Massachusetts Historic photos, documents, and people

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General View of Mills. Davis - Arkwright - Wampanog - Pilgrim. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Kerr Thread - Noon. Young workers. Nearly all 14-16 years old. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Mamie, who said she was 9 and a regular picker was teaching her 6 year old sister Ada to use a scoop. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts.

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Cottage Street hovels down by the river in Easthampton, Mass., in which a great deal of home work is done on suspenders. Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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Cottage Street hovels down by the river in Easthampton, Mass., in which a great deal of home work is done on suspenders. Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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Cottage Street hovels down by the river in Easthampton, Mass., in which a great deal of home work is done on suspenders. Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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Going into the Butler Mills at 6:50 A.M. All went into work at North Gate beside office. Sixs i.e., six seemed under 14. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working: including baby in foreground. (See names on other label.) Location: Falmouth vicinity - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

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15 year old driver of oil wagon and his 10 year old helper. Location: Springfield, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.