Left - Furman Owens, 12 Years Old

World History Enlarged Pictures and Ms. Jacobsen Child Labor Captions for makeup work Point Value: / 10 (5 each page) (Photo journal and descriptions by Lewis Hine, 1908-1909)

PICTURE # Pretend you took it & talked to the kids

Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend 1 broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Ga

Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Doesn't know his A,B,C's. Said, "Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the 2 time." Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill. Columbia, S.C. Tony Casale, age 11, been selling 4 years. Sells sometimes until 10 p.m. His paper told me the boy had shown him the marks on his arm where his father had 3 bitten him for not selling more papers. He (the boy) said, "Drunken men say bad words to us." Hartford, Conn.

Out after midnight selling extras. There were many young boys selling very late. 4 Youngest boy in the group is 9 years old. Harry, age 11, Eugene and the rest were a little older. Washington, D.C. View of the Ewen Breaker of the Pa. Coal Co. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of the 5 boys' lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes stands over the boys, prodding or kicking them into obedience. S. Pittston, Pa.

Young cigar makers in Engelhardt & Co. Three boys looked under 14. Labor leaders told me in 6 busy times many small boys and girls were employed. Youngsters all smoke. Tampa, Fla. Hiram Pulk, age 9, working in a canning company. "I ain't very fast only about 5 boxes a 7 day. They pay about 5 cents a box," he said. Eastport, Me.

Cutting fish in a sardine cannery. Large sharp knives are used with a cutting and sometimes chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches and careless 8 bumping into each other increase the liability of accidents. "The salt water gits into the cuts and they ache," said one boy. Eastport, Me.