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Tag Archives: Child Labor
Child Labor in Fall River, Massachusetts.
This photo was found under a collection called National Child Labor Committee Collection. The photo was taken by Louis Wickes Hine 1916 who published over 5,000 photos depicting child labor. This 16 year old child whose name was Louis Pelissier was mentally challenged and didn’t know where he was supposed to work so he made his way to a mill and they couldn’t help him. He was a sweeper but the work was too hard for him.
Posted in 1900-1916, June 28 assignment, Social History
Tagged Child Labor, Louis WIckes Hines, Massachusetts, photography
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Child Labor
This is a picture taken by Lewis W. Hine in Tampa, Florida during the early nineteenth century. Hine, an investigator of National Child Labor Committee exposed pictures of many youngsters who were being exploited as a source of cheap labor. The picture reveals young workers who were all under the age of 14 at the cigar making company. These pictures left a great rermark for the Americans and revealed how rapid industrialization and a lack of regulation left these kids in such a state.
Posted in 1900-1916, Economic History, June 29 assignment, Social History
Tagged Child Labor, Exploitation, Industrialization, Lewis W. Hine
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Keating Owen Child Labor Act, 1916
During the 1900’s children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous and often fatal working conditions. There were approximately 2 million children working in mills, mines, fields, factories, stores, and on city streets. Many of these children were under the age of 14. As a result it was important to develope the Keating Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 to protect these children. President Woodrow Wilson signed bill into law on February 29, 1916.
This is the link where the picture can be found: http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_109.shtml
Here is an interesting video on scenes of child labor.
Posted in 1916-1920, June 21 assignment, June 28 assignment
Tagged 1900's, Child Labor, Keating Owen
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