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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 / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Noon hour. Moore Bros. Glass Co., Clayton, N.J. All are workers. Location: Clayton, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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

After 9:00 P.M. Dec.17/09. Newark, N.J. All these were selling and work later some nights. Some are 10 years old. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

9:00 P.M. Dec. 17, 09. Newark, N.J. Nicholas Guiseppi, 65 River St. Sells until later than this. Location: Newark, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Smallest boy is Mike Ferinco. 75 Monroe St., 10 yrs. old. Sells until 8:30 P.M., Newark, N.J. Other is Duar Feriari, 60 Monroe St. Sells until after 9 P.M. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Red St. Clair and his pals hanging around Murphy's Branch. 11:00 A.M. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

A.M. Mon. May 9, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's branch They were all smoking. St. Louis, Mo. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Truants selling papers at Jefferson and Washington 11 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Smallest boy is Marvin Adams, 2637 Washington Ave. Said he got his papers "off'n de other feller." Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Two newsies selling in P.M. Grand Avenue. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. / Photo by ...

Johnnie Burns a newsie who sells on Grand Avenue. 9 years old. Father says he is uncontrollable. May 9th, 1910. Father also said his 4 yr. old. twins would be selling soon. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Francis Lance 5 years old. 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Francis Lance 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly on Grand Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Mother and three children - Roderez family, E. Falmouth, Mass. James - 8 years; Manuel 5; Marion, the baby, 4. They pick 28 measures a day. Mother says, "We can't pick fast cause the baby is too fussy." Location: Falmouth - Baker Bog, Massachusetts.

Mary Christmas, nearly 4 years old. Picks cranberries sometimes. She is now picking up berries spilled at the barrels by Grandfather. Grandpa says, "I make her pick sometimes, yes." Location: Falmouth - Week's Bog, Massachusetts.

Crowded tenement used by cranberry pickers ("Bravas") or black Portuguese. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts.

Wilfred Tremblay, 1332 Davol St., a doffer in spinning room of Cartwright Mills; apparently 12 years old. Said "Me brudder-in-law got me the job last summer. Been there even i.e., ever? since." Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Dinner Toters, Columbus, Ga. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

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.

Maple Mill, Dillon S.C. Tebie Calder--Been in mill 1 year--runs 4 sides. Little sister-- Tince--Mother said, "She helps." Bystander said she works regularly and that plenty of other little ones do. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.

Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Ruth Barnhill (elder). Been at it 4 years. Run 6 sides. Emma Barnhill 4 years in mill. 4 sides. Looked 10 years old. Location: Dillon, South Carolina.