March 15th, 2013
(via Some Doffer Boys: 1909 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) January 1909. Macon, Georgia. “Some doffer boys.” For those of us rusty on our cotton mill terminology, the job entailed the removal (“doffing”) and replacement of thread bobbins when they were empty. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Commission. View full size. 

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January 1909. Macon, Georgia. “Some doffer boys.” For those of us rusty on our cotton mill terminology, the job entailed the removal (“doffing”) and replacement of thread bobbins when they were empty. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Commission. View full size. 

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March 5th, 2013
(via The Doll Dresser: 1936 [detail] | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) 1936. “Mt. Holyoke, Mass. - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Dressing and packing dolls.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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1936. “Mt. Holyoke, Mass. - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Dressing and packing dolls.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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January 9th, 2013
(via Motley Crew: 1913 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) December 1913. Stevenson, Alabama. “One of the young workers of the Stevenson Cotton Mills. Apparently under twelve years.” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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December 1913. Stevenson, Alabama. “One of the young workers of the Stevenson Cotton Mills. Apparently under twelve years.” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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November 25th, 2012

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November 1913. Kosciusko, Mississippi. “One of the workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko cotton mills. The superintendent objected to my photographing them.” Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.

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September 15th, 2012
Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. (LOC) (by The Library of Congress) Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, photographer.

Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, photographer.

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September 15th, 2012
Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2 … (LOC) (by The Library of Congress) Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, photographer. that look…

Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2 … (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, photographer.

that look…

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August 31st, 2012
Little Fannie, 7 years old, 48 inches high, helps sister in Elk Mills. Her sister (in photo) said, “Yes, she he’ps me right smart. Not all day but all she can. Yes, she started with me at six this mornin’”… (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

Little Fannie, 7 years old, 48 inches high, helps sister in Elk Mills. Her sister (in photo) said, “Yes, she he’ps me right smart. Not all day but all she can. Yes, she started with me at six this mornin’”… (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

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August 31st, 2012
Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world Said she was 10 years old. Been working over a year. (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world Said she was 10 years old. Been working over a year. (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

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February 23rd, 2012
(via Newsgirls: 1909 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) March 1909. Hartford, Conn. “Newsgirls coming through the alley. The smallest girl has been selling for 2 years.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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March 1909. Hartford, Conn. “Newsgirls coming through the alley. The smallest girl has been selling for 2 years.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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December 29th, 2011
(via Skeeters Branch Newsies: 1910 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) 11 a.m. Monday, May 9, 1910. “Newsies at Skeeter’s Branch, Jefferson near Franklin, St. Louis.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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11 a.m. Monday, May 9, 1910. “Newsies at Skeeter’s Branch, Jefferson near Franklin, St. Louis.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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