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Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack, and the force small. Bennington, Vermont.

Noon hour, Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Some of the youngsters working there. Work was slack and the force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

6:30 A.M. Three of the young girls working in Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Work slack, and the force small. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

A crowd of negro oyster shuckers. On the Atlantic Coast the negroes are employed more than the whites, but they do not work the little ones so much. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Man, woman, and infant. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Bluffton, United States

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Adult shucker whowing i.e., showing? the rough, dirty shells and the "finger-stalls" because "Our fingers got so sore." Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Boy shucker. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Housing conditions of the white workers in Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

Varn & Platt Canning Co. Rosie & her doll. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

One of the youngest shuckers at McClellansville Canning Company. All negroes and none extremely young. Location: McClellansville, South Carolina.

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, Miss. Did not know how old she was. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Col. Roosevelt addressing crowd at Ensley, Ala., on the occasion of N.C.L.C. Conference at Birmingham. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Col. Roosevelt addressing the crowd at Corey on the occasion of the N.C.L.C. Conference at Birmingham. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Frank Obin, eight years old. Shucks oysters at Pass Christian. I found him asleep on the floor of the shed at 4 o'clock one morning. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Joey Stubeck, five years old. Shucks some at Pass Christian. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

All except the largest boy shuck oysters at Pass Christian. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Martin Stevens, Any i.e., Amy? Andy? Schmidt, Will Schmidt, Frank Kelly, all shuck oysters. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Walter Kitosky, seven year old oyster shucker. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi.

A number of workers in the Acushnet Mills. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Frank Mello, 62 Grinell i.e., Grinnel? St. Brother of Joe. At the house his mother said he was 17 years. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Group going out at noon from the Kilburn Mills. Little girl running is one of the workers. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.