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Going to work on the night shift, Amoskeag Mfg. Co., 6 P.M. Manchester, N.H. This boy has been working all night here for 5 months. Geo. Crossley lives on Arath St., R. FF. D. No. 1- Box 7 LOC cph.3b18635
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Two girls and boy beginning work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N. H. 1-00 P.M., May 21, 1909. Photo taken in outer hall of spinning room where I saw them working. Left hand is Diana LOC nclc.01737
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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, LOC nclc.05302
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Workers in the Phoenix Mill, Phoenix, R.I. Boy left hand end, Joseph Le Vier is beginning to work. Next, Regina La Plant (has worked 1-2 year). Next Rosabell La Plant (2 years). Next Armond LOC nclc.01689
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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, LOC cph.3c30780
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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, LOC nclc.05302
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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, LOC nclc.05301
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC nclc.01913
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Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. A young 'holding-mold boy' is seen, dimly, in middle distance to left of centre. Negroes, Greeks and Italians are being employed in many glass houses. LOC nclc.05437
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Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. A young 'holding-mold boy' is seen, dimly, in middle distance to left of centre. Negroes, Greeks and Italians are being employed in many glass houses. LOC nclc.05437
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These were the youngest white boys (there were several younger negroes) that I could find working in the Parker Heading Co. Lumber Yards, Poplar Bluff, Mo. (Sometimes called the Great LOC nclc.04690
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Subject -Coal. -70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running 'trip rope' at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 yrs. old. Worked 10 hours a day. LOC nclc.05353
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Main entrance, Gary W. Va. Mine. Trapper boy in center. Going to work 7 A.M. will be underground until 5-30 P.M. Trappers are paid $1. per day. LOC cph.3a24699
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Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. 1 was 9, other 11. Youngest work for $3. a week. LOC nclc.03858
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A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria Glass Factory. Alexandria, Va. - NARA - 523441
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC nclc.01912
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in the mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC nclc.01911
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All are oyster-shuckers in Barataria Canning Company. The boy reaching into the car is Bill May, five years old, who makes 15 cents a day, 'when he wants to work.' LOC cph.3a01055
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Machine used in Gary W. Va. mine that digs the coal and loads it on the car. With it 3 men can do the work of 50 in the old way. Yet they use boys to drive and trap. LOC nclc.01050
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Postal Telegraph Boy. David Caplan, 9 Monroe Street. Said he was 15 years old. Works from 11 P.M. to 8 A. M., often down around the docks. LOC nclc.03177
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Group of Glass Workers in Shop 6, Illinois Glass Co. The smallest boy is Polish and does not understand English (Illiterate) I saw him at work just before 1 P.M. LOC nclc.01292
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Subject -Coal. -70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running 'trip rope' at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 yrs. old. Worked 10 hours a day. LOC nclc.05353
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Carrying-in Boy at the Lehr, (15 years old) Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day. LOC cph.3a20276
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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from LOC cph.3a19627
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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from LOC nclc.00575
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys, they said they were LOC nclc.01910
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Trapper Boy, 'Son.' Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5-30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome (i.e., done) by LOC cph.3a21701
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Some of the younger boys working in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. One, Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record, another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve years LOC cph.3b21321
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Young girls working in Seaconnet Mill. The boys and men had just been hauling the girls around and pawing them over in 'rough house' as these noon hours sometimes are. Some of the girls make LOC nclc.02498
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Bowling Alleys, connected with Geo P. Grays, Bastable Cafe. About 8 very small boys employed here. Work until... - NARA - 523277
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Boy in stocking cap (taller of two) is James Ryan, 89 Austin St. Has been working in Wamsutta Mills one year. The other is in photos I took inside that Mill recently. LOC nclc.02485
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Group of boys working in -9 Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown Borough, Pittston, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others LOC nclc.01146
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Girls, boys and men, polishing and wrapping, working together- morals in glass factory are proverbially bad. Union Stopper Co., Morgantown, W. Va. Several very young girls and many small LOC nclc.01195
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A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found working in the spinning room of one of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. mills at Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at 1-00 p.m., May LOC nclc.01738
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Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek. This boy, Irvan Stevans, and the other (see 828) were the only whites working with a large number of negroes that day, LOC nclc.00001
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Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Two boys working on a riveting sampler as a problem on which they will be... - NARA - 532182
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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also LOC nclc.03727
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Going to work at 5-30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names (i.e., named) Jo. is a sweeper in Mill Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me. Been there 2 years. I saw him working inside. Said he didn't know how LOC cph.3b37909
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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also LOC cph.3a42468
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Hodges Callop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Va. Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other young boys, work until 10-30 P.M. See also photo and LOC nclc.03732
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A group of children attending the public school, Kannapolis, N.C., every one of which said he or she had worked in the Cotton Mills there. The two smallest boys said ten years old. LOC nclc.02638
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All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are LOC cph.3b35183
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Boy in stocking cap (taller of two) is James Ryan, 89 Austin St. Has been working in Wamsutta Mills one year. The other is in photos I took inside that Mill recently. LOC nclc.02486
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Group of tack-pullers working in the West End Shoe Factory, Lynchburg, Va. A number of boys here are surely under fourteen and likely under twelve, some of them. Youngest ones refused to LOC nclc.04732
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Same group as -2595. These boys and many others work late every week night, they said, usually until midnight. On Saturday most of the day and also night. Air is bad; associations are bad, LOC cph.3b43676
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Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working in shop at 511 Penn. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Said to be 16 yrs. old, but is absolutely illiterate. Has been in this LOC cph.3b41009
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Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Cotton Mills. Mother and sons work in the mill. The girl keeps house. Youngest boy has been in the mill five years. LOC nclc.02116
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Noon Hour, May 19, 1909. Small boy is William Le Bruex, 81 Main St. Has been working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. for 9 months. LOC nclc.01743
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Kibbe's Candy Factory. Joseph Giordano 14 years, Feeding Hills, Mass. Had just received his work certificate and left school. Tended a chocolate machine at $3.50. This was as small a boy as LOC nclc.04603
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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 that were surely under 14. LOC nclc.02192
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A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found working in the spinning room of one of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. mills at Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at 1-00 p.m., May LOC nclc.01738
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Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from LOC nclc.00501
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De kleinste en jongste ober op een trapje bij de kassas van restaurant Wivex, Bestanddeelnr 252-9187
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC cph.3a01136
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Kuyrkendall family, recently from farm. Three children in front row (one ten and one twelve) and one boy not here, work in Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss. See also 2096. LOC nclc.02089
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A family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. Does not work. Boy, 11 years old, helps some. New York City. - NARA - 523516
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Bowling Alleys, connected with Geo. P. Grays, 'Bastable Caf ' on Genesee St. About 8 very small boys employed here. Work until midnight. Photo taken at 11-30 P.M. LOC nclc.05318
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Boys working in Pope Munition Factory at Westfield, Mass. - Going home 5 P.M. Wm. Knight - 15 years - 5 Atwater St. Chas. Halla - 52 Montgomery St. - 14 years. LOC nclc.05104
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Some of the smallest boys in Cass & Daley Shoe Co., Salem. Stephen Indroski, (right end), 19 Turner St., has worked a year and a half in the factory. William Prasecki (next Stephen), 36 LOC nclc.04772
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Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West. One Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record. Another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve year old LOC nclc.02871
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Noon-hour. Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Smallest boy in middle of front row and one on right-hand end have been in this plant four years. See also -957 to 971. LOC nclc.01210
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photos, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the youngest boys as to their ages, they LOC nclc.01914
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Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1909. A number of young boys and girls work regularly (during school hours) as 'helpers' to mother, father or sister. LOC nclc.01768
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Bowling Alleys, connected with Geo. P. Grays, 'Bastable Caf ' on Genesee St. About 8 very small boys employed here. Work until midnight. Photo taken at 11-30 P.M. LOC nclc.05318
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A midnight scene in More-Jonas Works. See small snapper up boy in left of photo. Bridgeton, N.J. - NARA - 523234
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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has LOC nclc.05467
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Making neckties in the kitchen. The 11 year old girl and 13 year old boy work on the ties every day after school. The... - NARA - 523523
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Mrs. Streety (a widow) and family. West Point, Miss. The four children on the ground work in the mill. Oldest makes 90 cents a day, - the next, 70 cents, - the boy 30 cents, ('He's slow,' LOC nclc.02125
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Group of boys working in -9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co, Hughestown Borough, Pittstown, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others (reported LOC nclc.01148
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The Bush Family. Winona, (Miss.) Cotton Mills. The mother, a widow, and three children all work in the mill. Smallest boy, Louis, said he was 'going on 12.' Been here only a few months. LOC nclc.02115
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The three on the ground work in the Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C. The boy 'Otie Honeycott' (his mother could not spell his name) said he had been doffing two years in the Cannon Mill. LOC nclc.02649
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A.D.T. boy, 13 years old. 1 1-2 years at it. Works from noon till 10-30 P.M. Said he carries notes, etc. Burlington, Vt. - NARA - 523255
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Pruett School which opened September 5th. 61 pupils in District and only 28 present. Expect an enrollment of 50. Only 1 boy of 11; the rest are 9 years and younger. Many out for work. LOC nclc.00505
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Worming tobacco. Part of family of D.K. Pruett who owns a prosperous farm. In foreground is Wyatt Pruett, 14 years old. Goes to Pruett School, Div. 3, Henderson, Ky. There are 4 boys working LOC nclc.00539
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Bowling Alleys, connected with Geo P. Grays, Bastable Cafe. About 8 very small boys employed here. Work until... - NARA - 523277
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National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old- has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years- was in hospital one year, LOC cph.3b16594
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Furchgott's Department Store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash boys and wrappers. Counted nine apparently under 12. One was 9, he said, and other 11. You(n)gest work for $3. a LOC nclc.03846
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T.J. Fields and family. The father cards, two girls spin, boy on right end picks up bobbins, Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Va. Been working a year or two. Mother and smallest children not LOC nclc.02143
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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller and Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute, which has a LOC cph.3a20817
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Noon ball game. Boys working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills. Meridian, Miss. Some of the youngest workers are- Kendall Hoffer, 4 Ave. & C St., said was 12 yrs. old and makes $3 to $5 a LOC nclc.02030
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Worming tobacco. Part of family of D.K. Pruett who owns a prosperous farm. In foreground is Wyatt Pruett, 14 years old. Goes to Pruett School, Div. 3, Henderson, Ky. There are 4 boys working LOC nclc.00540
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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller & Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving LOC nclc.04910
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Tipple & Elevator into shaft. Leads down to mine 200 ft. below. Gary Mine. Do more work by machinery than any mine in the state, yet have boys to trap and drive. They stay underground over LOC nclc.01047
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Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Weeks work LOC nclc.04824
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Israel Marinoff, 81st St., Ward 5. Works at -2 drawing-in room. At his home his father gave me the boys age at 14 or 15. Those of his other children he was more sure of. LOC nclc.02217
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Joseph Boucher, 472 Moody, smallest boy in picture, appears 12 years old. Works in the mill-room. His father is boss of another room. Frank Matley next in right end of picture lives at 25 LOC cph.3b43675
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Harley Bruce, a young coupling-boy at tipple of Indian Mountain Line of Proctor Coal Co., near Jellico, Tenn. He appears to be 12 or 14 years old, and says he has been working there about a LOC cph.3a26046
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Some of the Young Boys Working in the Robert Johnson Rand Shoe Factory, Washington, Mo. (Branch of St. Louis firm making Star shoes). On left end is Henry Detmer, who said he has been LOC nclc.04692
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Small boy works as helper - backroping in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Charles Chasse, 201 Main Street. When I inquired about him in the home, his mother very reluctantly admitted LOC nclc.01759
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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, 'I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year.' (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being LOC nclc.01939
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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller & Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of a chute which has a moving LOC cph.3a20816
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Wilson Dry Goods Company, large department store. Employs large number of youngsters as cash-boys and wrappers. Counted seven apparently 9 to 12 years old, one 9 and other 10. Week's work LOC nclc.03856
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Extremes of age in the Belton Mfg. Co., S.C. The boy is Fred Willingham. Been working six months in the Bolton Mfg. Mill. Gets 50 cents. Sweeps. His next older brother has been doffing a LOC nclc.02613
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Family of David H. Goodman, cor. Coburn and Mellen Streets, South Framingham, Mass. Mother and two children, 14 yrs. and 10 yrs. old, working on tags for Dennison factory. One boy, 12 yrs. LOC nclc.04291
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Boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Largest one is Ernest Lamontague, 316 Notre Dame Street. Smallest, Armedos Deshais, 4 Marion St. Said he was 12 years old and beginning to LOC cph.3b24162
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Noon-hour. Cumberland Glass Works, Brigeton(sic), N.J. Smallest boy in middle of front row and one on right-hand end have been in this pant four years. See also photos -957 to 971. LOC nclc.01212
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They all shuck oysters at Pass Christian. Boy on left end is George Wikowski, nine years old; next is John Collins; next is Steve Strupeck, who worked last year; on right hand end is Frank LOC nclc.00853
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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller and Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving LOC nclc.05546
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Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller and Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving LOC nclc.05546
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