to school September 27th, losing 2 weeks time. School record good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Angelo Rizzo, 5 Trenton Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Worked 5 months in sheds o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1332. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #1. 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and apples and tomatoes in sheds and factory, getting 50 cents a day, sometimes until 8 P.M. Parents sometimes work all night until 5 A.M. Entered School #1, January 11th from School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1331. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Paresse Family, 4 Fly St., Buffalo, N.Y. All three worked in the Albion Canning Factory in the sheds (Jo, only a little) on peas, beans and corn. Jo was too small to get husks off the corn so they stopped his working. Millie and Ignatio made 40 to 50 cents a day each, at 8 cents and hour because the work was slack. Returned to Buffalo the last of October. Went out the last of May, losing about 11 weeks of school time. Millie would not go to school when she came back because she was behind the rest of the class. Was found out by the C.O.S. in January and was reported to truant officer and sent to school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1327. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group sorting peas at the table in Ross's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The little fellow in the photo is a full fledged sorter. He is 5 years of age. Many such children work steadily in the Cannery, and some of them work at the machines. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A group sorting peas at the table in Ross's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1594. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo. was 7 years old last summer. Charley 12 years old last summer. Snipped beans and hulled strawberries in the sheds, Charley until 12 P.M. sometimes, Hamburg Canning Factory. Left school last of May and entered school October 18th, losing about 9 weeks of school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Pannepinto Family, 116 Georgia St., Buffalo, N.Y. Attend School #1. Jo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1330. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Home of Rosario Guarino, 13 Mechanic Street. (Boy on left.) These people spend the summer at one of the Canning Centres. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Home of Rosario Guarino, 13 Mechanic Street. (Boy on left.) These peop...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1227. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group of workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. 1 Child is 7 years of age. 4 Children are 12 years of age. 1 Child is 13 years of age. 4 Children are 15 years of age. 3 of these children are working 1 year. 1 of these children is working 2 years. 3 of these children are working 3 years. 2 of these children are working 4 years. 1 of these children is working 5 years. 1 of these children is working 6 years. Greenabaum's Cannery is considered one of the largest in the United States. A few years ago they canned 1,000,000 cans of peas in 4 days. This information was given by the bookkeeper of the Cannery. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Seaford, Del. June 2, 1910. Location: Seaford, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A group of workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. 1 Child is 7...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1597. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Helen is an orphan, who one month after death of her widowed mother, was adopted by the Hope family of Seaford, Del. This is her 2d season at Johnson's Hulling Station. On the day of the investigation she started working at 6 A.M. and at 6 P.M. the same day Helen was still hulling strawberries. Location: Seaford, Delaware

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1573. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Cannery Sheds at Albion, Wilson, Hamburg, etc., last summer. Ages run from 10 to 13 years. Entered school late. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Ca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1341. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group of girl workers in Greenabaum's Canneries, Seaford, Del. These girls gave their ages as 10, 13 and 13. The 10 year old girl is working her first season while the two girls of 13 are working 2nd season. They work from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M., and when there is a good supply of peas they work until late at night. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A group of girl workers in Greenabaum's Canneries, Seaford, Del. These...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1599. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans? at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for ... in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1328. Portion of text cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Librar... More

Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day, the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents an hour for all time, including over time. Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rose Sarosa, Room 42, 62 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last sum...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1325. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery last summer. Rose Cugino, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds of Albion, sometimes until 9 P.M. Made 50 cents a day. Is making good in school work. Joseph Cangiamila, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds until 8 P.M., sometimes at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks school. Henry Panasoi, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds sometimes into the evening at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks schooling. Andrew Geraci, 13 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds and dropped tomatoes cans into machine, sometimes until 9 P.M. and 10 P.M., at Albion, N.Y. Made 75 cents to $1.00 a day. Lost 7 weeks of school, but is making good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1340. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group of girl workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The girls in the front row are "cappers" and "layers." They range from 6 years of age up. Working from 10 to 12 hours per day. Among the unguarded belting machinery of the Cannery. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A group of girl workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The gir...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1598. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Boys and Girls form Canneries, School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Josephine Oliveri, 19 Peacock St., 12 years old last summer. String beans in shed at Cherry Creek, N.Y. 2) Carmelo Combina, 8 years old last summer. Out-door work Cherry Creek, N.Y. 3) Lucy Gatte, 11 years old last summer. Shells peas and hulls strawberries. 4) Millie Izzio, 202 Carroll St., 12 years old last summer. Worked on peas, beans, berries, and tomatoes in the sheds. 5) Cassio Conjetta, 58 Lloyd St., 9 years old last summer. Snipped beans and worked on corn, berries and tomatoes in the sheds at Forestville, N.Y. 6) Tony Arara, 96 Washington St., Worked on berries, beans and peas in sheds North Collins, and Hamburg, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. 7) Lewis Maseari, 8 years old last summer. Worked on corn, beans, peas, and grapes, in the shed, at Forrestville, N.Y. 8) Angolio Mirandi, 8 years old last summer. Husked corn, peas and beans in sheds North Collins, N.Y. 9) Leonard Boscaglia, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Worked on ... 10) Lucy May, 8 years old last summer. Worked on beans, peas, and berries in the shed at Franklin. 11) Dan Quaratello, 22 State St., 12 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 12) Mary Tagelliferio, 44 Perry St., 13 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 13) Johgn Thomas, 71 State St., 14 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 14) Angelio Jesso, 39 Main St., 12 years old last summer. Shed work. 15) Daniel George, 4 State St., 11 years old last summer. Worked in sheds. 16) Dominick Caggiana, 33 12 Burrell Place, 10 years old last summer. Shed work. 17) Carman Juggio, 43 Myrtle Ave., 10 years old last summer. Shed work. 18) Tony La Spazzi, 49 Scott St., 14 years old last summer. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Boys and Girls form Canneries, School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Josephine O...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1338. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1220. Hine no. 1222. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

2 boys at the filling machine in Cannon's Cannery, Bridgeville, Del. These boys place cans in the grove to be filled with peas. Work 10 hours per day, and when there is a good supply of peas they work 15 hours a day. The small boy is 9 years of age, at work the first season. The larger boy is 12, working his 2nd season. Location: Bridgeville, Delaware

2 boys at the filling machine in Cannon's Cannery, Bridgeville, Del. T...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1595. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Daisy Langford, 8 years of age, working at the capping machine in Ross's Cannery, Seaford, Del. (see photo crossed out) Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Seaford, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Daisy Langford, 8 years of age, working at the capping machine in Ross...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1591. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace? nr. GeneSt...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1220. Hine no. 1221. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right): 1) Rose Paralto, 12 years old last summer. Helped mother on strawberries, Canning Factory, Simcoe, Canada. Entered school, January 3d, 1910. Last year, school work excellent, this year not good. 2) Josephine Pellina, 10 years old last summer. Strings beans in sheds of Forestvillesic?, Cannery. Came to school in September. 3) Christian Cengo, 10 years old last summer. Worked stringing beans in sheds Forrestville Cannery sometimes until 8 or 9 P.M. 4) Anna Gengo, 10 years old last summer. Sheds of Forrestville Cannnery. 5) Metea Spana, 13 years old last summer. Worked on peas and beans in the sheds of Eden Center Canning Factory. 6) Josephine Leone, 12 years old last summer. Helped in the sheds at Barker Cannery. 7) Frances Imperllario, 11 years old last summer. Worked on berries Cherry Creek Factory. 8) Mary Lefesso, 12 years old last summer. Worked at Barker Canning Factory. Entered school October 22d. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1335. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Exterior of 260 Terrace Street. Several Italian families, which spend the summer in the Cannery District, live here. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Exterior of 260 Terrace Street. Several Italian families, which spend ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1224. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of boys from canning factories. School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right): 1) Frank Lefasso, 13 years old last summer. Worked in canning factory at Barker. 2) Anthony Traeisi?, 10 years old last summer. Worked on beans South Dayton, Cannery. 3) James Schillacer, 12 years old last summer. Earned 50 cents a day putting cans in holes in factory St. Catherines, Canada. 4) Peter Delsalvo, 13 years old last summer. Worked in the factory at Brant, N.Y. 5) Anthony Baraone, 11 years old last summer. Worked on apples, beans, tomatoes, in factory at Wilson, N.Y. 6) Thoma Laessi, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans in sheds at Hamburg, N.Y. 7-9 A.M.; 3-5 P.M. 7) Joseph Lanca, 12 years old last summer. Strings beans in sheds. (All these boys worked on tomatoes.) Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of boys from canning factories. School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from l...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1336. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Family group hulling strawberries in the sun at Johnson's Hulling station, Seaford, Del. Note the child of about 5 years of age in the centre of the picture with sharp, long knife hulling berries. Location: Seaford, Delaware

Family group hulling strawberries in the sun at Johnson's Hulling stat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1572. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1961. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canneries, #4., not the youngest. Location: Eastport, Maine

A group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canneries, #4., not the younges...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2442. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Pass Packing Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Pass Packing Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2014. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2001. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but not many of these youngsters are found on the oyster boats. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1995. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Emma Kelly, eight years old, picks shrimp in the Peerless Oyster Co. Many like her worked from 3:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Emma Kelly, eight years old, picks shrimp in the Peerless Oyster Co. M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2045. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these work in Peerless Oyster Co. Had to get the photo while bosses were at dinner, as they refused to permit children in the photos. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

All these work in Peerless Oyster Co. Had to get the photo while bosse...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2038. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me., mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, and also cartons. Her mother said, "Some of the children cut their fingers half off." Her father and grandfather are in the factory. She lives in Grand Manan in the winter with her aunt, father and mother live here. She says she earns $2.00 some days packing, not so much when she cartons. "Only made $1.70 all last week." Location: Eastport, Maine

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2459. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1962. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. (See photo of family, #2353, and label.) Location: Eastport, Maine

"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2447. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

George Goodell, and butcher knife used by many children. Location: Eastport, Maine

George Goodell, and butcher knife used by many children. Location: Eas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2456. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. "I aint very fast--only about five boxes a day. They pay five cents a box." Location: Eastport, Maine

Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2427. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P.M. after a day begun at 4:00 A.M. and spent shucking oysters and tending baby. Smallest one is "Teeny." Other is Sophie. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Two of the young oyster shuckers and baby-tenders going home at 5:00 P...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2019. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Phoebe Thomas, a little while after the accident. Location: Eastport, Maine

Phoebe Thomas, a little while after the accident. Location: Eastport, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2445. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co. I saw them all at work there long before daybreak. Photos taken at noon in the absence of the Supt. who refused me permission because of Child Labor agitation. Factory belongs to Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

All these children (except babies) shuck oysters and tend babies at th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2008. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Four-year-old Mary Kosco, Shucks oysters at Dunbar. (See photo 2050). Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Four-year-old Mary Kosco, Shucks oysters at Dunbar. (See photo 2050). ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2063. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Richard Mills, 8 years old, showing a severely cut finger. Is a cutter in Eastport, Me., canneries. Location: Eastport, Maine

Richard Mills, 8 years old, showing a severely cut finger. Is a cutter...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2407. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate Co.) Small boy on left end is Mike Murphy, ten years old, and from Baltimore. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1985. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother pack in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. Walter Omar, 8 years old, 4 Clark Street, cuts. Location: Eastport, Maine

Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2411. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Maud Daly, five years old. Grace Daly, three years old. Pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co. Their mother said they both help, and their sister said the little one worked the fastest. Many little ones like them work here. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Maud Daly, five years old. Grace Daly, three years old. Pick shrimp at...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2035. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabam...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1964. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co. Two families to a house, but they are separated. Housing conditions fairly good. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1996. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster shuckers in Dunbar Cannery. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Oyster shuckers in Dunbar Cannery. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2052. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A prospective sardine worker, one of the Goodell family. (See Photo #2433). Location: Eastport, Maine

A prospective sardine worker, one of the Goodell family. (See Photo #2...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2434. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Sardine canneries at Eastport, Maine. Location: Eastport, Maine

Sardine canneries at Eastport, Maine. Location: Eastport, Maine

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2418. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co. I had to take photo while bosses were at dinner as they refused to permit children to be in photos. Out of 60 workers, 15 were apparently under 12 years. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

All these pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co. I had to take photo w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2040. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upward. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upwar...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1991. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Annie Delcher, eight-year-old oyster shucker from Baltimore. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Annie Delcher, eight-year-old oyster shucker from Baltimore. Location:...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2065. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

5 year old Preston, a young cartoner in a Maine Canning Co. I saw him at work different times during the day - at 7 a.m., in the afternoon and at 6 p.m., and he kept at it very faithfully for so young a worker. Location: Eastport, Maine

5 year old Preston, a young cartoner in a Maine Canning Co. I saw him ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2414. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

These little ones, and many others, work in the Peerless Oyster Co. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

These little ones, and many others, work in the Peerless Oyster Co. Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2036. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co. From Baltimore. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1993. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Ala...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1963. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Jamsie, a six-year-old shucker. Shucks one pot a day. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Jamsie, a six-year-old shucker. Shucks one pot a day. Location: Dunbar...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2066. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cent...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1987. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Walter Kitosky, seven year old oyster shucker. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Walter Kitosky, seven year old oyster shucker. Location: Pass Christia...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2009-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Maud Daly, five years old. Grace Daly, three years old. Pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co. Their mother said they both help. Their sister said the little one was the fastest. Many other little ones like them working here. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Maud Daly, five years old. Grace Daly, three years old. Pick shrimp at...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2034. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Mildred Griffiths, 9 Pleasant St., 13 yrs. old. A regular packer in Blanchard's Sardine Factory. Makes $1.00 to $2.00 a day. Sometimes works until midnight. Location: Eastport, Maine

Mildred Griffiths, 9 Pleasant St., 13 yrs. old. A regular packer in Bl...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2451. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Joey Stubeck, five years old. Shucks some at Pass Christian. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Joey Stubeck, five years old. Shucks some at Pass Christian. Location:...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2006-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

All are oyster shuckers in the Dunbar Cannery. Began work about 3:00 A.M. and worked until about 5:00 P.M. with half an hour for lunch. The great hill of shells is only part of the season's product. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

All are oyster shuckers in the Dunbar Cannery. Began work about 3:00 A...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2055. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Bat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1608. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Martin Stevens, Any i.e., Amy? Andy? Schmidt, Will Schmidt, Frank Kelly, all shuck oysters. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Martin Stevens, Any i.e., Amy? Andy? Schmidt, Will Schmidt, Frank Kell...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2008-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Three young cutters who work in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. They work at night when the rush is on. Youngest is Rob Collins, 10 years old; next is Dan Collins, 11 years; next is Milton Shannon. All live on South Clark Street. Location: Eastport, Maine

Three young cutters who work in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2424. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A group of shrimp pickers in Peerless Oyster Co., working during the short noon recess. Many workers, including the children, utilize part of the lunch time this way, when there is a lunch time allowed. In many canneries, they snatch their lunches as best they may while the work goes on and others are getting ahead of them. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

A group of shrimp pickers in Peerless Oyster Co., working during the s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2041. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. On other side of the shed, still younger children were working. Out of sixty working (only half were there) I counted fifteen apparently under twelve years old. Some three, four, and five years old were picking too. Parents acknowledged ages and fact that they worked some. Boss said they went to work at 3:00 A.M., and would quit about 3 or 4 P.M. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2033. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Joseph Velcich?, seven years old. Beginning to pick shrimp for Peerless Oyster Co. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Joseph Velcich?, seven years old. Beginning to pick shrimp for Peerles...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2047. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, Miss. Did not know how old she was. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2003-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Group of cutters, all of them working, factory #2. One of them, not the youngest, is Harold Whalen, 14 Tappen Ave. Makes $1.00 a day. Location: Eastport, Maine

Group of cutters, all of them working, factory #2. One of them, not th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2428. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these shuck oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. They began work about 3:00 A.M., and worked until about 5:00 P.M. with half an hour for lunch at noon. The great hill of oyster shells is but part of one season's product. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

All these shuck oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. They began work about 3...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2054. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of oyster shuckers working in canning factory of Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. All but the very smallest babies work. All began at 3:30 A.M. expected to work until 5 P.M. The little girl in center working. Her mother says she is a real help to her. About 300 workers. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Group of oyster shuckers working in canning factory of Dunbar, Lopez, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2050. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

One of the small cutters at work. Location: Eastport, Maine

One of the small cutters at work. Location: Eastport, Maine

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2436. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

John Velcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co. This is his third year at the work. Earns 55 cents a day. His hands were all sore and swelled up from the acid in the shrimp. Brother Tony, eight years old, picks some too, but is sick now. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

John Velcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co. This ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2042. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

One of the labor camps for workers in Peerless Oyster Co. About 18 families live here. While conditions are not so bad here as I have seen them in their Maryland and Delaware quarters, they are not far from ideal. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

One of the labor camps for workers in Peerless Oyster Co. About 18 fam...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2043. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Sardine canneries at Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine

Sardine canneries at Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2416. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe i.e. Phoebe Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.) Location: Eastport, Maine

Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe i.e. Phoebe Thomas, going to work a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2443. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do four or five pots a day. Shucks every day and tends the baby. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Mary Morris, nine year old oyster shucker. Shucked last year; can do f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2010-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim Sunday morning. They all work. Even the smallest makes $.50 to $1.00 a day. They all said they cut their fingers a good deal, "and then the salt makes 'em 'pickle-sores." Location: Eastport, Maine

Group of young cutters in Seacoast sardine factory, going for a swim S...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2454. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Pile of refuse, waste, and salt water in which these sardine workers stand at times. Location: Eastport, Maine

Pile of refuse, waste, and salt water in which these sardine workers s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2405. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Some of the cartoners, not the youngest, at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. (See Hine report.) Location: Eastport, Maine

Some of the cartoners, not the youngest, at Seacoast Canning Co., Fact...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2412. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old, but not many. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1966. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up. Location: Eastport, Maine

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2430. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1992. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

General view of shucking shed. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

General view of shucking shed. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2060. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Nettie ?, a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She speaks no English. Note the condition of her shoes, caused by standing on the rough shells so much, a common sight. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Nettie ?, a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1988. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Frank Obin, eight years old. Shucks oysters at Pass Christian. I found him asleep on the floor of the shed at 4 o'clock one morning. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi

Frank Obin, eight years old. Shucks oysters at Pass Christian. I found...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2005-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the girls. Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Noon hour at Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Some of the gir...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1967. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

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