United States Historic photos, documents, and people

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Eight-year old Jack driving horse rake. A small boy has difficulty keeping his seat on rough ground and this work is more or less dangerous. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location:

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Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915. Location: Western Massachus

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) A midnight crap game in the street near Post Office, Providence, R.I. Nov 23, 1912. One 12 years old, one 14. One had been shooting here a couple of hours. Locatio

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) View in a Pawtucket, R.I., cotton mill showing accumulation of lint on floor. The air is full of it too, but photo doesn't show it. Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Isla

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Nearly midnight, Ten year old newsboy selling in and around this saloon near Market Square, Providence, R.I. Flash-light photo. Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Exterior of Sprague House Settlement Providence, on Saturday morning. The house was so full that these children could not go in. Location: Providence, Rhode Island

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5 minutes to 9 A.M. Eleven-year-old girl running home with a twenty-pound load of garter buttons for home-work. Trying not to be late for school. (See also Report.) Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Group of boys in the Belton Cotton Mill. The smallest is Milton Honicutt, 11 years old according to the bible and James Taylor. His parents wouldn't show me the family record. Location: Belton, South

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Charissy Miller, a product of the mill. A frail, gaunt adolescent spinner. Been working four years. Said 16 years old. Can't write her name. 3 of the family in the mill. "Pa stays home and cooks." Loc