Massachusetts Historic photos, documents, and people

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Newsie under age. Selling near Market at 5 p.m. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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"Drawing-in" -15 years. Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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John Endyk, 90 Springfield St., been in Mill-room of Wood Mill one year. Birth certificate makes him 14. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Soldering in sheet metal class. See 4168. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Selling balloons and handkerchiefs at market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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14-year old spinner in Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Eight-year old Jack driving load of hay. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

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Finished product leaving the Durfee Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Joseph Polchlopek (alone), 37 W. Front St. Says, "Been working here two years and a half." (See #2638). Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.