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Groups of workers in Hand's Silk Mill. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Groups of workers in Hand Silk Mill. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Groups of workers in Hand Silk Mill. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. The interior of these shacks consists of a flooring of straw, a few bags, and absence of light and air. Location: Ross, Delaware.

Another general view of the "hulling" station of A. J. Johnson at Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Family group hulling strawberries in the sun at Johnson's Hulling station, Seaford, Del. Note the child of about 5 years of age in the centre of the picture with sharp, long knife hulling berries. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Small family group hulling berries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

3 year old girl and 2 boys hulling berries at Johnson's Canning Camp, Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other children sit beside her, also at work. Little Mabel Cuthrie i.e., Guthrie?, 4 yrs. old started working last year. Location: Seaford?, Delaware?

Alberta McNadd on Chester Truitt's farm at Cannon, Del. Alberta is 5 years of age and has been picking berries since she was 3. Her mother volunteered the information that she picks steadily from sun-up to sun-down. Location: Cannon, Delaware.

This was the only small newsie I could find in the vicinity of Brooklyn Bridge after midnight. Said he stayed out until 3 o'clock. Moses Markowitz, 171 Allen St., 14 yrs. old. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Canning Factory of the Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Pin-boys in a Pittsburgh Bowling Alley. They work until late at night. Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

These boys were tossing and pitching pennies, on Sunday, June 12, 1910 at 3 P.M. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Newsboys, begging tobacco coupons. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Lewis W. Hine. Photographer. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Old paper man on East Side. N.Y., July, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Union Square Newsie. Joseph Blata, 7 years old. Lives in Basement, 306 E. 11th St. Collects discarded papers and sells them to storekeepers. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Bowery Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Minnie Paster, 10 years old. Tending stand at Bowery & Bond. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Mendicants. 6th Ave & 14th St.,. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Minnie Paster, 10 years old. Tending stand at Bowery & Bond. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States