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National Child Labor Committee Collection

Photographs taken by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee of the working and living conditions of children in Georgia between 1908 and 1924.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1908/1924

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
black-and-white photographs

Type
Still Image

Metadata URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-child-labor-committee/about-this-collection/

Holding Institution
Library of Congress

Rights

1. 2 "yearlings" belonging to a South Georgia farmer. The former usually gets more attention than the child. John Paulk family. See report of Lewis W. Hine on Georgia, March 1915. Location: Kirkland, Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

2. The Browning school near Dublin. Small number of pupils very poorly housed. Location: Dublin [vicinity], Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

3. Children thrashing corn during school hours on a farm near Dublin. Many such light occupations fall to the lot of the Georgia child. Location: Dublin [vicinity], Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

4. John Paulk and family. One of the most prosperous farmers in the district. See report of Lewis W. Hine on Georgia, March, 1915. Location: Kirkland, Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

5. [Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

6. [Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia]

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

7. Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young. Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

8. [Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 1/2 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed [?] another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young.] Location: [Atlanta, Georgia].

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

9. Mt. Pleasant school near Valdosta. Typical of the country schools of many parts of Georgia. Location: Valdosta [vicinity], Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

10. Rader Copeland (Lake Park). He was plowing during school hours and will lose 10 weeks of schooling. His father said that he needed the boy's help. He plows, plants, chops cotton, picks cotton. The father said: "He ain't very fast." Said he was 10 years old. The sister said he was 12 years old. Location: Valdosta, Georgia.

Creator:: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Date of Original:: 1915-03
Collection:: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Holding Institution:: Library of Congress

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