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Mrs. Mary Rena, 46 Laight St., 3d floor front, picking nuts with dirty baby in lap. Two neighbors helping. Girl is cracking nuts with her teeth, not an uncommon sight. Mr. Rena works on dock. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

One of the means of exploitation through home-work. The worker pays $1.25 deposit on one dozen plates. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

A worker sews all these tucks by hand and completes waist--48 buttonholes, bones, collars, etc., for $1.65. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

A worker sews all these tucks by hand and completes waist, 48? buttonholes, bones, collars, etc., for $1.65. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Two of the "pin boys" working in Bowling Academy with 3 other small boys until 10 or 11 P.M. some nights. Burlington,. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack, and force small. (See N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745, May 1909.) 27 Children apparently under 15, were counted at one gate. Location: Winooski, Vermont.

Young boy working for Hickok Lumber Co. Location: Burlington, Vermont.

One of the young workers of the Stevenson Cotton Mills. Apparently Under twelve years. Location: Stevenson, Alabama.

The whole force of workers in the cotton mills of Stevenson, Ala. Several of them are apparently under twelve, but I could not get the ages. Photo posed by the general manager. Location: Stevenson, Alabama.

Charlie Foster has a steady job in the Merrimack Mills. School Record says he is now ten years old. His father told me that he could not read, and still he is putting him into the mill. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Madeline Causey ten year old worker in Merrimack Mills. Been working there for four months. Fills batteries. Her mother said she was born July 7, 1903. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Group of young workers in Merrimack Mill (not the youngest). See other photos. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Two new shacks, near Sterling, in which beet workers live. Most of these are old and dilapidated, dirty and crowded. 9 persons live in one of these, 4 in the other. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915.

Part of Walker family pulling and piling beets. See label 4018. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 1915

Day scene. Wheaton Glass Works Millville, N.J. Location: Millville, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon Hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

A typical glass-boy. Woodbury Bottle Works. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, N.J. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Scene in Woodbury Bottle Works. They work nights. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. Woodbury, N.J. All are workers. Location: Woodbury, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co. Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey.