in the early 1900’s the national child labor committee hired lewis hine to document child labor in america.. many of these photos were taken by hine during a ten year period
Child Labor in America Early 1900's Photographs
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20 responses to “Child Labor in America Early 1900's Photographs”
Did you noticed some are bare foot ……And shots weren't out yet those kids must of caught everything
This should make you realize your job does not care about you
In our twisted world now grandchildren of these hard working kids have to repay for slavery?!!!
I wonder how many who post about the "good old days" when kids did hard labor would do this work themselves.
Bush once said, " jobs Americans won't do" these people did jobs that today's kids certainly won't do or ever would do.
I recognize many of these photos by Lewis Hine, and I wonder who else might have taken some of these photos. His photos helped end child labor. Other comments bemoan the over entitled lives of many of today’s kids, but we should never return to those days where kids worked 5-6 days a week and long hours and did not go to school or have an opportunity to be kids.
Republicans had a lot of little slaves before they got child labor laws
Lewis Hine photographs???,Years ago seen a photo of a 5-6 year old working in a brick yard bare footed, in Bogota Columbia, some business people have no scruples.
This why we won two world wars, youth were moral, determined and brave. Those not, were disposable like Bonnie and Clyde. Not this ganster crap living today, thieves, child rapists, and murders given a dozen chances when society would have been better disposing of them quickly.
They grew up fast and had a hard life with not much education – sad but that is the way the world was – people needed $ to live –
My Grandfather was the oldest of his eight siblings, in 1922 at the age of fourteen he quit school and got a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad in Altoona PA. He passed away when he was 48yrs old, with 34 years of service at the PRR. Life was tough!
So many childhoods missing from these little faces.
Fast forward 120 years, this is happening in China….
Though it would be unthinkable today, kind of like slavery, in an earlier time the practice of requiring children to work at heavy, manual labor jobs for maybe a penny or two a day wasn't that uncommon. Thankfully we've come a long way since then.
Yeah were much better off now that kids get to sit around and play video games all day
This is what made america. Hard work to keep family's feed and housed. They grew up to be strong minded american business owners.
Only 11 comments. So few people care enough even to look, presumably. Too much to deal with perhaps. Well, that was life.
maldito capitalismo, maldito neoliberalismo
Once upon a time children felt responsible for their family's well being.
Now everyone feels like the world owes them something.
A ten year old saying where do you work at. My grandmother was 12 working in a factory 1919. She received 5 cents from her earnings for the Nickelodeon on Saturdays.
The rest went for helping the family.