UAW Education Department High School Labor Presentation CHILD LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES Shrimp...

UAW Education DepartmentHigh School Labor Presentation

CHILD LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES

Shrimp CanneryBiloxi, Miss., c.1908.

Shrimp pickers, including an 8 year old boy on the right.



9:00 p.m. at an Indiana glass works, c.1908.



One of the young workers in a glass factory in Alexandria, Va., c.1908.



Cutting fish in a sardine cannery. Large sharp knives are used with a cutting and sometimes chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches and careless bumping into each other increase the liability of accidents. "The salt water gets into the cuts and they ache," said one boy.

Sardine Cannery, Eastport, Maine, c.1908.



Young boys working for Hickok Lumber Co.Burlington, Vt., c.1908.



A general view of spinning room, Cornell Mill, Fall River, Mass., c.1908.



Rhodes Manufacturing Company

Lincolnton, N.C., c.1908.

A moment’s glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year.



Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back

the empty bobbins.

Bibb Mill No. 1.Macon, Ga., c. 1908.



The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister.” Newberry, S.C., c.1908.



At the close of day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on the other two, and is usually crowded

like this. A small boy is in front.

Coal MineS. Pittston, Pa., c.1908.



View of the Ewen Breaker of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of the boys' lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes stands over the boys, prodding or kicking

them into obedience.S. Pittston, Pa., c.1908.



Three young boys with shovels standing in doorway of a Fort Worth & Denver train car, c. 1908.



Rochester, Mass., c.1908.

Two girls, ages 7 and 9, pick berries. The older girl picks about 4 pails a day.

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