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John Slebzak - see #837. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

John Slebzak - see #837. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 838. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard. They begin about 4:30 A.M. and sometimes work until sunset. Her family (Scholtz) has been South--Bluffton, S.C.--for a few years. Seen in Appalachicola and Biloxi. They are Polish. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore,...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 845. Hine no. 845-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the very smallest. She hangs around the fields. Begin work about 4 A.M. and sometimes works until sunset. (See #838.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, M...

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

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, "No more." Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She work...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 840. "Negative destroyed." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Pri... More

Annie Bissie, a little picker in the fields near B[alti]more. (See label 835). Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Annie Bissie, a little picker in the fields near B[alti]more. (See lab...

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Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bottomley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the very smallest. She hangs around the fields. Begin work about 4 A.M. and sometimes works until sunset. (See #838.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bottomley farm, near Baltimore, Md....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 837. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been working in the South two winters. (See my report July 10, 1909.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 843. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, "No more." Location: Baltimore, Maryland

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She work...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 841. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard. They begin about 4:30 A.M. and sometimes work until sunset. Her family (Scholtz) has been South--Bluffton, S.C.--for a few years. Seen in Appalacicola and Bixloxi. They are Polish. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 845. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young ...

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[This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard. They begin about 4:30 A.M. and sometimes work until sunset. Her family (Scholtz) has been South--Bluffton, S.C.--for a few years. Seen in Appalachicola and Biloxi. They are Polish.] Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

[This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard. They begin about 4:30 A.M. and sometimes work until sunset. Her family (Scholtz) has been South--Bluffton, S.C.--for a few years. Seen in Appalacicola and Bixloxi. They are Polish. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore,...

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John Slebzak - see #837. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

John Slebzak - see #837. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

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Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been working in the South two winters. (See my report July 10, 1909.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md....

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Annie Bissie, a little picker in the fields near Baltimore. (See label 835). Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Annie Bissie, a little picker in the fields near Baltimore. (See label...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 836. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at Stop-the-Mode sic. near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. See Photo 1113. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at St...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1114. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Waiting for the human cargo to start for the Maryland berry fields. Taken on Fells Point, Baltimore, Md. Courtesy of Maryland Child Labor [Comm]ittee. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Waiting for the human cargo to start for the Maryland berry fields. Ta...

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Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

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A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to another. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to anothe...

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

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1117. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at Stop-the-Mode [sic.] near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. See Photo 1113. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Exterior of one of the shacks containing 24 rooms. Forsyth's Bog at St...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We measured one of these peck boxes and found it contained 10 quarts instead of 8. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E. F. Brown [Witness]. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We meas...

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.

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Three persons lived in this room. See photo #1114. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodo...

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Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry pic...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1131. The caption card says "over" but there isn't any continutation text on the verso of the card, nor a s... More

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We measured one of these peck boxes and found it contained 10 quarts instead of 8. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E.F. Brown Witness Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man." We meas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1112. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to another. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to anothe...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1125. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 years old. Been picking this summer at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Sept. 27, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Catherine Celaberta, 766 [or 756?] S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsy...

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

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. Three persons lived in this room. See photo #1114. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Interior of one of the living rooms in shack used by pickers on Theodo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1113. "Theodore Budd's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton" appears to be crossed out on the caption card. Perh... More

Nick Cechini, 10 years old, been picking for three years, and Joe Cechini, 12 years old, been picking five years. 1147 Deliheigh St., Philadelphia. Wit[ness] E.F. Brown. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and people will stay here two weeks more. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Nick Cechini, 10 years old, been picking for three years, and Joe Cech...

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

Catherine Celaberta, 766 or 756? S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 years old. Been picking this summer at Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Sept. 27, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Catherine Celaberta, 766 or 756? S. Darian St., Philadelphia, Pennsylv...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1105. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Teresa Lamelli, 818 Kate St., Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Teresa Lamelli, 818 Kate St., Philadelphia, 5 years old. Whites Bog, B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Millie Cornaro, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries for 6 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N. J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Millie Cornaro, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries f...

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

Nick Cechini, 10 years old, been picking for three years, and Joe Cechini, 12 years old, been picking five years. 1147 Deliheigh St., Philadelphia. Witness E.F. Brown. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and people will stay here two weeks more. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Nick Cechini, 10 years old, been picking for three years, and Joe Cech...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1108. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second Street, New Bedford. "Am pickin' now, couldn't get no place this mornin'." Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Going to work. The manager said, "We have 150 workers beside the kids." Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Going to work. The manager said, "We have 150 workers beside the kids....

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Carre Maderyos (See Label #2554). Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Carre Maderyos (See Label #2554). Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

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Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty clothes and garbage on the floor. There were bunks for 12 persons. The shack was 10 x 12 feet and 8 or 9 feet high. Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty ...

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"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second Street, New Bedford. "Am pickin' now, couldn't get no place this mornin'." Location: Rochester vicinity Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts

"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2532. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manuel 10 years. Mother and these two children pick 40 measures a day at 7 cents a measure. See scoops and pail in foreground. There were two out of eighteen workers apparently under 12 and they expected to work several weeks more--losing some weeks of schooling. Location: Falmouth - Plimmey [?] Bog, Massachusetts.

Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manu...

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

Five cranberry pickers - all cousins. Smallest is Joe Sylva, 618 Water St., New Bedford, said 10 years old. Picks 10 pails a day at 7 cents. Arthur Sylva, said 13 years, picks 30 pails a day. Carrie Maderyos, 618 Water Street, New Bedford, said 12 years - second year picking. The group expects to be picking here four weeks more which will cause loss of New Bedford schooling at least 6 weeks. (See photos of them picking next day). Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Five cranberry pickers - all cousins. Smallest is Joe Sylva, 618 Water...

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Laura Santos and family, 500 Wichendon Street, Providence. Said 12 years. Picks 20 to 25 measures a day. Is in 4th grade will be here 5 weeks more. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Laura Santos and family, 500 Wichendon Street, Providence. Said 12 yea...

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Five cranberry pickers - all cousins. Smallest is Joe Sylva, 618 Water St., New Bedford, said 10 years old. Picks 10 pails a day at 7 cents. Arthur Sylva, said 13 years, picks 30 pails a day. Carrie Maderyos, 618 Water Street, New Bedford, said 12 years - second year picking. The group expects to be picking here four weeks more which will cause loss of New Bedford schooling at least 6 weeks. (See photos of them picking next day). Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Five cranberry pickers - all cousins. Smallest is Joe Sylva, 618 Water...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2554. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Antone Fontes. Said 11 years old, and worked here last year. Lives in E. Providence, R.I. Location: Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Antone Fontes. Said 11 years old, and worked here last year. Lives in ...

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Carre Maderyos (See label #2554). Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Carre Maderyos (See label #2554). Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2553. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Laura Santos and family, 500 Wichendon Street, Providence. Said 12 years. Picks 20 to 25 measures a day. Is in 4th grade will be here 5 weeks more. Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts

Laura Santos and family, 500 Wichendon Street, Providence. Said 12 yea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2555. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' since I was 5 years old." Lives 44 Bowler St., Fall River. Sister Jeanette said 6 years old beginning to pick now. Also their cousin Anita (on right hand) 7 years old regular picker. Began last year. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' ...

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Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty clothes and garbage on the floor. There were bunks for 12 persons. The shack was 10 x 12 feet and 8 or 9 feet high. Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2552. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in W. Wareham, Massachusetts. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusettsachusetts.

Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in ...

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Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in W. Wareham, Massachusetts. Location: Rochester vicinity Eldridge Bog, Massachusettsachusetts

Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2530. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Antone Fontes. Said 11 years old, and worked here last year. Lives in E. Providence, R.I. Location: Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts

Antone Fontes. Said 11 years old, and worked here last year. Lives in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2517. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Going to work. The manager said, "We have 150 workers beside the kids." Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Going to work. The manager said, "We have 150 workers beside the kids....

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Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manuel 10 years. Mother and these two children pick 40 measures a day at 7 cents a measure. See scoops and pail in foreground. There were two out of eighteen workers apparently under 12 and they expected to work several weeks more--losing some weeks of schooling. Location: Falmouth - Plimmey ? Bog, Massachusetts

Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2572. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' since I was 5 years old." Lives 44 Bowler St., Fall River. Sister Jeanette said 6 years old beginning to pick now. Also their cousin Anita (on right hand) 7 years old regular picker. Began last year. Location: South Carver vicinity - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts

Bella Roy, said 11 years old. "Been comin' here 7 years, been pickin' ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2528. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Part of a group of itinerant cotton pickers leaving a farm at which they had finished picking a bale and a half a day. They live in these wagons. Note how many children - all pick except the baby in arms. The four year old picks fifteen pounds a day regularly. Seven year old boy picks fifty pounds a day. Farm near McKinney, Texas. Location: McKinney, Texas.

Part of a group of itinerant cotton pickers leaving a farm at which th...

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Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney vicinity, Texas

Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly a...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3627. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. They live in emigrant wagons. Moving about from farm to farm. Location: McKinney [vicinity], Texas.

Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly a...

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Home of family of "Renters." 9 members, near West. Everything run down. See Hine report. Location: West, Texas.

Home of family of "Renters." 9 members, near West. Everything run down...

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

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so and then move on, giving them nomadic habits and everything is temporary. House unpainted and ill-cared for. The children from five years old up pick cotton and help with the farm work, but get little or no schooling. It is estimated by State University that 300,000 children are thus affected in Texas alone. See Hine report Texas. Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres, and they get about twenty bales of cotton this year, which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas.

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so an...

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

To harvest the crops of California thousands of families live literally on wheels, San Joaquin Valley

To harvest the crops of California thousands of families live literall...

Photograph shows children sitting on top of family belongings piled up on the back of a flatbed truck; two men are standing by the sides of the truck.

Pea pickers from Vermont - 6 weeks earnings $7.00 - at squatter's camp, Nipomo

Pea pickers from Vermont - 6 weeks earnings $7.00 - at squatter's camp...

Photograph shows men working on an automobile parked in front of a tent in a grove of eucalyptus trees. In album: Rural rehabilitation camps for migrants in California / compiled by Paul S. Taylor. 1935, [plate 21].

Corn belt refugee, Merced Co. - Public domain portrait print

Corn belt refugee, Merced Co. - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a man, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to tent dwelling with chimney, possibly attached to motor vehicle.

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

Migrant mother and children - California

Migrant mother and children - California

FSA log sheet, with photograph in center, indicating publications in which picture appeared, 1936-1940. Original title of photograph in center: Destitute peapickers in California, a 32 year old mother of seven children.

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32

Photograph known as "Migrant Mother." Version with thumb retouched out of the photo. Original negative is at the Library: LC-USF34-9058. Gift; of the photographer. Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Librar... More

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

Migratory agricultural workers at the Little Creek end of the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry. They are going to Bridgeville, Delaware to pick apples. July 1940.

Migratory agricultural workers at the Little Creek end of the Norfolk-...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[String bean harvest, Marion County, Willamette Valley, Oregon]

[String bean harvest, Marion County, Willamette Valley, Oregon]

Caption information for Dorothea Lange photographs. Describes the string bean harvest in Marion County, Oregon. Includes information about the pickers. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overs... More

Migrant agricultural worker, possibly Mexican-American, picking grapes in a vineyard in near Edison, San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California

Migrant agricultural worker, possibly Mexican-American, picking grapes...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 28295, frame 29 Related contact sheet folder caption from USN&WR COLL - Jo... More

Migrant agricultural workers, possibly Mexican-Americans, in truck in a grape vineyard in near Edison, San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California

Migrant agricultural workers, possibly Mexican-Americans, in truck in ...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 28295, frame 29 Related contact sheet folder caption from USN&WR COLL - Jo... More

Caesar Chavez at the national headquarters of the United Farm Workers Union, talking with grape boycott leaders, Keene, California

Caesar Chavez at the national headquarters of the United Farm Workers ...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 28298, frame 10A Related contact sheet folder caption from USN&WR COLL - J... More

Migrant agricultural workers, possibly Mexican-Americans, pack boxes of grapes, in a vineyard in near Edison, San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California

Migrant agricultural workers, possibly Mexican-Americans, pack boxes o...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 28296, frame 29 Related contact sheet folder caption from USN&WR COLL - Jo... More

Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit route for 16 years. Outskirts of Marysville, California.

Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit r...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to work in the peach harvest. Marysville, California.

Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to wor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marysville migrant camp. California fruit tramp and his family (mother, twenty-two years old).

Marysville migrant camp. California fruit tramp and his family (mother...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From Texas tenant farmer to California fruit tramp. Marysville, Calif. His story: "1927 made $7000 in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 went in still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road."

From Texas tenant farmer to California fruit tramp. Marysville, Calif....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935. Their baby was born in the Imperial Valley, California, where they were working as field laborers.

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. T...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. Approximately 30 families lived in this camp in November 1936.

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. App...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of men working in a field, Lettuce workers. California 1937.

A black and white photo of men working in a field, Lettuce workers. Ca...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California migratory farm laborers-drought refugees from Oklahoma-camped in the brush on the river bottom with no water or sanitation. On the outskirts of Brawley, Imperial Valley, Calif.

California migratory farm laborers-drought refugees from Oklahoma-camp...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlement. Cotton and potatoes provide employment. Squatter camp in Kern County, California.

The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlemen...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary _____________, a Polish girl and her mother, picking berries on Bottomley Farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. In the winter they go to Dunbar, La., for oyster shucking. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Mary _____________, a Polish girl and her mother, picking berries on B...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 833. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More

Johnnie Yellow, a young Polish berry picker on Bottomley farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Says he is 10 years old and has gone to Biloxi, Miss. for 9 years (with family) and has worked there in winter and here in summer for three years. He is stunted, being only about 39 inches high. Many of these children are stunted. Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Johnnie Yellow, a young Polish berry picker on Bottomley farm, Rock Cr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 834. Date and text at bottom of the caption card are partially cut off. Credit line: National Child Labor C... More

Mike Peoki, 707 South 7th St., Philadelphia. Didn't know age. Mother said 9 years. White's Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Mike Peoki, 707 South 7th St., Philadelphia. Didn't know age. Mother s...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1119. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Jennie Williams, 1529 Titten St., Philadelphia. 5 years old. First summer. Theodore Budd's Bog, at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Jennie Williams, 1529 Titten St., Philadelphia. 5 years old. First sum...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1111. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadelphia. The father and four children are picking. A "carrier" may be seen at one side. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadel...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1126. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

The Arnao family of berry pickers in the fields of Truitt's farm. This is an Italian family coming from Phildelphia and now ready to go to Carmel, N.J. to continue picking. The family consists of: 1 child 3 years of age, 1 child 6 years of age, 2 children 7 years of age, 1 child 9 years of age, 1 child 10 years of age, 1 child 11 years of age. All of whom pick. Location: Cannon, Delaware

The Arnao family of berry pickers in the fields of Truitt's farm. This...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1582. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been picking here two years. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1133. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter been picking two years. 711 Patchionk Ave., Philadelphia. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here for two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter b...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1118. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1124. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo. Is 3 years old, Boy is 6 years old, Girl is 9 years old. We found this family, children and all working on Hichens farm, Cannon, Del, May 28th 1910, before school closed. See photos #1582, and #1586 and labels. This is the fourth week of school and the mother said they would be here for 15 or 20 days more. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N. J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo. Is ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1129. "May 28th 1910" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes i.e., cigarettes a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time. Location: Seaford, Delaware

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1579. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Rose Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. 10 years old. Working 3 summers. Minds baby and carries berries, two pecks at a time. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Rose Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. 10 years old. Working 3 summ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1123. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Peula? Amava?, 8 years old. Has had 3 years of this work. Carries the cranberries and tends baby between times. We found him at work on berry farm, Cannon, Del. in May, 1910, before school closed. Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

Peula? Amava?, 8 years old. Has had 3 years of this work. Carries the ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1127. Boy's name difficult to read on caption card. "Broken" noted on caption card. Credit line: National C... More

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear #2. Whole family works. Jo. Is 3 years old. Boy is 6 years old, Girl is 9 years old. We found this family, children and all working on Hichens farm, Cannon, Del.,May 28th 1910, before school closed. See photos #1582, and 1586 and labels. This is the fourth week of school and the mother said they would be here for 15 or 20 days more. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear #2. Whole family works. Jo. Is 3...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1130. "May 28th 1910" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

The smallest girl is Josephine Ramie, 10 years old, Maniyunk, Pennsylvania (Near Philadelphia). Padrone stands over them, urging them, urging them and often swearing at and threatening them. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

The smallest girl is Josephine Ramie, 10 years old, Maniyunk, Pennsylv...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1107. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Fred Nozzecho, 604 Annin St., Philadelphial. Five years old. Picking this year. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two weeks more. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Fred Nozzecho, 604 Annin St., Philadelphial. Five years old. Picking t...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1109. No date recorded on caption card. Probably Sept. 1910 based on surrounding cards. Credit line: Nation... More

Richard Tevor, 73 Jones St., W.? Maniyunk (near Philadelphia) 8 years old. 5 years picking cranberries. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and people will stay here two more Sept. 27, 1910. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey. Photo by ...

Richard Tevor, 73 Jones St., W.? Maniyunk (near Philadelphia) 8 years ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1106. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Alphonse Londry. Said 7 years old. Lives 337 Flint Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. Working on T.B. Smart Bog. Location: South Carver vicinity, Massachusettsachusetts

Alphonse Londry. Said 7 years old. Lives 337 Flint Street, Fall River,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2520. Copy neg includes #4519. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress,... More

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