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Child Labor in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Monique

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.

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Gay marriage

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Yimei

This photo was taken at midnight of  May 17, 2004 in Massachusetts. Marcia Hams(with yellow sweater) and her marriage parter Susan Shepherd( with the black jacket) were the first same-sex couple who start the application for their same-sex marriage license. After completeing the application, they were shaking hands with City Clerk D. Margaret Drury in at Cambridge City Hall.

This event is very important for because it means United States starts to accept the same-sex marriage legally.

This photo was taken by  Steven Senne and was published on Associated Press.

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