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Travelers! tourists!! railroad men !!! Dinsmore's new and complete American railroad and steam navigation guide and route book ... Price 25 cents .... Dinsmore & Co., Publishers. No. 8 Spruce Street, New-York. For sale everywhere.

Travelers! tourists!! railroad men !!! Dinsmore's new and complete Ame...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 21.

A handbill has been circulated this morning by a set of men who, to accomplish their objects, stop at no means however villainous. They represent that I am indebted to the United States the sum of 880, 452 dollars, 97 cents, as Quarter-Master Ge

A handbill has been circulated this morning by a set of men who, to ac...

2582 E 21.; 12 Jy 46 Rec. 7-18-46.; $25.00.; On verso: 2582E21 12 Jy 46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More

Union hymn. Greenwich:- Printed by John Howe, Price six cents, single. 1807.

Union hymn. Greenwich:- Printed by John Howe, Price six cents, single....

Verse.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 48, Folder 8.

Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More

Single meals 25 cents, at the Rail-road exchange, entrance Nos. 25 & 27 Maiden Lane, fronting on Broadway, Albany. ... Abner A. Pound [1847?].

Single meals 25 cents, at the Rail-road exchange, entrance Nos. 25 & 2...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 13.

Franklin Trotting Park North Chelsea, near Boston. A purse of $100 two miles and repeat, to harness! on Monday, October 10, 1859 ... Admission 50 cents. S. Emerson, proprietor. Boston .Farwells & Forrest, Steam Job printers, 5 Lindell Str

Franklin Trotting Park North Chelsea, near Boston. A purse of $100 two...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 43.

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o'clock. Fare 10 cents. Kendell Holmes, Master. Plymouth, Aug. 2, 1859.

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 38.

Central Park Skate Emporium. Skates to suit everybody, from 50 cents to $25

Central Park Skate Emporium. Skates to suit everybody, from 50 cents t...

Advertisement for Conover & Walker ice skates. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1860 Jan. 14, p. 111.

To the forts. The steamer Argo! Capt. E.W. Davidson, leaves Foster's wharf daily, at 9 1-2 and 2 1-2 for Forts Independence and Warren ... Fare each way 25 cents. Boston. J. E. Farwell & Co. Steam Job Printers No. 32 Congress Street.

To the forts. The steamer Argo! Capt. E.W. Davidson, leaves Foster's w...

Title.; Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 14.

The attention of the patrons of the fair is respectfully called to the collection of antiquities and curiosities exhibited in the rooms in the rear of the organ ... Entrance, at left of organ. Admission, 25 cents. [1865?].

The attention of the patrons of the fair is respectfully called to the...

The saving properties of the solar system! The law of necessity the law of all laws. One thousand billion dollars sun for 25 cents. Six thousand years war with the natural laws. Editor, author and orator, Daniel Pratt, the great American travell

The saving properties of the solar system! The law of necessity the la...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 12.

V explains 'Brandeis System' of insurance to Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., June 15. Judd Dewey, Deputy Commissioner of Savings Bank Life Insurance in Massachusetts, today reviewed the achievements of the life insurance system inaugurated by the late former Supreme Court Associate Justice Brandeis in his state. He showed that the 'Brandeis System,' while paying higher annual dividends, charges lower premiums, costs a great deal less to operate, made a higher rate in earnings on investments, and maintained a higher ratio of surplus to reserves than the other companies. Only one company in the state paid higher dividends over the last ten years, he said, and that company paid only 89 cents more for the entire period

V explains 'Brandeis System' of insurance to Monopoly Committee. Washi...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girl - Baner[?] Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sides = 60 cents a day. Soon will run 8 = 80 cents a day. Father said "the wife of neighbor made $7.40 last week, $ 1.40 more than her husband. Women and girls makes more than the men." Child 8 yrs. old helps sister. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Girl - Baner[?] Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 s...

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Boys working in Scotland Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Smallest boy--Junior Bounds--Beginning. Next, Rollin Hudson - 3 years in mill. Next, Lloyd Willoughby - 3 years in mill. Next, Preston Torrent - 8 years in mill. 6 years night work - 14 years old now. "Haven't been in school more'n 3 days in my whole life." Father blind. 2 older sisters and 1 younger brother work in mill now. Has doffed all 8 years. Gets about 60 cents a day. Asked him if he didn't get tired, "No, when you get used to it you don't get tired. Some of the boys goes to sleep when they begin." Showed a remarkable degree of refinement and consideration for others. Work has not blunted this. Sunday, Dec. 6/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Boys working in Scotland Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Smallest boy--Junior B...

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In neighborhood of Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Lawrence Faircloth (taller boy) "Don't know how old I am." Been in mill 2 years. Runs 3 sides Albert Bartlett (barefoot) Looked 8 years old. In mill 2 years--Beginning to spin. Runs 2-1/2 sides = 25 cents a day. Bad conditions. Saturday, Dec. 5, 08. Location: Dillon, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

In neighborhood of Maple Mill, Dillon, S.C. Lawrence Faircloth (taller...

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Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inches high. Be[e]n in mill 3 years. Started at 25 cents and now makes $1.00 a day. Spins part time and doffer part time. Other boy goes to school and helps in mill afternoons and Saturdays. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inche...

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N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 years. 13 years old. Doffs--75 cents a day. Eureka Cotton Mills, Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

N. W. Bigham--In mill 5 years. (Boy) Brown Morison--In mill 2-1/2 year...

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Girl - Baner? Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sides = 60 cents a day. Soon will run 8 = 80 cents a day. Father said "the wife of neighbor made $7.40 last week, $1.40 more than her husband. Women and girls makes more than the men." Child 8 yrs. old helps sister. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

Girl - Baner? Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sid...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 274. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Dillon Mill (tallest) Lizzie McKenzie, Has helped 1/2 year. Mamie Baxley (holding baby). Been in mill 3 years. Runs 4 sides = 40 cents a day. Maud & Daisy "help." Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Dillon Mill (tallest) Lizzie McKenzie, Has helped 1/2 year. Mamie Baxl...

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Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow ch...

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Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lonnie Baker (tallest). Has doffed 4 years. Gets 40 cents a day. Bertie Baser--10 years old. 3 years in mill. Runs 3 sides = 30 cents a day. Location: Dillon, South Carolina

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lonnie Baker (tallest). Has doffed 4 years. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 392. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Lea Clemner, 5 Trenton Street, Gastonia, N.C. 8 years old. Beginning to doff. Said he gets only 15 cents a day. Works part time in mill (4 days a week and part time goes to school. Query, --When?. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Lea Clemner, 5 Trenton Street, Gastonia, N.C. 8 years old. Beginning t...

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6 cents a gross. Make regularly from 10 to 12 gross a day. 122 Sullivan St. Mr. Malatesta - Helps because Health too bad work out. Mrs. Malatesta; Frank Malatesta, age 14; John Malatesta, age 11; Lizzie Malatesta, age 4. Boys w[or]k Sat. aft[ernoon] & evenings till 10 or 11. Lizzie separates petals. Location: New York, New York (State)

6 cents a gross. Make regularly from 10 to 12 gross a day. 122 Sulliva...

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These boys (and one other small one, who is not present) and their father, work in Monongah Glass Works. Father gets $1.75 a day - one boy 125 a day 4 get 80 cents a day. Total 6.20 a day. Live in a tumble down house. What is the trouble?. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.

These boys (and one other small one, who is not present) and their fat...

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John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. 40 cts. to start, 60 cents a day now. Brother and mother in mill. Morris Small (boy with cap) "Reckon I been in mill 2 yrs. Don't remember." Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 loom...

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Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girls attend school. Making garters for Liberty Garter works, 413 Broadway. Mother , a widow, earns 75 cents a day by working all day until 12 at night. Bessie works until 10 P.M. Sophie until 9 P.M. They expected to work until 10 P.M. to finish the job, although they did not know when more work would come in. Witness Mrs. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...

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Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to blow. Whitnel N.C. Cotton Mill. The smallest boy and girl were about 50 inches high. One of the medium sized boys has doffed 4 years,--some at night. Get 60 cents a night. Smallest girl looked 10 years old. Been in mill 2 years. 1/2 year at night. Runs 8 sides part of the time. Photo by flashlight. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

Some of smaller "hands" on the night shift waiting for the whistle to ...

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Eunice Hadwin spinner in King Mill, Augusta, Ga., earns 75 cents to $1.00 a day. Been in mill work 5 years. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Eunice Hadwin spinner in King Mill, Augusta, Ga., earns 75 cents to $1...

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Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old last summer. Paresse Family, 4 Fly St., Buffalo, N.Y. All three worked in the Albion Canning Factory in the sheds (Jo, only a little) on peas, beans and corn. Jo was too small to get husks off the corn so they stopped his working. Millie and Ignatio made 40 to 50 cents a day each, at 8 cents and hour because the work was slack. Returned to Buffalo the last of October. Went out the last of May, losing about 11 weeks of school time. Millie would not go to school when she came back because she was behind the rest of the class. Was found out by the C.O.S. in January and was reported to truant officer and sent to school. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Millie, 13 years old last summer. Ignatio, 9 years old last summer. Jo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George H. Bogart, 720 Pine Street. Market vender, 11 years of age. Tends stand for 1 year. Father owns same, Gets 25 cents per week. Norman Colt, 331 E. 7th St. Market vender, 12 years old, working for one year at stand 831 King St., vegetables. Works of own volition. Money not needed at home but wanted for spending money. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

George H. Bogart, 720 Pine Street. Market vender, 11 years of age. Ten...

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Earl Kelly, 116 E. 2% [i.e., 2nd?] Street. 9 years of age. Selling papers 2 weeks. Average earnings 10 cents per day. Sells from choice. Earnings not needed home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. On Sunday, May 22d this boy was found on the street at 6 P.M. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Earl Kelly, 116 E. 2% [i.e., 2nd?] Street. 9 years of age. Selling pap...

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Newsies--Harry Becker, 12 years, Max Becker, 9 years. 487 Hampshire St., sell after school until 9 P.M. earn from 10 to 12 cents per day each. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Newsies--Harry Becker, 12 years, Max Becker, 9 years. 487 Hampshire St...

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Group of spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Group of spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her n...

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William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 607 "606" crossed out E. 6th Street. Newsboys. William has been selling papers 4 years, average earnings 25 cents per week. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours a day. Cornelius selling 3 years, average earnings 35 cents a week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours a day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Lewis W. Hine

William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1518. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #1. 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and apples and tomatoes in sheds and factory, getting 50 cents a day, sometimes until 8 P.M. Parents sometimes work all night until 5 A.M. Entered School #1, January 11th from School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Joseph Buonasari, 207 7th Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Second Grade, School #...

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Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers,...

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Robert Reynolds, newsboy, 228 Parrish St. 14 years of age. Selling papers 4 weeks. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Don't smoke. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Robert Reynolds, newsboy, 228 Parrish St. 14 years of age. Selling pap...

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Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last summer. Sarah, 9 years old last summer. Jo, 6 years old, last summer. Worked in Albion Canning Factory on beans and tomatoes. When they worked all day the three earned $1.50, paid 8 cents and hour for all time including overtime, Rosa and Sarah worked up to 10 P.M. sometimes last summer (a poor one) other years until midnight. Rosa worked in factory. Sarah and Jo in sheds part of the time. Went out to Albion last of May and came back middle of November, losing nearly 15 weeks of school time. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Rosa Sarosa, room 42, 62 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 13 years old last ...

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Newsies--Isaac Solovitch, 12 years, David Solovitch, 7 years. 24 Maple St., sell after school until 9 :30 P.M. or 10 P.M. Earn about 15 cents each per day. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Newsies--Isaac Solovitch, 12 years, David Solovitch, 7 years. 24 Maple...

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Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery last summer. Rose Cugino, 12 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds of Albion, sometimes until 9 P.M. Made 50 cents a day. Is making good in school work. Joseph Cangiamila, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds until 8 P.M., sometimes at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks school. Henry Panasoi, 11 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds sometimes into the evening at Gowanda. Lost 3 weeks schooling. Andrew Geraci, 13 years old last summer. Worked on beans and corn in the sheds and dropped tomatoes cans into machine, sometimes until 9 P.M. and 10 P.M., at Albion, N.Y. Made 75 cents to $1.00 a day. Lost 7 weeks of school, but is making good. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Children from Grade 5, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All worked in Cannery ...

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William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 607 ["606" crossed out] E. 6th Street. Newsboys. William has been selling papers 4 years, average earnings 25 cents per week. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours a day. Cornelius selling 3 years, average earnings 35 cents a week. Earnings not needed at home. Sells from choice. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours a day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...

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Sadie Kelly, 11 years old, Picks shrimp for the Peerless Oyster Co. Picked 7 pots yesterday, 5 pots today at 5 cents. Picked last year. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Sadie Kelly, 11 years old, Picks shrimp for the Peerless Oyster Co. Pi...

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"Teaching the young Idea How to Sell." Gus Hodges, age 11, instructing his brother Julius, age 5. I found Gus selling as late as 9:00 P.M., and he said that he had made over one dollar a day. Julius and another brother, 9 years old, has made 25 cents that day. Norfolk, Virginia.

"Teaching the young Idea How to Sell." Gus Hodges, age 11, instructing...

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3:30 PM Mrs. Rosy Capello, 311 E. 111th St., top floor rear. Makes 50 cents to $1.00 a week on willow plumes. Husband works irregularly as tailor. Location: New York, New York (State)

3:30 PM Mrs. Rosy Capello, 311 E. 111th St., top floor rear. Makes 50 ...

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Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) works in Century Cotton Mill, South Boston, Virginia Gets forty cents a day. Husband has a job in a North Caroline cotton mill not far away, and spends Sunday with the family here. They moved here a while ago, expecting steady work which was promised by the mill. Disappointed, as mill work very slack. Two girls (said to be 15 and 17) work in the shirt factory here, where I afterwards found some young children at work. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

Ebb-tide in the industry. Home of Mrs. Edwards. Her boy (photo 2203) w...

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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 35 cents a day, now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birthday June 25, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The other boys are questionable. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. The you...

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9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre: Eli Marks, 505 4 12 St. S.W. (8 yrs. old, makes 25 cents a night;) Morris Marks (10 yrs. old, makes 50 cents a night;) Harvey Schneider (11 yrs. old, makes 50 cents a night;) 209 -- 10th St. S.W. "When they see us, they chase us home at 8:30, but when we see 'em coming we slid the boxes in our pockets, until the cop gets past. Then we stay 'til - or after sometimes." Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre: Eli Marks...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2903. No location recorded on caption card; probably Washington, D.C., based on content and captions for ... More

The Norton boys and father on the way home to dinner. Smallest boy Edgar been sweeping 3 months in Saxon Mill, Spartanberg. Makes about 40 cents a day. His brother makes 60 cents. Father works in the spool room . Mother and 3 children at home. Father said Eddie is a hard worker. The mother told me later when I had to see the family record "The bible's here but the record, hits done got torn up." She said the boys were 12 and 13 years old. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The Norton boys and father on the way home to dinner. Smallest boy Edg...

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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 35 cents a day, now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birthday June 25, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The other boys are questionable. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Bob Cook. Works in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg sic, S.C. The young...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2999. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg sic, S.C. In the front row are Jesse Farmer, makes 60 cents a day, been working here six months. Haskel Holt, 70 cents a day six months working. A 13 year old sister been spinning his own name. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Young workers going home from the Beaumont Mill, Spartenberg sic, S.C....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2965. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Brush-making late at night. Photo taken at 9:00 P.M., and they work later. Girls are 12 and 14 years old and go to school working in the morning before school and at night after studying is finished. Mother said, "It is better for children to learn something useful to do." The three average one dozen brushes a day. (30 cents.) One of the girls said she would rather work then [i.e., than?] study. Shultz family, 476 Third Ave., Brooklyn. February 5, 1912. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

Brush-making late at night. Photo taken at 9:00 P.M., and they work la...

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9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre. Eli Marks, 505 4 1/2 St. S.W., (8 yrs. old, makes 25 cents a night.) Morris Marks, 10 yrs. old makes 50 cents a night. Harvey Schneider, 11 yrs. old, makes 50 cents a night, 209 -- 10th St. S.W. "When they see us, they chase us home at 8:30, but when we see 'em coming we slid the boxes in our pockets, until the cop gets past. Then we stay 'til - or after sometimes." Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

9 P.M. Gum vendors still selling, near the National Theatre. Eli Marks...

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Johnie William Bumgarden (boy in front and part of his family). His birth record in the family bible says born May 7th, 190[2?] Just past his 10th birthday, is learning to doff. Got a regular job. 35 cents a day. Been at it a few weeks. Cannot write very well. Says he is 12 years old. Father said 5 of the family formerly worked in the mill making $28 a week. They take boarders which bring them $5 a week. A total of $33 a week. (Later the father said the record in the bible was put in wrong.) Rock Hill. S.C. Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Johnie William Bumgarden (boy in front and part of his family). His bi...

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George Gray. Been spinning and doffing in the Arlington Mills 4 months. 60 cents a day. Mother said he is 12, neighbors said he is not 12. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

George Gray. Been spinning and doffing in the Arlington Mills 4 months...

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9 year old girl carrying garments down Blackstone Street, Boston, Massachusetts., to a Hanover Street home. She finishes 8 pairs of trousers a day and gets 8 cents a piece. Location: Boston, Massachusettsachusetts.

9 year old girl carrying garments down Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass...

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How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Peter Pepe, 24 Wonders Court, 10 yr. old newsie, selling on the Capitol steps. Been selling for 2 yrs. Makes 20 cents a day. His father is lounging at the left of the photo at the side of pillar. The boy begins selling at 5 A.M., Sundays. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Pet...

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Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job. He takes the slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs on to the other boy who saws them on an inguarded [i.e., unguarded] circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets the chance. He is exposed not only to the above dangers, but to the weather - no roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day" (fifty cents). Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found around Beaumont that employed boys likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride s...

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Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on Garcia Avenue. All commence selling 6 A.M. and sell until late at night. Two eldest make 50 cents each, and two youngest make 25 cents each a day. Sam been selling for 2 years. Know little English. Illiterate. Do not go to school. Tony youngest newsy in Florida. Buy candy and go to movies. Location: Tampa, Florida

Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on G...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3332. Date not recorded on caption card. March 1913 based on caption for #3333. Credit line: National Chi... More

San Antonio newsboys need supervision. Here are three brothers - Sasser family, 729 Porter Street. The youngest one is five years old and makes 30 cents a day. Lawrence is seven years old but "he spends all he earns" his brother says. Boyce [?], makes 75 cents a day, and has a hard time keeping the others at work. Boyce is ten years old. They all start out at 6:00 A.M. and sell until 9:00 and 10:00 P.M. nearly every day except Sunday. I found them selling after ten P.M. Boyce said "We don't go to school; got to sell papers. Father is sick." Location: San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio newsboys need supervision. Here are three brothers - Sasse...

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Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on Garcia Avenue. All commence selling 6 A.M. and sell until late at night. Two eldest make 50 cents each, and two youngest make 25 cents each a day. Sam been selling for 2 years. Know little English. Illiterate. Do not go to school. Tony youngest newsy in Florida. Buy candy and go to movies. Location: Tampa, Florida.

Bellenti Family: Crosoria, 10 years, Joe, 9 Sam, 7, Tony, 4. Live on G...

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A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama. Been working over forty years in the cotton mills of Columbus, Ga. Started at 4 years old for 20 cents a day. Now getting $2. and is getting ready to be replaced by younger man. An ardent Socialist which has made him trouble here. Says, "I had to put one of my girls into the Mill when she was 9 yrs old, or steal. Why don't they give us enough wages to support our families? They don't intend to do that." Location: Phoenix, Alabama.

A product of the cotton mill. Frank Barnes, Box 463, Phoenix, Alabama....

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Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy who went to work at 11. A few weeks ago he caught his arm in the "lapper" machine, and broke it in 2 places. He said: "I sure didn't mean to. Was jus goin through the lapper room an fust thing I knew everything went black." The family is hard-up. Father is a paralytic. Here is a real chance for a mill to do a benevolent deed by making some recompense to this crippled boy and his paralytic father. They think it's charity to give a boy work under legal age, but when he is injured they forget that side of it. No suggestion of any kind of recompense has been heard. Jim Browning said he was 12 years old, but that is doubtful. Has worked 6 months here; gets 50 cents a day. Is in the 2nd grade at school. Location: Sanford, North Carolina.

Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy w...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia].

[Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning ...

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Meyer Rome, 48 Bright Street. 8 years old. Been selling six weeks--sells Sundays only. Makes from 25 cents to 75 cents. Location: Burlington, Vermont Lewis W. Hine

Meyer Rome, 48 Bright Street. 8 years old. Been selling six weeks--sel...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4630. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

General view of part of the force picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hill. There were about 25 children--most of them 8 to 15 years old. "When school opens next month you bet we have to quit workin'" they said. Usually earn 50 cents to $1.50 a day. Location: Cabool, Missouri / Lewis W. Hine.

General view of part of the force picking tomatoes on farm of W.T. Hil...

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Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school h...

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Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every day--been selling five years. Makes 50 cents Sundays and 30 cents other days. Location: Burlington, Vermont / Lewis W. Hine.

Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every da...

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Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 yrs. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut. / L.W. Hine.

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9,...

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Why is the paper five cents to-day, boy? : the regular price is only a penny : Ain't it worth four extra cents, lady, to read that the president has got some spunk after all?

Why is the paper five cents to-day, boy? : the regular price is only a...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 69:431 (March 15, 1917).

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 years. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut. / L.W. Hine.

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9,...

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Civarro family, 2106 Second Avenue, second floor back, working on patriotic flag pins. They get 3 cents a gross for inserting pin and putting onto card. Mrs. Civarro with her three-months-old baby in her arms is working with four children aged 10, 9, 7 and 5, and a younger child that does not work (2 years). They work irregularly (as Mrs. Civarro does the janitor work for the building which is in fair condition, and receives in return only the rent free of three small rooms), and their net income for this work is $2 a week. 8 members of the family sleep in one small inner room. The tenement is not licensed for homework. Baby was a premature child and very small and frail. "It is so skinny." Husband is a laborer. Location: New York, New York (State) / Lewis W. Hine.

Civarro family, 2106 Second Avenue, second floor back, working on patr...

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Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 yrs. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut. / L.W. Hine.

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9,...

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First printing of food stamps. Washington, D.C., April 20. Food stamps, the latest in the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, came off the presses today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Of yellow and blue, the stamps will be issued to persons on relief who will be able to cash each one dollar stamp for food worth a dollar and fifty cents. Imogene Stanhope, printer's assistant at the Bureau, is pictured pulling the first batch off the press

First printing of food stamps. Washington, D.C., April 20. Food stamps...

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Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool, explains to a visitor a new project the Club boys are interested in. Instead of selling the wool at 20 cents a pound, they get 3 times as much and their friends can buy real wool cloth at a reasonable price. This is wool the boys are turning in, and some of the finished woolen cloth hangs in the background. State 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 1921. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool,...

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Powder puffs, 45 cents per gross. Family attempting to finish 9 gross in less than a week. Boy's hands were very dirty. Location: New Jersey.

Powder puffs, 45 cents per gross. Family attempting to finish 9 gross ...

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Coccaro, Angelina, 226 Thompson St., N.Y.C. Making Glass Flower Bulbs, earn about 75 cents to a $1.50 a day. Elizabeth age 10 yrs., and Frank age 8 yrs., very small and anemic. Taken by Hiram Myers, Photo. Dept. N.Y.C. Location: New York, New York (State) / Hiram Myers Photo Studios.

Coccaro, Angelina, 226 Thompson St., N.Y.C. Making Glass Flower Bulbs,...

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I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly lighted room. The light came from a small gas jet which was high above the girl's head, in the center of the room. She was working on a black dress which was outlined in black pencil. For this dress elaborately embroidered, she received ninety cents. She could embroider one dress in about three or four days if she kept at it steadily. She had been working since 4 P.M., and it was the 7 P.M. She expected to stop at 10:30. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly ...

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Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest child is 12. The nurse of the school which these children attend, reports that they are continually being sent home because of their dirty condition. A little fellow who looked about 6 was quite an expert. The children received 20 cents for stringing a thousand tage [i.e., tags] - they tie a knot in a piece of string, and run the string thru [sic] the tag. They moisten the ends of their fingers in their mouths to tie the knots. They can string about a thousand tags in half an hour. One member of a second family which is stringing tags has impetigo, or skin disease, according to the school nurse. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest c...

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Xmas eve dance! Town Hall, Epping Dec. 24, 1924. Music by Elkin's boys of Pep. Admission 50 cents.

Xmas eve dance! Town Hall, Epping Dec. 24, 1924. Music by Elkin's boys...

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Patsy, eight year old newsboy, Newark, N.J. Says he makes fifty cents a day. - Aug. 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Patsy, eight year old newsboy, Newark, N.J. Says he makes fifty cents ...

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Still in disagreement. This executive photograph taken at the coal strike conference in Washington found the principles as far apart as the poles. From the left: Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor; James F. Dewey, Labor Department conciliator; John L. Lewis, President of United Mine Workers, and M. L. Garvey, Coal Operator of New Riverfield, W.Va. Mr. Lewis said several plans of compromise had been under discussion but that nine cents a tone was the last work from him, "take it or leave it." McGrady told newsmen that FERA Hopkins had assured relief to striking miners when it became necessary, 9/24/35

Still in disagreement. This executive photograph taken at the coal str...

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Authors of Administration Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours of Work Bill. Washington, D.C. May 24. Senator Hugo L. Black, (left) democratic senator from Alabama and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, and Rep. William P. Connery Jr, of Massachusetts Chairman of the House Labor Committee, study the bills they introduce today in the Senate and [...] for enactment of a standard wage scale and [minim]um hours of work law. The bills were introduced [...] after President Roosevelt's address demanding [...w] was read to both Houses of Congress. [...] call for a minimum of 40 cents an hour [mini]mum hours comprimise a 35 to 40 hour work [week], 5/24/37

Authors of Administration Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours of Work Bill....

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At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee are C.M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant director of the U.S. Mint, as congress propares to consider the plea of several states that they be allowed to issue coins in fractional cents for sales tax purposes. Miss O'Rielly has been with the Mint for 32 years. 8/8/35

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee a...

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Cotton pickers receiving sixty cents a day, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Cotton pickers receiving sixty cents a day, Pulaski County, Arkansas

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Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighb...

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A sign in grocery store window "PAPER - 9 rolls for 25 cents CORN 14 12 cents," Manchester, New Hampshire

A sign in grocery store window "PAPER - 9 rolls for 25 cents CORN 14 1...

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El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent applied on purchase. Father: carpenter. California

El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen doll...

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At the wharf oystermen get forty cents a bushel. Rock Point, Maryland

At the wharf oystermen get forty cents a bushel. Rock Point, Maryland

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A farmer listing his fields under the wind erosion control program. He receives twenty cents an acre for the work. Liberal, Kansas

A farmer listing his fields under the wind erosion control program. He...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room house, seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase. Father's occupation: carpenter. Earns seventy dollars a month. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room ho...

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Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds

Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California....

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A sign in grocery store window "PAPER - 9 rolls for 25 cents CORN 14 1/2 cents," Manchester, New Hampshire

A sign in grocery store window "PAPER - 9 rolls for 25 cents CORN 14 1...

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A farmer listing his fields under the wind erosion control program. He receives twenty cents an acre for the work. Liberal, Kansas

A farmer listing his fields under the wind erosion control program. He...

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Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds. San Joaquin Valley, California

Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed. They receive on...

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Peach pickers being driven to the orchards. They earn seventy-five cents a day. Muscella, Georgia

Peach pickers being driven to the orchards. They earn seventy-five cen...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four-bedroom house. Eight in family, six boys, aged one to fourteen. Father is conductor (streetcar), one hundred dollars monthly. Pays sixteen dollars and twenty cents a month rent on purchase. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four-bedroom house. Eight in ...

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Shucking oysters at twenty-five cents a gallon, Rock Point, Maryland. The average shucker does five gallons a day

Shucking oysters at twenty-five cents a gallon, Rock Point, Maryland. ...

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Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily

Plowboy in Alabama earns seventy-five cents daily

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