Ronald Webb, 12 years old, a doffer boy, and Frank Robinson, 7 year old who helps sweep and doff, May 1911. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770667/photo-image-person-child-broomFree Image from public domain licenseAt the close of day. Just up from the shaft, January 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770253/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseTeixiera family. Mary 11 years old; Manuel, 10 yrs. Mother and these two children pick 40 measures a day at 7 cents a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770526/photo-image-plant-tree-womanFree Image from public domain licenseWorkers picking shrimp, 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770339/photo-image-kid-work-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseRailroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Man working at machine, May 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770607/photo-image-person-train-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseFlashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the Den of the terrible nine, March 1909.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770387/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseOur Baby Doffer and some of the other infants working in the Avondale Mills. Birmingham, Ala, November 1910. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770252/photo-image-man-work-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseFishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Mobile Bay, Ala, February 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802893/photo-image-person-water-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseMaking neckties in the kitchen. The 11 year old girl and 13 year old boy work on the ties every day after school, February… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770622/photo-image-face-woman-peopleFree Image from public domain licensePart of the family of Hugh Noe, a renter on a farm near Andersonville, Tennessee, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770659/photo-image-wood-people-kidFree Image from public domain licenseMaking garters. A Jewish family and neighbors working until late at night, February 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770518/photo-image-people-table-foodFree Image from public domain licenseMinnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing the average size of the sardine knife as large as this. Eastport, Me, August 1911.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770674/photo-image-face-wood-personFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed man attending meeting of the Workers Alliance Council, March 1937. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770662/photo-image-people-crowd-humanFree Image from public domain licenseSewing and cutting of cloth (all women), 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770369/photo-image-person-food-restaurantFree Image from public domain licenseFarrell family. They had discontinued the brush making, but sent to a neighbor for materials and posed for me, just as they… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770520/photo-image-face-people-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseMrs. L. Bosher, living in a run down cotton mill village, June 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770673/photo-image-face-people-houseFree Image from public domain licenseLeo 48 inches high, 8 years old. Picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day in Elk Cotton Mill. He said, "No I don't help sister or… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770237/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseUnion Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas old… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770570/photo-image-people-child-brickFree Image from public domain licenseMarie Costa, basket seller, in a Cincinnati market. 10 A.M. Saturday, August 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770557/photo-image-face-art-womanFree Image from public domain licenseTextiles. Wishnack Silk Company. Fancies being woven, June 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770376/photo-image-person-train-factoryFree Image from public domain licensePicking nuts in dirty basement, December 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770638/photo-image-face-art-woodFree Image from public domain licenseEach girl tends a number of machines. This photograph shows a Mennonite working on of them, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770346/photo-image-woman-person-hatFree Image from public domain licenseClose-up of an applicant for employment with the TVA taking the examination for skilled and unskilled labor at the high… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770626/photo-image-people-restaurant-schoolFree Image from public domain licenseTextiles. Jackson Winding and Warping Company. Picture of a Sipp-Eastwood DY type of High Speed Warper, June 1937.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802895/photo-image-vintage-spiral-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Pressing, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770486/photo-image-paper-vintage-manFree Image from public domain licenseMan operating mining equipment, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802897/photo-image-person-wood-natureFree Image from public domain licenseCarmino Fascinoe, a worker in Ayer Mill. Lawrence, Mass, September 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770672/photo-image-vintage-woman-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseGroup of young cutters in a canning factory, waiting for more fish, August 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770670/photo-image-face-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseAnother view of Aunt Lizzie Reagan weaving old-fashioned jean at the Pi Beta Phi school, November 1933. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770424/photo-image-vintage-wood-personFree Image from public domain licenseTextiles. Pacific Mills. Barber-Colman High Speed Warper. From front, Operator in act of starting machine, April 1937.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770609/photo-image-vintage-woman-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseGeorge Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average, May 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770637/photo-image-face-vintage-woodFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. William Skinner and Sons. Single (Finley) cutter, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770488/photo-image-paper-vintage-manFree Image from public domain licenseRock-driller at Norris Dam site, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770500/photo-image-face-vintage-personFree Image from public domain licenseHiram Hughes, 659 Branch Street, Kingsport, Tennessee. Hughes is shown here at work at the Kingsport Press building up a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770624/photo-image-vintage-wood-personFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rag sorting (French), 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770471/photo-image-paper-vintage-womanFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Building rubber doll moulds, 1936.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770665/photo-image-vintage-person-gunFree Image from public domain licenseFamily finishing pants. None of them spoke English. New York City, March 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770519/photo-image-vintage-person-living-roomFree Image from public domain licenseStraining the sorghum on the farm of J. W. Stooksberry, Anderson County, Tennessee. This is the primitive way of making… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770505/photo-image-vintage-person-natureFree Image from public domain licenseRailroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Moulder takes a small pot of metal from tapped furnace to use on a small job… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802896/photo-image-person-wood-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseHome of Mrs. Schiaffo, December 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770645/photo-image-art-vintage-paintingFree Image from public domain licenseGroup of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton Mills, May 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802859/photo-image-people-vintage-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseOne of the oldest mills (begun as horse blankets), original site and building, railway track; sold at auction, 1936.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802902/photo-image-art-house-natureFree Image from public domain licenseTextiles. Pacific Mills. Drawing frame (Side view). Showing cotton as it comes from machine, April 1937. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770590/photo-image-person-milk-drinkFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Putting skein on swift to wind on bobbin (Polish), 1936.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770611/photo-image-woman-people-workFree Image from public domain licenseAnother view of Mrs. James Watson spinning wool yarn in her cabin near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770613/photo-image-face-wood-personFree Image from public domain licenseEdgar Coffman, a renter farmer in Anderson County, Tennessee, near Clinton. He is also a preacher for the Holiness sect… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770664/photo-image-face-person-hatFree Image from public domain licenseShaftmen coming out of the test shaft at Norris Dam site, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770666/photo-image-person-sunglasses-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Silk Warping, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770593/photo-image-woman-people-manFree Image from public domain licenseThe homestead of Sherman Stiner, Lead Mine Bend, Union County, Tennessee. Mr. Stiner is a prosperous and progressive farmer… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802900/photo-image-house-nature-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseGum venders selling near the National Theatre. Eli Marks, 8 years old, makes 25 cents a night, April 1912. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770610/photo-image-kid-man-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseS.W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville, Ind, October 1908. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770395/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseCreel showing bobbins with rayon. The operator is shown tying the thread of a full bobbin to the thread of a partially… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770193/photo-image-wood-person-computerFree Image from public domain licenseBeula Ogle preparing warp for weaving at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She is a new weaver at the school… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770425/photo-image-woman-people-workerFree Image from public domain licenseAn abandoned coal camp on Scott's Run, West Virginia, December 22, 1936. Mine closed early in 1936. Scene taken from main… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802862/photo-image-person-vintage-electric-transmission-towerFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Shack Community Center, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770249/photo-image-doctor-person-hospitalFree Image from public domain licenseWorkers in Merrimac Mill. Robert, smallest, 12 years old, October 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770639/photo-image-people-man-crowdFree Image from public domain licenseRailroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Blacksmith forging and hammering tools, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770608/photo-image-face-person-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. West Boylston Manufacturing Company from St. Brigid's Cemetary, 1936. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802836/photo-image-cross-vintage-furnitureFree Image from public domain licenseIn comparison with governmental affairs, newsies are small matters, April 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770515/photo-image-tree-people-cityFree Image from public domain licenseRailroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Boilermaker tapping for stay-bolts in boiler of a modern locomotive, March 1937.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770606/photo-image-people-guitar-musical-instrumentFree Image from public domain licenseScott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove Nos. 3 and 4 - Another view of Pursglove Mines Nos. 3 and 4, March 1937. Photographer:… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802858/photo-image-person-nature-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseA close-up of Gaines McGlothin with his two mules. McGlothin has two cows and sells milk and butter. He also raises hogs and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770619/photo-image-cows-milk-animalFree Image from public domain licenseSetting up a sleeping tent at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee, to accommodate replacements who arrived from New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770604/photo-image-person-camping-humanFree Image from public domain licenseAlfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but not many of these youngsters are found on the oyster… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770669/photo-image-person-nature-waterFree Image from public domain licenseWilbur H. Woodward, Western Union Messenger 236, is one of the youngsters on the border line. He is 15 years old and works… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770621/photo-image-animal-horse-april-1912Free Image from public domain licenseJohn Sachatello, a barber with a steady job helping family make flowers, December 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770525/photo-image-flower-plant-artFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. Saint Brigid's Cemetary - French and Polish graves, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802849/photo-image-cross-vintage-groundFree Image from public domain licenseTwo boys on boat, 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770330/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseS. P. Graves, instrument man, working on new construction bridge at Norris Dam, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770512/photo-image-person-gunFree Image from public domain licenseMallard Hilton, a kiln placer in Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee. Hilton came to work with the Potteries from a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770618/photo-image-wood-person-foodFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802837/photo-image-person-construction-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseCamela, 12 years old, making Irish lace for collars. Works until 9 P.M. in dirty kitchen, January 1912. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770634/photo-image-face-person-living-roomFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Super calender, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770472/photo-image-man-work-workerFree Image from public domain licenseNumerous bottles in foreground and bottles on a conveyor belt, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802792/photo-image-person-wood-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseJoe carrying cranberries, said 10 years old. Picks also, September 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770527/photo-image-plant-person-natureFree Image from public domain licenseCarrying-in-boy- at the Lehr (15 years old). Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770578/photo-image-person-hat-humanFree Image from public domain licenseOne of the small cutters at work. Eastport, Me, August 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770668/photo-image-person-kidFree Image from public domain licenseMrs. Caporale, a widow, picking nuts while her two daughters help her, December 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770633/photo-image-art-painting-personFree Image from public domain licenseMan looking at machine, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770195/photo-image-vintage-building-great-depressionFree Image from public domain licenseRailroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Machinist milling down part of a drive-shaft on big locomotive, March 1937.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770432/photo-image-person-food-hatFree Image from public domain licenseMrs. Marengin. Pepino, 10 years old, cracking nuts with her teeth, December 1911. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770641/photo-image-art-painting-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseShop of the Woodcrafters and Carvers, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Besides making fine furniture, these two craftsmen turn out… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770617/photo-image-wood-person-furnitureFree Image from public domain licenseView of Red Light District on C Street, N.W. near 13th, April 1912. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802848/photo-image-person-nature-snowFree Image from public domain licenseIvor Steadman, Litz Manor, Kingsport, Tennessee. Steadman is shown here finishing and patching, an operation requiring a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770497/photo-image-person-table-shelfFree Image from public domain licenseMt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. The Canal: the best tradition of a home industry, 1936. Photographer: Hine, Lewis.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770594/photo-image-vintage-building-1936Free Image from public domain licenseGroup of boys working in #9 breaker. In this group were Sam Belloma, Angelo Ross, and others. Hughestown Boroughs Pa. Coal… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770248/photo-image-kid-man-workFree Image from public domain licenseRayon skein rapped in cloth, preparatory to emergence in solution, March 1937. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770352/photo-image-wood-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseAunt Lizzie Reagan, at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, weaving old-fashioned jean, November 1933.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770477/photo-image-person-musical-instrument-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseWorkers returning from construction on the new bridge at Norris Dam site at noon hour, November 1933. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802901/photo-image-art-people-paintingFree Image from public domain licenseSam Mynatt, shaftman on test drilling for examination of substrata at Norris Dam site, October 1933. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770660/photo-image-face-person-workerFree Image from public domain licensePower shovel making roadway at Norris Dam site, October 1933. Photographer: Hine, Lewis. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8802898/photo-image-person-wood-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseA group of several hundred workers at Norris Dam construction camp site during noon hour, November 1933. Photographer: Hine… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770499/photo-image-people-crowd-humanFree Image from public domain licenseMaking in the kitchen, hair goods, the partly made puffs and switches were laying around the floor. This is the home of a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770517/photo-image-person-food-restaurantFree Image from public domain license