A
five-year-old shrimp picker. Children in this job typically worked
from 3:30 am until 5:00 pm. Lewis Hine photograph
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Fishcutters
at a canning factory. Note the cut fingers on two
of the boys. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Berry
pickers, 1908. Children worked from 4:30 am until sunset. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Immigrant
mother and children sewing garments (such "piece-work"
paid 2 to 3 cents per piece). Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Freight
car workers. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Young
bottle factory workers 1908. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Glassblowers
and mold boy, bottle factory 1908. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Child
workers, textile mill. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Cotton
mill factory workers 1908. Photo
by Lewis Hine
Textile
factory, 1908. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Textile
workers, 1909. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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“Breakers”
sorting coal. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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Boy coal miners. 15
years old was the legal age but many boys lied about their age: many
boy miners were as young as 12 years old. Photo
by Lewis Hine
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