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Man smoking. Museum of New Zealand collection

Man smoking. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Minnie Palmer - Public domain portrait print

Minnie Palmer - Public domain portrait print

Full length portrait, standing, facing left; with cigarette in mouth, wearing band conductor's uniform and holding baton behind her. Copyright by B.J. Falk. Unprocessed in PR 6 CN268

The first cigar (the attack) - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The first cigar (the attack) - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

Stereograph showing boy smoking cigar. 18020W1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1601.

Coffee garden, Damascus. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Coffee garden, Damascus. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Four people in coffee garden, Damascus, with one woman using a water pipe. 16390, 16446(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Robert E.M. Bain.

The connoisseur - Public domain  print

The connoisseur - Public domain print

Photograph shows young man smoking a cigarette. Copyright 1899 by F. A. Rinehart, Omaha. No. 2060.

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

In the harem - Public domain print

In the harem - Public domain print

Photograph shows young woman in harem costume smoking and holding box of (Turkish?) cigarettes.

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Photo by Lomen Bros., Nome. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo smoking pipe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Caught in the act - A black and white photo of a man dressed as santa claus

Caught in the act - A black and white photo of a man dressed as santa ...

Man dressed as Santa Claus seated on model of chimney smoking long pipe and blowing circles of smoke. D4849 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3.

"Ca'ful now, don' you put out ma light"

"Ca'ful now, don' you put out ma light"

Stereograph showing Afro-American boys smoking. H7025 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5018.

Peggy is earning what Paddy is burning--a typical Irish home

Peggy is earning what Paddy is burning--a typical Irish home

Man, with holes in knees of pants, sitting smoking pipe, and woman, standing in front of doorway, knitting. H19431 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. No. 12616.

Chinese opium joint - A black and white photo of a group of people in a room

Chinese opium joint - A black and white photo of a group of people in ...

Photograph shows Chinese men lying in opium joint smoking. Copyright 1905 by Herbert C. Forbes, Portland, Oreg. Title from copyright registration.

Edward S. Curtis - A smoke, portrait of american indian man

Edward S. Curtis - A smoke, portrait of american indian man

Two Crow Indians in Montana, sitting on the ground, one is smoking a pipe. H70892 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1300-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - stereocsopic card

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - stereocsopic card

A black and white photo of a group of children, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - stereocsopic card

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - stereocsopic card

A black and white photo of a group of children, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

The result - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The result - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph showing boys sick as a result of smoking. H86552 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.W. Kelley. No. 3.

Edward S. Curtis - Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock)

Edward S. Curtis - Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock)

Indian smoking pipe on flat rock. H104322 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2509-07.

Edward S. Curtis - A quiet smoke-Hopi

Edward S. Curtis - A quiet smoke-Hopi

Hopi man sitting on ground smoking, with hoe propped on his left knee. H70892 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2115-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. Sells Sunday until 3 A.M. Said was 16 years old; is probably 13. Does not go to school. Photo taken at 22nd St. & 3rd Avenue. Witness F. McMurry.  Location: New York, New York (State)

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. February 12,1908. Small boy in centre of group is Joseph Levite, 83 Hester Street, 13 years old. Small boy on his right and below is Abraham Jachnes (See photo # 22[A]) Location: New York, New York (State)

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. Fe...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The cigarette - Public domain portrait print

The cigarette - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Sioux Indian, half-length portrait, left profile, smoking a cigarette. H116221 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Copyright by John A. Johnson, W. Somerville, Mass.

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. February 12,1908. Small boy in centre of group is Joseph Levite, 83 Hester Street, 13 years old. Small boy on his right and below is Abraham Jachnes (See photo # 22A) Location: New York, New York (State)

#19A Waiting for morning papers. On steps of World Building. 1 A.M. Fe...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 19-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. Sells Sunday until 3 A.M. Said was 16 years old; is probably 13. Does not go to school. Photo taken at 22nd St. & 3rd Avenue. Witness F. McMurry. Location: New York, New York (State)

1 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1908. John Newman, 332 East 19th Street. S...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 34-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Court. Been working 6 months. Boy on right hand Albert Papin (13 years old now), 77 Main Street. Is a "helper." Works after school. Four of his sisters work in the mill. Two of them began at 11 years old. May 18, 1909. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Co...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 768. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

[Two Chinese men, on narcotics in opium den]

[Two Chinese men, on narcotics in opium den]

H127632 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-41933. Wittemann Collection.

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Court. Been working 6 months. Boy on right hand Albert Papin (13 years old now), 77 Main Street. Is a "helper." Works after school. Four of his sisters work in the mill. Two of them began at 11 years old. May 18, 1909.  Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Boy on left hand is William Dosmaris, 2 Hornes Co...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoking rights for men and women in public places, snaped [sic] as she "puffed" a cigarette at the Chevy Chase Club, Washington's most exclusive country club

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoki...

Photograph shows Sarah Anderson sitting in a rocking chair, lighting a cigarette. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

A.D.T. Boys. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

A.D.T. Boys. Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1810. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1169. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A.D.T. Boys. "They all smokes." Location: Birmingham, Alabama

A.D.T. Boys. "They all smokes." Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1811. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A.D.T. Boys. "They all smokes."  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A.D.T. Boys. "They all smokes." Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner lot behind bill-board. Jefferson St. near Olive. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper,.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pacific Mills.  Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Bleach-room boy--Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newsboy smoking cigarets sic on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward F. Brown Wilmington, Delaware. Location: Wilmington, Delaware Photo by Louis i.e. Lewis W. Hine, May, 1910

Newsboy smoking cigarets sic on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1555. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward F. Brown Wilmington, Delaware.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Newsboy smoking cigarets [sic] on 4th & Orange Sts. Investigator, Edwa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works. Location: Schenec...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1292. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works. Location: Schene...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A.D.T. Boys.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

A.D.T. Boys. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1291. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner lot behind bill-board. Jefferson St. near Olive. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper,. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Jefferson St. Gang of newsboys at 10:00 P.M. over campfire in corner l...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1367. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... More

[Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following names and others: Mose Fournier, 297 Worcester St.; in Mr. Karnes' room. Wilfred Croteau lives on Worcester St., in front of Police Station. Doffer in Mr. Baker's twisting room. Paul Phaneuf, 189 Franklin St., in Mr. Karnes' spinning room. Leo La Francis, 12 Quebec St. In beaming room.]  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

[Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following nam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boys described in #2602 and #2619.  Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Boys described in #2602 and #2619. Location: South Framingham, Massac...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adelard Gagnon (smallest), 32 Palmer St. Location: Salem, Massachusetts

Adelard Gagnon (smallest), 32 Palmer St. Location: Salem, Massachusett...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2607. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2621. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Arthur Chalifoux, 3 Rand St. (4th boy from left). Works in Eclipse Mills, No. Adams.  Location: North Adams, Massachusetts.

Arthur Chalifoux, 3 Rand St. (4th boy from left). Works in Eclipse Mil...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works until 11 P.M., usually, but all night when they are busy (See report of L.W.H.) Note sign above his head. Location: Tampa, Florida

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works unti...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1487. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St., works in lower Spinning Room #2. Rene, 14 in Feb. Location: Salem, Massachusetts

Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St., works in lower Spinning Room #2. Rene, 14...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2611. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 Fulton St. and John Neary, 211 Lakeview Ave., front row. Left hand, Robert Magee (see #2617). Right hand, Michael Keefe (see #2602). Middle, John Risheck. 391 Adams St., back row. Cornelius Hurley (see #2602). Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 F...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2619. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Adelard Gagnon (smallest), 32 Palmer St.  Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Adelard Gagnon (smallest), 32 Palmer St. Location: Salem, Massachuset...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St., works in lower Spinning Room #2. Rene, 14 in Feb.  Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Rene Barbin, 61 Perkins St., works in lower Spinning Room #2. Rene, 14...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group in front of Indian Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working.  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working. Loca...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2361. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group in front of Indian Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working.  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working. Loca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working, (see previous lists of names).  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was worki...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 Fulton St. and John Neary, 211 Lakeview Ave., front row. Left hand, Robert Magee (see #2617). Right hand, Michael Keefe (see #2602). Middle, John Risheck. 391 Adams St., back row. Cornelius Hurley (see #2602).  Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Smallest, Robert Magee (left hand), other two are; Edward Foster, 40 F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works until 11 P.M., usually, but all night when they are busy (See report of L.W.H.) Note sign above his head.  Location: Tampa, Florida.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works unti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept. 11, 1911. All work.  Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Smallest is Michael Lynch, 20 Brooklins St., works in Twisting Room, M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept. 11, 1911. All work. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Shots of the young workers going in to Ayer Mill, 6:30 to 7 A.M., Sept...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2230. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Boys described in #2602 and #2619. Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts

Boys described in #2602 and #2619. Location: South Framingham, Massach...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2620. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following names and others: Mose Fournier, 297 Worcester St.; in Mr. Karnes' room. Wilfred Croteau lives on Worcester St., in front of Police Station. Doffer in Mr. Baker's twisting room. Paul Phaneuf, 189 Franklin St., in Mr. Karnes' spinning room. Leo La Francis, 12 Quebec St. In beaming room. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following name...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from photo and label for Hine no. 2356. Hine no. 2357. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working. Boy not photographed. Hector Dubois, 24 Water St. Doffer in Indian Orchard; crushed finger in pump.  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was workin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working, (see previous lists of names).]  Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

[Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was work...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino Libro, 34 Walnut Street. Apparently 10 or 11. Works in No. 4 Spinning room. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Group of workers. The smallest boy in the middle of group is Secondino...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2498. Hine no. 2497. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working, (see previous lists of names) Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was worki...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2362. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was working. Boy not photographed. Hector Dubois, 24 Water St. Doffer in Indian Orchard; crushed finger in pump. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in photo was workin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2360. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigarettes, Spruce St., Italian Boys, Providence, R.I. Nov. 23, 1912. Location: Providence, Rhode Island

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigarettes, Spruce St., Italian B...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 3201. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years. Began when I was six years old for 5 cents a day. Lately I was workin $1.25 a day but got to spittin blood and had to quit." He was truely "scrap[p]ed" and of little use to himself or the world. Roy Hammett, Spartanberg, S.C.  Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigarettes, Spruce St., Italian Boys, Providence, R.I. Nov 23, 1912.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Cigarettes, Spruce St., Italian B...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years. Began when I was six years old for 5 cents a day. Lately I was workin $1.25 a day but got to spittin blood and had to quit." He was truely "scrapped" and of little use to himself or the world. Roy Hammett, Spartanberg, S.C. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Human Junk. A product of the mill (See #2963) "Ben workin fer 10 years...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2962. City recorded on caption card as "Spartanberg." Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Lib... More

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swifts' Pool Room. Saturday P.M. A common sight any day. Educational influences bad: stories and remarks will not bear repetition. Mill boys and men. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swift...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2768. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swifts' Pool Room. Saturday P.M. A common sight any day. Educational influences bad: stories and remarks will not bear repetition. Mill boys and men.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swift...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 2720. Hine no. 2791. Handwritten card refers only to #2720. The smaller boy appears to be the same in both ima... More

[Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old.]  Location: [New Bedford, Massachusetts].

[Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning roo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Young woman lighting a cigar]

[Young woman lighting a cigar]

Photograph shows a young woman, wearing a lace dress, with large cigar in her mouth. Copyright 1913 by Stadler, Chicago. No. K-114.

In the few spare moments when not pounding the Boche our gunners settle down to a game of cards

In the few spare moments when not pounding the Boche our gunners settl...

Three gunners playing a game of cards. They are using a wooden crate as a table, and are sitting outside a dugout or hideout constructed from sandbags. All three are smoking pipes or cigarettes. There is a bott... More

Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy

Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary ...

Evacuee from Amiens giving her canary to a British soldier, in France, during World War I. A Frenchwoman - wearing a French military helmet - hands over her pet canary to a British soldier for safekeeping, duri... More

Officer chatting with a French 'Poilu'

Officer chatting with a French 'Poilu'

Two men standing in a muddy field. They are both wearing steel helmets, and long overcoats over their uniforms. The man on the right, smoking a cigarette, is carrying a rifle and a pack over his shoulder. Both ... More

Wiring parties going up to the front line after heavy rain

Wiring parties going up to the front line after heavy rain

A wiring party making their way along a very wet and muddy road. They are all wearing steel helmets and carrying rifles. Three of the men are rolling large rolls of wire along the road. Two of the men in the di... More

Types of Natives of Manipur - Public domain portrait print

Types of Natives of Manipur - Public domain portrait print

Eight Manipur soldiers are lined up in two uneven rows across the front of the camera. Two of the soldiers on the left are smoking pipes and a soldier on the far right is wrapped in white cloth. Most of the sol... More

Prime Minister of New Zealand examining a British machine

Prime Minister of New Zealand examining a British machine

William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, being shown a British biplane. Standing next to him, smoking a cigar, is Sir Joseph Ward, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. They are surrounded by a small grou... More

Two South Africans during World War I

Two South Africans during World War I

Two soldiers in the snow sharing a match, during World War I. This pretty, picturesque image belies the harshness of the conditions faced by front line troops during the winter months. There is a statuesque far... More

Learning the language, with the miller's daughter, Flanders

Learning the language, with the miller's daughter, Flanders

Two rather jaunty looking soldiers are engaged in chatting to a local girl. They have their hats tipped back and are casually smoking cigarettes. They are both posing slightly. The girl appears to be dressed in... More

Group of officers with the Prince of Wales in the centre

Group of officers with the Prince of Wales in the centre

A rather young-looking Prince of Wales poses for the photographer, most likely John Warwick Brooke, along with a group of officers. He is sitting in the middle of the front row, with a cigarette in his right ha... More

Two typical Canadians during World War I

Two typical Canadians during World War I

Two older men in the middle of the photograph are facing the camera. They are both wearing 'mountie-style' hats and sport bushy moustaches. The man sitting on the end of a log is smoking a cigarette. He is wear... More

Rest for dinner whilst digging a gun pit, Flanders

Rest for dinner whilst digging a gun pit, Flanders

A row of soldiers are sitting slumped against a short wall of mud, perched on a little ledge of mud. They are wearing an assortment of helmets, uniforms and thermals. Some of them are smoking and chatting. They... More

Railway in the trenches, Flanders

Railway in the trenches, Flanders

A rather bedraggled looking railway line runs through the middle of bombed-out and desolate-looking buildings. A dusty looking soldier is standing at the side of the line smoking. His despondency adds atmospher... More

Troops resting in a cornfield, Flanders

Troops resting in a cornfield, Flanders

Soldiers are lying on the ground while others stand in a semi-circle. They are all armed and uniformed but everyone is smiling and smoking cigarettes. The atmosphere is one of abandoned relaxation. ..Soldiers a... More

Troops receive many presents of cigarettes from various manufacturers  at home

Troops receive many presents of cigarettes from various manufacturers ...

Soldiers posing for the camera, during World War I. They are standing in front of a large bank of earth. Two of the men in the front row are holding shells, with more shells positioned in front of them. Most of... More

British and American Officers enjoying a rest at a rest house in France well known to officers on active service

British and American Officers enjoying a rest at a rest house in Franc...

Allied military officers relaxing away from the lines in France, during World War I. Soldiers sitting under parasols in deckchairs or on the grass, smoking and drinking bottled beer. Their demeanours as well as... More

After dinner smoke, portrait of american indian man

After dinner smoke, portrait of american indian man

Navajo Indian, seated by campfire, smoking cigarette. 201165 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted by William J. Carpenter, 1915.

Street gang - corner Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Street gang - corner Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M. Location: Sp...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4361. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M.  Location: Springfield, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Street gang - cor[ner] Margaret & Water Streets - 4:30 P.M. Location:...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

It got old Bill - A black and white photo of a group of children

It got old Bill - A black and white photo of a group of children

Photograph shows four boys smoking. Public domain photograph - children, 1920s, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[At Walter Reed Hospital, a soldier who is missing a foot lights a cigarette for another soldier who is missing both arms]

[At Walter Reed Hospital, a soldier who is missing a foot lights a cig...

J231443 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Debutantes in silhouette - Public domain  print

Debutantes in silhouette - Public domain print

Miss Ester Cochran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Cochran of New York, seated by window, lighting a cigarette. National Photo Company Collection.

[Interior of Chinese lodging house (opium den?), San Francisco, California]

[Interior of Chinese lodging house (opium den?), San Francisco, Califo...

Four Chinese men smoking opium(?) pipes in Chinatown. Public domain image of Chinese history, opium war, China government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rag Pickers Alley, San Francisco, California]

[Rag Pickers Alley, San Francisco, California]

Chinese man smoking long pipe. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full length portrait of young woman smoking a cigarette, seated on pedestal, in profile]

[Full length portrait of young woman smoking a cigarette, seated on pe...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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