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Workers in Lorraine Mfg. Co. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Westerly, United States

These all work in Lorraine Mfg. Co., Westerly, R.I. June 9, 1909. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island.

This boy has been working in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren , R.I., one year. June 10, 1909. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

6 A. M., June 10, 1909. All these and more in Warren, (R.I.) Mfg. Co. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

6 A. M., June 10, 1909. Going into Warren (R.I.) Mfg. Co. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

Some of the workers in a Md. Packing Company. Location: Maryland

Name: Norris Lovitt. Been picking for 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore, Md. July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). (See my report July 10, 1909.) July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Bertha Marshall a berry picker on Jenkins Farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been at it 2 summers. Picks about 10 boxes a day. (2 cents a box). Photo July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Bertha Brandt, 9 years old. Picks berries on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md. (See my report July 10, 1909.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Name: George Sajdak, a Polish boy who picks berries on a Rock Creek farm, near Baltimore, Md. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Mary _____________, a Polish girl and her mother, picking berries on Bottomley Farm, Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. In the winter they go to Dunbar, La., for oyster shucking. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Mrs. Bissie and family (Polish). They all work in fields near Baltimore in summer and have worked at Biloxi, Miss. for two years. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Annie Bissie, a little picker in the fields near Baltimore. (See label 835). Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

John Slebzak - see #837. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A strawberry field on Rock Creek, near Baltimore. Whites and negroes, old and young, work here from 4:30 A.M. until sunset some days. A long hot day. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A young berry picker on Bottomley's farm, near Baltimore, Md. She worked one winter at Youngs Island, S.C. Mother says, "No more." Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A four year old helper in the berry field, Rock Creek, near Baltimore. Mother said, "He helps little." Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Name: A four year old helper in the berry field Rock Creek, Baltimore, Md. Mother said, "He helps a little." July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Laura, a nine-year-old berry picker on Rock Creek, near Baltimore, Md. Been working in the South two winters. (See my report July 10, 1909.) Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

View of the berry fields near Baltimore, Md. Many girls and boys, old and young, working here with the negroes who are often not good associates. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A young berry picker on a Rock Creek farm near Baltimore, Md. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Name: Three families live in this shack: one room above and one below. Bottomley's farm near Baltimore, Md. July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.