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Child Labor in the U.S. during the Progressive Era Photographs by Lewis Hine & Library of Congress http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html. http:// www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004000154/PP /.

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  1. Child Labor in the U.S. during the Progressive EraPhotographs by Lewis Hine& Library of Congresshttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html

  2. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004000154/PP/ Noon hour at An Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

  3. Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pa. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93500119/

  4. Boys "linking" bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/nclc.05126/

  5. The Mill: A moment's glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Rhodes Mfg. Co. Lincolnton, North Carolina. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-glimpse.htm

  6. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-empty.htmhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-empty.htm The Mill: Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Georgia.

  7. The Mill: The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister." Newberry, South Carolina. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-full.htm

  8. Newsies: A group of newsies selling on the Capitol steps. Tony, age 8, Dan, 9, Joseph, 10, and John, age 11. Washington, D.C. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-capitol.htm

  9. The Factory: 9 p.m. in an Indiana Glass Works. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-indiana.htm

  10. Seafood Workers: Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. All but the very smallest babies work. Began work at 3:30 a.m. and expected to work until 5 p.m. The little girl in the center was working. Her mother said she is "a real help to me." Dunbar, Louisiana. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-dunbar.htm

  11. Struggling Families: A family working in the Tifton Cotton Mill. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. Two of them went off and got married. The family left the farm two years ago to work in the mill. Tifton, Georgia. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-widow.htm

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