A former chicken coop, in which during the berry season the Arnao family,
seventeen children and five elders, live on Hitchen's farm, Seaford, Delaware, 1910
A group of girl workers in Greenabaum's Canneries, Seaford, Delaware. These girls
gave their ages as 10, 13 and 13. They work from 7 am to 6 pm. 1910
About 50 persons housed in this miserable row of dilapidated shacks partly surrounded
by a tidal marsh. Maggioni Canning Co. Port Royal, South Carolina, 1912
All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. 1911
Boys linking bed-springs, Boston, 1917
Children going through Whitman Street dump, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1912
Frank Burditt and family. They rent this dilapidated shack and are trying
to make a living off the meagre land near by. Sissonville, West Virginia, 1921
Rose Biodo, 10 years old. Working 3 summers. Minds baby and carries berries,
two pecks at a time. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, NJ, 1910
Some of the young shrimp-pickers working at the Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co.
Youngest five and eight years old. Biloxi, Mississippi, 1911
Teixiera family, Mary J., 11 years; Manuel 10 years. Mother and these two children pick 40 measures a day at 7 cents a measure. Falmouth, Plimney Bog, Massachusetts, 1911
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