Child Labor in Images
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Furman Owens, 12 years old.
At the time the picture was taken, the young boy pictured couldn't read. He doesn’t know his ABC's and said: “Yes I want to learn but can’t when I work all the time.” He had been in the mills 4 years, 3 of which were in the Olympia Mill, Columbia, South Carolina.
At the time the picture was taken, the young boy pictured couldn't read. He doesn’t know his ABC's and said: “Yes I want to learn but can’t when I work all the time.” He had been in the mills 4 years, 3 of which were in the Olympia Mill, Columbia, South Carolina.
Child Labor in the United States, Early 1900's- YouTube Video
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Lewis Hines,
Photographer of Child Labor
Growing up in the populist tradition of his native Wisconsin, Hine was no stranger to hard work or family tragedy. After completing his studies at the progressive University of Chicago in 1901, he came to New York to teach at the Ethical Culture School. There, a colleague suggested he use photography as an educational tool in his classes. He photographed at the immigration station between 1904 and 1909, capturing the new Americans pouring through on their way to cities, factories, and farms. Hine's interest in child welfare and the social conditions of the American industrial working class followed naturally as he became immersed in the reform movement, which grew with the rising social consciousness of his time.Hine gained a national reputation taking pictures for the National Child Labor Committee, for the "Pittsburgh Survey" (an early sociological study), and, following World War I. His photographs appeared regularly in the periodical Charities and the Commons and many others. He returned to Ellis Island in 1926 to observe reforms. In his final years, Hine found renewed respect and recognition for his revelatory social photography, particularly among the new generation of concerned photographers at the Photo League. In early 1939, a large retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Riverside Museum in New York.
Photographer of Child Labor
Growing up in the populist tradition of his native Wisconsin, Hine was no stranger to hard work or family tragedy. After completing his studies at the progressive University of Chicago in 1901, he came to New York to teach at the Ethical Culture School. There, a colleague suggested he use photography as an educational tool in his classes. He photographed at the immigration station between 1904 and 1909, capturing the new Americans pouring through on their way to cities, factories, and farms. Hine's interest in child welfare and the social conditions of the American industrial working class followed naturally as he became immersed in the reform movement, which grew with the rising social consciousness of his time.Hine gained a national reputation taking pictures for the National Child Labor Committee, for the "Pittsburgh Survey" (an early sociological study), and, following World War I. His photographs appeared regularly in the periodical Charities and the Commons and many others. He returned to Ellis Island in 1926 to observe reforms. In his final years, Hine found renewed respect and recognition for his revelatory social photography, particularly among the new generation of concerned photographers at the Photo League. In early 1939, a large retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Riverside Museum in New York.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
This is an image of the Breaker Room of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. At times, dust was so dense that it was nearly impossible to see. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of the boys’ lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes stands over the boys, prodding or kicking them into obedience. South Pittston, Pennsylvania.
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The Cage
At the end of everyday the boys would ride up on the rickety cage. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on the other two sides and is usually crowded. The small boy in front is Jo Puma. South Pittston, Pennsylvania.