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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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Malestestra Family, January 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-01
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Rhodes Mfg. Co. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Lincolnton, N.C., 11/11/1908
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- Date taken: 1908-11-11 10:29:30
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Two 7 Year Old Newsies, Profane and Smart, Selling Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee
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- Date taken: 1910-11-13 06:48:14
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A common case of "team work." Smaller boy, Joseph Bishop, goes into saloons and sells his last paper...
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- Date taken: 1909-03-04 10:29:29
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Row of men at the New York City docks out of work during the depression, 1934
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- Date taken: 1934
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Mrs. Totora, makes from $2 to $2.50 a week making lace for a contractor, December 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-12
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Scotts' Run, West Virginia. Miner's child digging coal from mine refuse (Mexican). Bertha Hollow, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Michael Mc Nelis, 8 years old, a newsboy. This boy has just recovered from his second attack of pneumonia. Was found selling papers in a big rain storm today. Philadelphia, Pa., 06/12/1910
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- Date taken: 1910-06-12 10:29:28
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View of the Ewen Breaker of the Pa. Coal Co. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view, January 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-01
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed man attending meeting of the Workers Alliance Council, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand - Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
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- 14 favorites
- 23,834 views
- Date taken: 1909-05
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker. S. Pittston, Pa, January 1911
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- 36 favorites
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- Date taken: 1911-01
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"The Glandon family around the fireplace in their home at Bridges Chapel near Loydston[sic], Tennessee. Glandon's wife plays both the guitar and the organ.", 10/31/1933
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- 26 favorites
- 23,409 views
- Date taken: 1933-10-31 10:29:34
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Miller Hill Camp, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Pressing rubber bodies (French), 1936
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- 15 favorites
- 22,463 views
- Date taken: 1936
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High Point, North Carolina - Upholstering. Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Co. Upright belt sander chair arm - been at the furniture business 30 years - man and machine in action, 1936 - 1937
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- 5 favorites
- 22,439 views
- Date taken: 1936-11
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Mrs. Molinari and family making feathers. 6 year old Antoinette ties like an old hand. Dominick, January 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-01
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Robber Co. and American Character Doll. Singer power machine sewing group, 1936
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- 22,262 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Mrs. Lucy Libertime and family, Johnnie, 4 years old, Mary 6 years, Millie, 9, picking nuts in the basement tenement, December 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-12
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - This boy was digging coal from mine refuse on the road side, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Setting eyes in sleeping dolls (Jewish) A plus, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Photograph of a Workman on the Framework of the Empire State Building, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Employed bachelor at home in Sessa Hill, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Garment Workers, January 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-01
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Three pickers going home from work...
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- Date taken: 1911-09-13 10:29:29
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12 year old Newsboy. Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-03
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Picking nuts in dirty basement, December 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-12
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Resting with load at the head of the slope. Small boy is Jo Puma, a nipper, January 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-01
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Woman gathering coal, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Julia, a 6 year old child making pansies for her neighbor, January 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-01
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Building rubber doll moulds, 1936
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- 14 favorites
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- Date taken: 1936
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Dressing and packing dolls, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Johnson family - father unemployed, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Building rubber doll moulds, 1936
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- 22 favorites
- 19,646 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. The Shack Community Center, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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11:00 A.M. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch. They were all smoking. St. Louis, MO, May 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-05
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A family picking nuts. Mother nursing baby while picking nuts, December 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-12
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Spraying face, hands, and arms (Jewish) A plus, 1936
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- 6 favorites
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- Date taken: 1936
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Richard Pierce, Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service, works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes and visits houses of prostitution, May 1910
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- 19,234 views
- Date taken: 1910-05
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937
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- 19,158 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Woman gathering coal, March 1937
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- 19,088 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Camela, 12 years old, making Irish lace for collars. Works until 9 P.M. in dirty kitchen, January 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-01
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Pressing, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill, November 1910
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- 18,867 views
- Date taken: 1910-11
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Leveroni Family, January 1908
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- 10 favorites
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- Date taken: 1908-01
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937
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- 18,737 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Basso family, making roses in dirty poorly lighted kitchen, January 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-01
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed man attending meeting of the Workers Alliance Council, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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These little girls all work in Richmond Hosiery Mills. Rossville, Ga, December 1910
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- Date taken: 1910-12
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