1,656 Free Photos of Boys At Work

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This boy has been working in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren , R.I., one year. June 10, 1909. LOC cph.3a42526
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One of the boys working in Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. Been there 3 years. Cannot speak English. LOC cph.3c27566
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Some of the small boys working in the Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at Noon, May 25. LOC cph.3b00618
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Noon hour. Two of the young doffer-boys working in the Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. LOC nclc.02066
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Boy on left hand end (hands in pockets) is Peter Carlos, 33 Waldron St. Been working in Mill No. 1 for 1 1-2 years. Smallest boy is Nicholas Karambles, 33 Waldron Street. Cocheco Mfg. Co., LOC nclc.01770
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A typical Glass Works Boy, Indiana, Night Shift, Said he was 16 years old. 1 A.M. LOC cph.3a20275
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A typical Glass Works Boy, Indiana, Night Shift, Said he was 16 years old. 1 A.M. LOC cph.3a20275
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some of their names see labels 1927 to 1930. LOC cph.3a15216
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some of their names see labels 1927 to 1930. LOC nclc.01128
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Late at night. Sewing tapes on gloves. The boy helps. Family of five sleep in room where the work is done. LOC cph.3a26906
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5-30 A.M. Boys working in Bates Mfg. Co. Youngest one has been there one year. LOC cph.3c27565
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Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Said fifteen years old. Exposed to Red Light dangers. LOC cph.3a01152
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One of the boys working in Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. Been there 3 years. Cannot speak English. LOC cph.3c27566
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Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for smut. 250 of these boys and girls in the Club work in this Co. LOC cph.3b03545
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Girls and Boys Going Home from Indianapolis Tile Works. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. LOC nclc.04465
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Group working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Smallest boy is Louis Godbout, 132 Lincoln St.,. LOC nclc.01837
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some of their names see labels 1927 to 1930. LOC nclc.01129
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Joseph Feree, a 14-year-old boy kept out of school for general farm work. See report. LOC nclc.00425
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Day scene in New Jersey Glass House. Boy is Howard --, 15 years old but has been in the glass works for two years, and has worked some at night. LOC nclc.05447
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Day scene in New Jersey Glass House. Boy is Howard --, 15 years old but has been in the glass works for two years, and has worked some at night. LOC nclc.05447
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2 of the youngest turners at work. The boy on the right is Joseph Allsbrook. Said he was 11 years old and been working steady for 3 months. Crescent Hosiery Mill. LOC nclc.02946
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Unfavorable working position standing. No support for the shorter limb. Boy obliged to lean against the wall for support. Body not properly balanced. It continued to do standing work without LOC nclc.05138
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Hard work and dangerous. This 'river-boy' Lyman Frugia, poles the heavy logs into the incline that takes them to the mill. It is not only hard work, but he is exposed to all kinds of LOC nclc.04915
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2 of the youngest turners at work. The boy on the right is Joseph Allsbrook. Said he was 11 years old and been working steady for 3 months. Crescent Hosiery Mills. LOC nclc.02965
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7 A.M. Boy ('Bill,') carrying milk. In summer he works in the glass factory and keeps two cows too. LOC cph.3a38579
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Work that Educates.Twelve-year old boy tending chickens with his father, John Spargo. Bennington, Vermont, Aug. 1914. LOC nclc.05581
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Noon hour, May 26, 1909. These boys and many smaller ones work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. LOC nclc.01788
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A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, 'These boys are a bad lot.' All were alive to the LOC nclc.02074
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The Boys who have done good work going back for a rest. A Batallion of the Royal, Bestanddeelnr 158-0151
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Midnight in a Glass Works in Grafton, W. Va. Boys at the 'Glory-Hole' where object is reheated before going to finisher. LOC nclc.05363
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Noon hour. Illinois Glass Co., (Shop -7.) These boys all work in above glass company. Tuesday noon. LOC nclc.01288
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Work that Educates.Twelve-year old boy tending chickens with his father, John Spargo. Bennington, Vermont, Aug. 1914. LOC nclc.00320
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Work that Educates.Twelve-year old boy tending chickens with his father, John Spargo. Bennington, Vermont, Aug. 1914. LOC nclc.05581
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Tony Soccha, 65 Exchange Pl. (young). A bobbin boy in -7 room- been working there for a year. See 2641. LOC cph.3a21305
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Oyster shuckers at Apalachicola, Fla. This work is carried on by many young boys during the busy seasons. This is a... - NARA - 523162
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Midnight in a Glass Works in Grafton, W. Va. Boys at the 'Glory-Hole' where object is reheated before going to finisher. LOC nclc.05363
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Hard work and dangerous. This 'river-boy' Lyman Frugia. Poles the heavy logs into the incline that takes them up to the mill. It is not only hard work, but he is exposed to all kinds of LOC nclc.05547
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Group of doffers working Cotton Factory posed by the supt. of the factory. The smallest boy told me he had worked... - NARA - 523358
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Hard work and dangerous. This 'river-boy' Lyman Frugia. Poles the heavy logs into the incline that takes them up to the mill. It is not only hard work, but he is exposed to all kinds of LOC nclc.05547
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Making dresses for Campbell kids dolls in a dirty tenement. The older boy, about 12 years old, operates the machine... - NARA - 523529
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A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, 'These boys are a bad lot.' All were alive to the LOC nclc.02073
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6 P.M., May 21, 1909. 4 boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Many a good deal smaller work here. See other photos. LOC cph.3b18641
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Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook works in spinning room -2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at LOC nclc.02592
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Boys working at Hamilton Brown Shoe Company. Hubert Homesley, 13 years old, said he had been working there over six months. He and 10 other boys had been laid off. Erba Conley said he was 15 LOC nclc.04708
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Charlie Culpepper (boy in the middle) and family. He has been working for two years in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. Older sisters work there also. Not many youngsters were LOC nclc.02205
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Two families, including boy of 8 yrs. and girl of 10 yrs., working on farm of Frank Herdenreder, near Sterling, Colo. They work from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. usually. LOC nclc.00333
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Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Va. I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. LOC nclc.02193
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Luther Wharton, drug store delivery boy, twelve years old. Works from 4-00 P.M. to midnight in Sommers Drug Store. I saw him working at midnight. He goes to school in the daytime, then works LOC nclc.03876
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Group of boys who work at the Brown Shoe Factory. Charlie Hopson, surely under 14, has been working there one year. Harry True, probably under 14, been working there one year. Harold Hopson LOC nclc.04718
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Going to work at 5-30 A.M. Small boy named Jo is a sweeper in Hill Mfg. Co. Been there 2 years. I saw him working... - NARA - 523186
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These are some of the sweepers and mule room boys working in Valley Queen Mill. River Point, R.I. Several of the smallest ones there said they had been working there 3 years and over. Speak LOC nclc.01686
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Home of Clifford Matheny, Summit Ave. E. St. Louis. Glass works boy (see photo 1407) He is - 3. LOC nclc.01287
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The Swimming Hole. Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin's farm. LOC nclc.05099
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The Swimming Hole. Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin's farm. LOC nclc.05098
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A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. See also photos and labels 2260 to 2271. LOC nclc.01301
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Some of the boys working at the Tidewater Knitting Mills, Portsmouth, Va. I went through the mill several times during working hours and saw a number of youngsters surely under fourteen. LOC nclc.02195
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Some young boys and girls work in the Elizabeth Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. I did not see very many. Following are names of some of the youngest-working in the finishing and seaming rooms- LOC nclc.02206
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As the whistle blew at the Tidewater Knitting Mill, Portsmouth, Va. I went through the mill several times while they were working and saw a number of boys and girls working and saw a number LOC nclc.02191
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Bartrum Choate, a 12-year-old boy driving colts to town. Works for W.F. Barber, Route 3, Lawton, Okla. LOC nclc.00679
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Bartrum Choate, a 12-year-old boy driving colts to town. Works for W.F. Barber, Route 3, Lawton, Okla. LOC nclc.00680
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Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. Works 9 1-2 hours a day. LOC nclc.03514
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Bill, a carrying-in boy, Canton Glass Works, Marion, Ind. Gets $.80 a day or night. Others below fourteen, too. LOC cph.3c05656
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A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. See also photos and labels 2260 to 2271. LOC nclc.01297
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A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. See also photos and labels 2260 to 2271. LOC nclc.01298
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Blower and Mold Boy, Seneca Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. (see label on -171) (see photos 170 & 171). LOC cph.3a21696
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The Swimming Hole. Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin's farm. LOC nclc.05097
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All these, including boys in middle and left end of photo, work underground in the Bliss Colliery of the D.L.&W., near Nanticoke, Pa. LOC nclc.01125
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6 A. M., June 10, 1909. Boys going to work in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren, R.I. Plenty of youngsters here. LOC cph.3b09809
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Home of Wyatt Pruett (in doorway). His father is a prosperous farmer but the boy stays out of school to work. Will go to Pruett School. LOC nclc.00504
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind. - NARA - 523101
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Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. LOC nclc.00014
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind. - NARA - 523101
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Every one of these youngsters went into work when the whistle blew, noon June 15, 1911. These boys and others work in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley, Va. See also photos and labels LOC nclc.02201
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All working in May Hosiery Mills. Youngest boy admitted 5 years of age and had been working there 9 months. He is... - NARA - 523342
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One of the youngest boys I found working in the Naomi Mill apparently 10 yrs old. There were two others about as young. LOC nclc.02833
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Loafing around. Group of boys who had been sweepers and doffers, then worked in tire factory and now out on strike. 5 P.M. LOC nclc.05105
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See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report LOC nclc.00334
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Boys Working in a Cannery, Indianapolis, Unloading freight cars full of new tomato cans. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. LOC nclc.05356
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Hugh Dixon a 10 year old boy who says he's been working in the Shaw Cotton Mill some in the past year. LOC nclc.02982
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Bowling Alley boys. Many of these work until late at night. New Haven, Conn. - NARA - 523171
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Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girl at Stafford Loom. Boys sprinkling floor. (See report of conditions under which they work.) LOC nclc.01335
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Street-types of Chicago- shoe shine boy at work LCCN2005688132
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Noon hour ball-game at Quidwick Co. Hill, Anthony, R. I. All of them work in the mill. Note the boy nearest. LOC nclc.01660
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Welch Mining Co., Welch, W. Va. Boy running trip rope at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours... - NARA - 523077
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A typical glass works boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old. 1 A.M. Indiana. - NARA - 523081
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Group of young boys working in Central Cotton Mills. (Owned by Avondale Mills.) Not nearly so many youngsters here as there are at the Avondle Mills. LOC nclc.01955
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Manuel Oliver, George St., is small boy to left of dry works in carding room. Seems surely only 12 years old. LOC nclc.02254
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Part of the family of R.D. Thomas. He and a boy of 15 are working in the Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Va. The girl on the ground does not work now, but said she was 12 years old (which LOC nclc.02176
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Schoolfield Cotton Mills, Danville Va. Going to work; 6-30 A.M. June 9, 191(1) A few young boys and girls under 14, work in these mills, but not many, and they are large mills. LOC nclc.02159
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At center market. 11 year old celery vender. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers... - NARA - 523535
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A group working on night shift at Hereford Glass Works, Cape May Court House, N.J. Nov. 19, 1909. I saw the smallest boy carrying in shortly before midnight, November 18th. LOC cph.3a47677
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Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook, works in spinning room -2. Said he had been working about a LOC nclc.02590
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Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James LOC nclc.05090
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Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James LOC cph.3a29803
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These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, 'I ravels and pick up.' Small boy in another mill said 'Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they LOC cph.3a47661
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The two smallest boys in the group are Patrick Roddy, 968 Central Street, who doffs in No. 1 spinning room, and has been working there three months. Walter McNally, 7 North Street, works in LOC cph.3b43669
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Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, 'I ravels and picks up.' Small boy in another mill said, ' Over in Mill they work em so little they LOC nclc.01995
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One of the many young boys working as assistants on express wagons. May 13, 1910. 11 A.M. Adams Express Co. LOC nclc.03513
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Name- A few of the workers on night shift, Cumberland Glass (Works), Bridgeton, N.J. One boy is 13 years old. Nov. 15, 1909. LOC cph.3b09807
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