All Photos

Woman at beam warper. Cherryville , N.C. Nov. 1908. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsboys for seven, eight and nine years. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

12 year old newsboy, Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

Some of the smaller newsboys, 9, 16 and 11 years old. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

A group of messenger boys. These work until 11 P.M. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Bridgeport (Conn.) newsies. Several are 8 and 9 years old. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

8 P.M. Friday, March 5, 1909. Charlie Gilstein, 9 years old. Philip Gilstein, 12 years old. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

5:00 P.M. on a cold day. Frank Luzzi, a 10 years old newsie, who has been selling for 2 years. Begins at 5 A.M. sometimes and sells until 8 P.M. at times. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Children in Grade 4, School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. All of them worked in Cannery Sheds at Albion, Wilson, Hamburg, etc., last summer. Ages run from 10 to 13 years. Entered school late. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

1:00 A.M. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., B'klyn, N.Y. every night. 3 smaller boys were kept out of the photo by Boss. Location: New York--Brooklyn, New York (State)

bowling bowling alley

Group of newsboys at Evening Journal Office. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis i.e. Lewis W. Hine, May, 1910.

Where some of the newsboy's money goes. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Doffer boys have lots of fun between times. (But get habits of irregular work.) This is the middle of the morning. Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some of the boys in the Wellingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some doffer boys, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

In the spool cotton dept. Bibb Mfg. Co., No. 1, Macon, Ga. Jan. 19, 1909. L.W.H. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Doffer boys in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Group at the Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon Ga. This is one of the mills of the Bibb Mfg. Co., See label on photo 538 for profits made. Jan. 19,1909. Location: Macon, Georgia.

The overseers and superintendent in the Bill i.e., Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Some of the adults Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Spinner in Bibb Mil No. 1, Macon, Ga. Bad lighting and ventilation in spinning room. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Little spinner in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She was so small she had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads. See also photo 488. Jan. 19, 1909. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Doffer boys in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

Doffers in Willingham Cotton Mill, Macon, Ga. The three boys in front row have been in mill work for 4, 5 and 6 years respectively. Location: Macon, Georgia.