59th New York Antiquarian Book Fair Eclectibles E27 Part 2 - Collections & Archives - Large & Small – Part 3 Albums & Journals Eclectibles Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo 860.872.7587
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[email protected] Contents Collections – Large & Small ......................................................... 3 Albums, Commonplace Books and Journals ........................... 50 New York Book Fair 2019 2
[email protected] Collections – Large & Small The collections are in no particular order. Additional information is available on all collections. 1. NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE (NCLC) COLLECTION A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE (NCLC) PHOTOGRAPHS AND NARRATIVES IS BEING OFFERED JOINTLY BY: Eclectibles House of Mirth Photos Sheryl Jaeger Stacy Waldman 47 Lakeview Heights 22 Cottage Street Tolland, CT 06084 Easthampton, MA 01027
[email protected] [email protected] Vertrice Lawson, 15 years, in 4th grade. Quit last year. The lad working in hole 20 feet deep. Has rigged up a lamp at the bottom of the hole to release the “damps”. INTRODUCTION Founded in 1904, the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) set out on a mission of "promoting the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working." Starting in 1908, the Committee hired Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940), first on a temporary and then New York Book Fair 2019 3
[email protected] on a permanent basis, to carry out investigative and photographic work for the organization. As the project grew and progress a number of other photographers or investigative photographer/journalists joined the team. Beyond studying the results, the images and narratives were used to increase awareness of the problem of child labor.