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Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Boy delivering packages, 1912
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- Date taken: 1912
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Carmino Fascinoe, a worker in Ayer Mill. Lawrence, Mass, September 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-09
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Interior view of Sharps Station M.E. Church near Loyston, Tennessee. Reverend Lovelace and some children from an orphanage conduct the Sunday afternoon service, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Houses erected by Hamilton Development Company to be sold to their workers, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Jacob Shoemaker, Pennsylvania
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- Date taken: 1850
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Rayon skeins are re-wrapped in cloth after being taken from solution, preparatory to being placed in whizzer to extract water, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Home of Salvatore De Crasenso, 583 E. 231 St. Owner of small family shop of 8 or 10 looms, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove Nos. 3 and 4 - Another view of Pursglove Mines Nos. 3 and 4, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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John Peter Miller, Pennsylvania
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- Date taken: 1850
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Amoskeag Mills. Manchester, N.H., May 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-05
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Upholstering. Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Co. Upright belt sander chair arm - been at the furniture business 30 years - man and machine in action, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Woman standing at bobbins, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Bottles moving along a conveyor belt, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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John Thompson, New York
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- Date taken: 1850
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Row Houses, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Tending stand. New York City, July 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-07
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On The Steps Of The Philadelphia Museum Of Art, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Creel showing bobbins with rayon. The operator is shown tying the thread of a full bobbin to the thread of a partially exhausted bobbin, which will be replaced by the former, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Abner Lilly, Connecticut
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- Date taken: 1850
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Mining equipment, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Man operating mining equipment, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Philadelphia Museum Of Art, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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A nine year old newsgirl. She sold later than 8 P.M. sometimes. Been selling two years. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-03
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A young messenger. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-05
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Decorative nail trim. Brass rails applied to give a special trim, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Line of children found in a penny arcade at 1:30 P.M. As many of the schools in Schenectady run on half-time they are not necessarily truants, February 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-02
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All working in May Hosiery Mills. Youngest boy admitted 5 years of age and had been working there 9 months, November 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-11
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Looms, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Cabinet making. RCA Victor, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Going to work at 5:30 A.M. Small boy named Jo is a sweeper in Hill Mfg. Co. Been there 2 years. Said he didn't know how old he was and he couldn't spell his name, April 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-04
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Squatter's home on Andersonville Road, Tennessee. The house is a made-over houseboat, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Home of silk workers in rear (inner) court off Sealey St. (very poor interior), March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Adjoining farms on side road near Petersburg, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Lunch time, Kelser Mfg. Co. The little one carries the lunch. Usually the hands all go home to dinner, December 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-12
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Adjoining farms on side road near Petersburg, 1936
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- 9,132 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Quilling rayon (Polish), 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Malestestra Family, January 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-01
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Man snipping at stockings on machine, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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U.S. Steel Fairless Works On The Delaware River, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Smallest girl - Corrine Goud, runs 3 and 4 sides. Been in mill 3 years. Oldest sister said she goes to school, but couldn't spell her own name, December 1908
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- 16,445 views
- Date taken: 1908-12
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Abbe, 10 years old who picks 10 pails a day. Also two young Italian illiterates. Rochester, Mass, September 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-09
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Hand, doll clothes, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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A typical group of Postal Messengers. Smallest on left end, Wilmore Johnson, been there one year, June 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-06
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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small, December 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-12
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Farm land in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Observe the broken surface and the erosion, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Mrs. James Watson in her mountain cabin near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-11
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. New Hill - A new camp. The best community on Scott's Run, March 1937
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- 14,474 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Looms, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Silk skeins on winding creels or swifts. The yarn is wound from the skein on to bobbins, March 1937
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- 7,286 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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