George Christopher, Postal Tel. 14 years old. Been at it over 3 years. Does not work nights. Nashville, Tenn, November 1910.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765695/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseGroup of breaker boys. Smallest is Sam Belloma. Pittston, Pa, January 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765568/photo-image-face-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseHigh school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsboys for seven, eight, and nine years. New Haven, Conn… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765585/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseTwo of the helpers in the Tifton Cotton Mill. They work regularly. Tifton, Ga, January 1909. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765582/photo-image-face-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseTommy Hawkins, 5 years old. Sells papers. Is 41 inches high. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765693/photo-image-papers-vintage-kidsFree Image from public domain licenseBoy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." Gastonia, N.C, November 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765583/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseIvey Mill. Little one, 3 years old, who visits and plays in the mill. Daughter of the overseer. Hickory, N.C, November 1908.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765586/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseMichael Mc Nelis. This boy has just recovered from his second attack of pneumonia. Was found selling papers in a big rain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765704/photo-image-papers-vintage-childrenFree Image from public domain license"He can rustle de poipers" another boy said, April 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765738/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseShe was working steadily whe the investigator found her. The mills seem full of youngsters who just happened in or are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765584/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseBreaker #9, Hughestown Borough Pa. Coal Co. One of these is James Leonard, another is Stanley Rasmus. Pittston, Pa, January… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765561/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseBowery bootblack. New York City, June 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765702/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseFrancis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765696/photo-image-paper-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseThese all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, "I ravels and picks up", December 1910.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765692/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseSadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high. Has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765587/photo-image-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseAddie Laird, 12 years old. Spinner in a Cotton Mill. Girls in mill say she is 10 years old, February 1910. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765691/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-cottonFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Children of miners, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765560/photo-image-vintage-children-african-americanFree Image from public domain licenseJoseph O'Conner, a 12 year old truent, selling extras during school hours, April 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765736/photo-image-vintage-newspaper-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseTen-Year-Old spinner in N. Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263162/ten-year-old-spinner-carolina-cotton-mill-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseJo Bodeon, a "back-roper" in mule room. Chase Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14262899/photo-image-face-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA.D.T. Messenger Boy. 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765578/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseBoy carrying hats. New York City, February 1912. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799577/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-peopleFree Image from public domain licensePhotograph of Young Driver in Mine, September 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765572/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseHand carver - chair leg. Man has been in this business about 40 years; started at 19 years of age, 1936. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799580/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-woodFree Image from public domain licenseRayon yarn being wound from one bobbin on to another and being twisted, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765559/photo-image-vintage-hands-womanFree Image from public domain licenseRadio. RCA Victor. Close-up of coil winder's hands, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799627/photo-image-face-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Father unemployable, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765569/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain license[Moulder's Helper, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania]. by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263165/photo-image-face-person-manFree Image from public domain licenseA Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery in Indianapolis, Indiana by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263155/photo-image-face-person-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseSusie Fava, picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail, September 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765733/photo-image-vintage-childrenFree Image from public domain licenseNewsboys (High School Route Boys), New Haven, Connecticut by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263203/newsboys-high-school-route-boys-new-haven-connecticut-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseA little spinner in the Globe Cotton Mill. The overseer admitted she was regularly employed there. Augusta, Ga, January… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765924/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licensePhotograph of a Workman on the Framework of the Empire State Building, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765735/photo-image-vintage-smoke-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCantaloupe Pickers, Mexicans, at End of Day in California Melon Fields / Mexican Labor Off for the Melon Fields in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14264214/photo-image-face-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseQuiller tying the broken ends of thread being wound on to quills, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799677/photo-image-vintage-hand-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseLaura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins Farm. "I'm just beginnin'. Licked two boxes yesterday," June 1909.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765580/photo-image-vintage-kid-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseModel of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765818/photo-image-vintage-people-new-yorkFree Image from public domain license11:00 A.M. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch. They were all smoking. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765810/photo-image-vintage-smoke-cigaretteFree Image from public domain licenseThree Young Workers in Kosciusko Cotton Mills, Mississippi by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263664/three-young-workers-kosciusko-cotton-mills-mississippi-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseFrank Denato, 6 years old, Tom, 4 years old, and Domino, 12 years old, live in Philadelphia and padrone, September 1910.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765711/photo-image-plant-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseJoe Smith, 8 years old. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765883/photo-image-paper-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseLonely farm home near Bulls Gap, Tennessee, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799630/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-houseFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765564/photo-image-face-vintage-personFree Image from public domain licenseA typical group of Postal Messengers. Smallest on left end, Wilmore Johnson, been there one year, June 1911. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765574/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseA Polish boy, Willie, who was taking his noon rest in a doffer box. Anthony, R.I, April 1909. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765910/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseGracie Clark, Spinner, with Her Family, Huntsville, Alabama by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263573/gracie-clark-spinner-with-her-family-huntsville-alabama-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Ewen Breaker of the Pa. Coal Co. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view, January 1911. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799678/photo-image-face-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseAfter midnight selling extras. There were many young boys selling very late these nights. Washington, D.C, April 1912.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765747/photo-image-paper-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseStarting to "Jump the Derrick," Empire State Building by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263489/starting-jump-the-derrick-empire-state-building-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseA typical fisher boy at T Wharf. Boston, Mass, October 1909. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765811/photo-image-vintage-kid-foodFree Image from public domain licenseA basket factory. Girls making melon baskets. Evansville, Ind, October 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765581/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseGroup of boys who work at the Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263950/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseYoung spinner in Roanoke Cotton Mills. Said 14 years old, but it is doubtful, May 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765739/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the young knitters in London Hosiery Mills. Photo during work hours. London, Tenn, December 1910. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765881/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licensePhotograph of William Lerch, 7 year old news-boy who sells for his brother, April 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765734/photo-image-vintage-newspaper-portraitFree Image from public domain licensePhotograph of Glass Factory Worker Rob Kidd, June 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765788/photo-image-vintage-kid-portraitFree Image from public domain licensePhotograph of Earle Frere, a young truant selling extra during school hours Monday on Pennsylvania Avenue, April 1912.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765831/photo-image-vintage-person-newspaperFree Image from public domain licenseAnother view of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, seated before a spinning wheel in her home. The creel in the background is used for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765732/photo-image-vintage-homeFree Image from public domain licenseClose-up of shuttle box, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799631/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-gunFree Image from public domain licenseInterior of cutting shed. Young cutters at work, Clarence Goodell 8 years old, and Minnie Thomas, 9 years old. Eastport, Me… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799750/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-personFree Image from public domain licenseGeneral view of spinning room, Cornell Mill, Fall River, Mass, January 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799633/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseWinder operator - close-up of hands, January 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799626/photo-image-paper-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseEdward St. Germain and Sister, Delia, Phoenix, R.I. by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263565/edward-st-germain-and-sister-delia-phoenix-ri-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain licenseTextiles. Wishnack Silk Company. Picture of a warp being entered. Shows the enterer and hand-in at work. The warp is slung… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8799628/photo-image-frame-vintage-handFree Image from public domain licenseMany youngsters here. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765916/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseFurman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Don't know A, B, C's. "Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the time,"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765913/photo-image-face-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseClosing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765880/photo-image-face-vintage-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseTruants, Red St. Clair, and chum shooting craps in front of Murphy's Branch at 11:00 A.M. a school day, May 1910.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770413/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseRichard Pierce, Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service, works from 7 a.m. to 6… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765891/photo-image-face-vintage-personFree Image from public domain licenseA typical spinner, Mamie. Lancaster Cotton Mills. Lancaster, S.C., December 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765714/photo-image-face-vintage-womenFree Image from public domain licenseEight year old Jennie Camillo lives in West Maniyunk, Pa., September 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765816/photo-image-plant-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Robber Co. and American Character Doll. Singer power machine sewing group, 1936.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765819/photo-image-vintage-person-manFree Image from public domain license11:00 A.M. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch. They were all smoking. St. Louis, MO, May 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765799/photo-image-vintage-smoke-cigaretteFree Image from public domain licenseYoung sweeper working in Anniston Yarn Mills. Anniston, Ala, November 1910. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765884/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseJohn Dempsey, looked 11 or 12 years old. Said he only helped on Saturdays, April 1909. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765823/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseBreaker boys. Smallest is Angelo Ross. Hughestown Borough Coal Co. Pittston, Pa, January 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765769/photo-image-face-vintage-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the spinners in Pell City Cotton Mill, grouped for me by the overseer. Mr. E. A. Thompson, Supt. of the Mill, is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770013/photo-image-vintage-woman-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseLittle spinner in Globe Cotton Mill. Overseer said she was regularly employed there. Augusta, Ga, January 1909.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765911/photo-image-vintage-kidFree Image from public domain licenseTwo Boys in Shower, Postal Tel. Co., Broadway, New York by Lewis W Hine https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14265713/two-boys-shower-postal-tel-co-broadway-new-york-lewis-hineFree Image from public domain license