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Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker who works steady all day from about 3:00 A.M. to about 5 P.M. in Dunbar Cannery. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife. Location: Dunbar, Louis
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Family of B. A. Tucker, 79 Oregon Street. Father, oldest daughter and two boys work in the Lynchburg Cotton Mills, (Va.) Been there a couple of years. Boys are about twelve years old. Location: Lynchb
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All are oyster shuckers in the Dunbar Cannery. Began work about 3:00 A.M. and worked until about 5:00 P.M. with half an hour for lunch. The great hill of shells is only part of the season's product. L
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Hughes children. All except two smallest work and help in Magnolia, (Miss.) Cotton Mill. Oldest is fifteen, next is fourteen, next eleven, next ten. "We like the work first rate." Location: Magnolia,
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Nick Pilisotta, ten years old, 899 Fayard St. Works some in the Biloxi Canning Co. "I want to quit school and work steady. Make 50 cents a day. Made $1.30 one day last year when shrimp was big." Locat
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All these shuck oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. They began work about 3:00 A.M., and worked until about 5:00 P.M. with half an hour for lunch at noon. The great hill of oyster shells is but part of one
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Higginbotham baby stays at home with negro nurse. Father and mother work in West Point Cotton Mill. I found three families in this small settlement, that do this way. Location: West Point, Mississippi
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Some of the young shrimp-pickers at Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co., Sore, swollen, and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp. Location: Biloxi, Mississip
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Mildred Kron, three years old, and Gertrude Kron, five years old. Help shuck oysters every day in the Barataria Canning Co. Live in New Orleans, (See also photos 1973, 1976, 1977, 1997, 1998.) Locatio
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