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Background imageChild Labour Collection: Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916

Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. First World War: armoured vehicle, No. 8 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, Washington, DC. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt

Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt
Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. First World War: armoured vehicle with machine gun, built by Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburg. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt

Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt
Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. First World War: armoured vehicle with machine gun, built by Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburg. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Background imageChild Labour Collection: War Garden: Sheridan School, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden: Sheridan School, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden: Sheridan School, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War -...extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey. The cherry crop is harvested by local families, men, women and children

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers on mechanized farms. Near Corsicana, Texas

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The landowner's daughter hoes cotton on a south Georgia farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The landowner's daughter hoes cotton on a south Georgia farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The landowner's daughter hoes cotton on a south Georgia farm

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Farmer's daughter in the fields, farm in Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmer's daughter in the fields, farm in Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer's daughter in the fields. Farm in Georgia

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936
Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Young cotton picker, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young cotton picker, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Poor white, North Carolina

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina, 1936

The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina, 1936

The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The older brother teaches the younger on a farm in the Piedmont, North Carolina

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Alabama tenant farmer and children, Near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Alabama tenant farmer and children, Near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama tenant farmer and children. Family labor in cotton. Near Anniston, Alabama

Background imageChild Labour Collection: One of a Texas sharecropper's ten children, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of a Texas sharecropper's ten children, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of a Texas sharecropper's ten children. Hall County, Texas

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey. The cherry crop is harvested by local families, men, women and children

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Young cherry picker, near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young cherry picker, near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young cherry picker, near Millville, New Jersey. The cherry crop is harvested by local families, men, women, and children

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows. The pickers pick the potatoes from the ground and put them in sack which is suspended from their waist between their knees after the machine has dug them

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Children of migratory Mexican field workers, Coachella Valley, California, 1937

Children of migratory Mexican field workers, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Formerly rehabilitation clients now operating own farm, near Manteca, California, 1938

Formerly rehabilitation clients now operating own farm, near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation clients. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments. Family labor harvesting milo maize

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, near Manteca, California, 1938

Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, Near Manteca, California, 1938

Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, Near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Snow-Sweepers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans

Snow-Sweepers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Snow-Sweepers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Illustration to a story by Thomas Miller. "Clear your snow away, marm? do it for a penny

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Creator: Eishosai Choki

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Creator: Eishosai Choki
The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, 1850. Creator: Smyth

Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, [in Yorkshire], 1850. The boiler, with one huge lift, raised the whole of the four floors above it to a considerable height; when

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Drought refugee families...supplanting Mexican field laborers... Near Chandler, Arizona, 1937

Drought refugee families...supplanting Mexican field laborers... Near Chandler, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican field laborers in the Southwest. Near Chandler, Arizona

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Crow-Boy's Christmas Lunch - drawn by Phiz, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Crow-Boy's Christmas Lunch - drawn by Phiz, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Crow-Boy's Christmas Lunch - drawn by Phiz, 1850. Illustration to a story about a child who scares crows off the crops for a living

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Frozen-Out Gardeners and Snow Clearers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans

Frozen-Out Gardeners and Snow Clearers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Frozen-Out Gardeners and Snow Clearers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Illustration to a story by Thomas Miller. During winter, gardeners couldn't work because of the cold weather

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson

The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, [London], 1850. These remarkable persons...state that they are of the tribe called Rufaiah

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boy with leather apron on a chair, Orsa, 9 July 1867. Creator: Julius Kronberg

Boy with leather apron on a chair, Orsa, 9 July 1867. Creator: Julius Kronberg
Boy with leather apron on a chair, Orsa, 9 July 1867

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Tea sorting, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin

Tea sorting, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Tea sorting, end of 19th century. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century and early 20th century by the famous revolutionary-populist

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Group of workers harvesting tea, Greek women [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915

Group of workers harvesting tea, Greek women [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915
Group of workers harvesting tea, [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915. Workers, identified by Prokudin-Gorskii as Greeks, pose while harvesting tea from plants spreading over rolling hills near Chakva

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Packaging department, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Packaging department, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Packaging department, Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Men working in a packing section of a mineral water warehouse (?). The man in the foreground is hammering nails into a crate

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Haying, near rest time [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Haying, near rest time [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Haying, near rest time [Russian Empire], 1909. Farm workers standing near their equipment, taking a short break from hay-making to pose for their photograph

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: view from the railway, taken shortly after... 1862

The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: view from the railway, taken shortly after... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: view from the railway, taken shortly after the catastrophe, 1862. The Hartley Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: removal of the coffins containing the bodies, 1862

The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: removal of the coffins containing the bodies, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: removal of the coffins containing the bodies, 1862. The Hartley Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon... 1862

The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon Churchyard, 1862. The Hartley Colliery disaster of 16 January 1862 was a coal mining accident in Northumberland

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu

Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in



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