Colorado Historic photos, documents, and people

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14 year old Henry in the fourth grade of the Rockwood Place School. He is four grades behind, and the teacher says it is on account of the beet work. Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

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This is the attendance in the Sanders School, District #30 on December 6. Compare photograph 4042 showing attendance on October 25 - 7 weeks after school opened. Sterling vicinity, Colorado

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This is the attendance at the Jeffers School, #29 on November 1. 7 present out of the possible 20. Absences due chiefly to beet work. See also 4060. Location: Loveland vicinity, Colorado

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One of the families working the beets on the Bott farm. 6 working. The 8 year old girls sic? piles and tops. Location: Loveland vicinity, Colorado / L.W. Hi

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Only 50% of the pupils are present at School #3, Dist. #3, Ft. Morgan, Colo., October 27/15, over five weeks after school began. Location: Fort Morgan, Colorado /

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Six-year old Jo, pulling beets for his parents on a farm near Sterling, Colo. This is very heavy work for such little ones, but many do it. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado

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(See label 4010) Eight-year-old boy tugging at the beets. There is a great deal of physical strain in this work. See Hine report. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado /

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Family of John H. Children 8, 10, 13, 15 yrs. old pulling and picking beets on farm at Iliff? Ten members of the family. They will make about $900 this season but have very heavy expenses so will only

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Jo Wohn, ten-year-old topper in beet field near Sterling, Colorado. He works from 6 A.M. to 6:30 P.M., with about half an hour for lunch. Location: Sterling vicinity, Colorado /