9,744 Free Images of Labor

historyhistoricalnational child labor committee collectionprofessionsoccupation👶 people & body emoji🧑‍⚕️ professions & roles emojidepartmentsnapdepartment of agriculture
Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school this year although living within 1 1-2 miles of school 5-7. See Kentucky report and special card. LOC cph.3a31146
historicalhistory
Home and fruit stand of the Cavicchio family. 64 Bedford Street. Somerville, Mass. Both the mother and Mary, 10 years old, worked off and on all day out here with the soot from the passing LOC nclc.04789
historicalhistory
High Shoals (N.C.) School. This is average attendance. Enrollment is 80. Only one other school in town and about 15 attend that. See photo 279 (St. John's Mission School) Population of town LOC nclc.01373
historicalhistory
Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory -1. 'I aint very fast-only about five boxes a day. They pay five cents a box.' LOC nclc.00949
historicalhistory
Herschel Bonham, Route A, Box 118, an 11-year-old boy cultivating peas. He belongs to a cotton club in school. Father says he can pick 200 pounds of cotton a day. LOC nclc.00677
historicalhistory
How insignificant a newsie is in comparison with matters of State. Peter Pepe, 24 Wonders Court, 10 yr. old newsie, selling on the Capitol steps. Been selling for 2 yrs. Makes 20 cents a LOC nclc.03756
historicalhistory
Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., LOC nclc.00510
historicalhistory
Group of 66 spinners in -7 spinning room. They were the most openly profane and vulgar I have ever encountered in mill work. Florida St. Cyr (smallest girl), 24 Cray St. LOC nclc.02449
historicalhistory
Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., LOC nclc.00509
historicalhistory
Eugene Bell, House 48 Loray Mill. Said he was 12 years old. (question). 'Leastwise that's what mother says.' (I am convinced that many children believe they are as old as they say they LOC nclc.01343
historicalhistory
Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool, explains to a visitor a new project the Club boys are interested in. Instead of selling the wool at 20 cents a pound, LOC nclc.04403
historicalhistory
Some of the smallest boys in Cass & Daley Shoe Co., Salem. Stephen Indroski, (right end), 19 Turner St., has worked a year and a half in the factory. William Prasecki (next Stephen), 36 LOC nclc.04772
historicalhistory
South of Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Ten-year-old migratory Mexican cotton picker. He was born in T . . . - NARA - 522015
historyarizona
Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West. One Charlie Lott was thirteen years old according to Family Record. Another Norman Vaughn apparently twelve year old LOC nclc.02871
historicalhistory
Some of the younger workers in the Beaumont Mills, Spartenberg (sic), S.C. The youngest boy on the right hand end is Bob Cook, works in spinning room -2. Said he had been working about a LOC nclc.02590
historicalhistory
Some of the young workers in Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Tallest man is Mr. Hollingsworth. Two of his boys in front row. Sylvester, ten years old, 'Only helps in the mill afternoons LOC cph.3c07334
historicalhistory
Solomon Sickle, 11 yr. old gum vendor, 321 Seventh St., Washington, D.C., Says he sells until 8 P.M. Very illiterate, been in this country only six months. LOC nclc.03768
historicalhistory
Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. On other side of the shed, still younger children were working. Out of sixty working (only half were there) I counted LOC nclc.00892
historicalhistory
Ten-year-old Mollie Schuman left alone at the shack with all these babies and the adults far off in the field, out of sight. Mollie tops and piles too. Nine persons live in this one-room LOC nclc.00354
historicalhistory
Mildred Benjamin, 17 years old. Right dorsal curvature. Scoliosis. Right shoulder higher than left. Shows incorrect position required to perform this kind of work. Stopping use of right arm. LOC nclc.05149
historicalhistory
Mildred Benjamin, 17 years old. Right dorsal curvature. Scoliosis. Right shoulder higher than left. Shows incorrect position required to perform this kind of work. Stopping use of right arm. LOC nclc.05144
historicalhistory
Millie Cornaro, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries for 6 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N. J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain here LOC nclc.00047
historicalhistory
Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said 'I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough.' The other was 'jest hangin' around.' LOC nclc.03008
historicalhistory
At Certificate Office. M.A. Lillian Gurmond, 597 Lawton. French - Born Sept. 2, 1900. Geo. B. Stone. Left at 14 in the 5th grade to be a 'braider tender' at the Fall River Webbing Co. LOC nclc.05038
historicalhistory
A beautiful young spinner and doffer in Interlaken Mill, Arkwirght, R. I. She has worked there 1 year. Looked 12 yrs. old and had a hectic flush caused by warm, close atmosphere. LOC cph.3b07717
historicalhistory
A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904 (CHS-5424)
historicalhistory
All in the picture work in the spinning room of the Washington Mill. Front row, left end, Joseph Cratano, 55 Railroad St. Apparently 11 or 12. Center, Thomas Murphy, 24 Spruce St., LOC nclc.02362
historicalhistory
All these shuck oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. They begin work about 3 A.M. and work until about 5 P.M. with half an... - NARA - 523415
historicalhistory
A group working on night shift at Hereford Glass Works, Cape May Court House, N.J. Nov. 19, 1909. I saw the smallest boy carrying in shortly before midnight, November 18th. LOC cph.3a47677
historicalhistory
Workers in Phoenix, Mill, Phoenix, R.I. Two largest boys, Joseph and Albert Paranthean have been in the mill over a year. Boy on left hand end, Joseph Miclette is beginning to work. Sunday LOC nclc.01688
historicalhistory
Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James LOC nclc.05090
historicalhistory
Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only. LOC nclc.05494
historicalhistory
The whole force in Elk Cotton Mills. Tiny boy in white waist on extreme left, 'Just helps his mother,' the superintendent said. Next boy is Leo, with a 'steady job,' see photo 1753. LOC nclc.01900
historicalhistory
Trapper Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Boy had to stoop on account of low roof, photo taken more than a mile inside the mine. Witness E. N. Clopper. LOC cph.3a24700
historicalhistory
Upper floor of hallway, opening into 12 rooms (see photo -1145) in large shack occupied by cranberry pickers on Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. 12 rooms on first floor. One LOC nclc.00075
historicalhistory
Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Girl at end of porch Daisy Estis (Couldn't spell her name) Worked 2 years. other two not in the mill. No school within reach. All chewed tobacco. LOC nclc.01411
historicalhistory
20150319-OC-LSC-0149
shoppingfood
USDA Market News Infographic
dataus
20150319-OC-LSC-0165
platefood
20150320-OSEC-LSC-0548
learningfungus
SC 405025 - Lt. Arnold Samuelson, Tacoma, Washington, Combat Photographic Officer attached to the 1st U.S. Army, gives food to hungry Russian slave laborers, who were liberated when elements of the 9th Armored Division took Limburg, Germany.
displaced personsignal corps
Bernardo Gritti. Proprefect van Bergamo, SK-A-4103, 1646
17th-century male portrait paintings in the rijksmuseum amsterdambernardo gritti
Man farmer
agriculturepeople
Woman factory worker
professions😃 emoji
Man factory worker
professions😃 emoji
Woman construction worker
constructionwoman
Vieille maison du XVè siècle, maison de Nicolas Flamel, dite maison du grand pignon, 51 rue de Montmorency, D.3493, Georges-Henri Manesse
paintings of paris by georges-henri manessedrawings in musée carnavalet
Man farmer
agriculturepeople
Farmer
agriculturepeople
Man farmer
agriculturepeople
Woman farmer
agriculturepeople
Woman farmer
agriculturepeople
Factory worker
professions😃 emoji
20150320-OSEC-LSC-0580
natureplants
20150320-OSEC-LSC-0684
natureplants
20150319-OC-LSC-0022
platefood
Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., in the vicinity of Coal Creek, Tenn. James has LOC nclc.05467
historicalhistory
John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenger - 9. 15 years of age. In service 1 year. Visits houses of prostitution. Sometimes smokes. Edward F. Brown, LOC nclc.03576
historicalhistory
Leroy Raley, 215 Noble St., a 10-year-old truant newsboy, who was photographed during school hours. Said- 'Someone stole my clothes so I couldn't go to school.' LOC nclc.04025
historicalhistory
I found a girl of 13 working at embroidery in a far corner of a dimly lighted room. The light came from a small gas jet which was high above the girl's head, in the center of the room. She LOC nclc.04320
historicalhistory
Home Work, Somerville, Massachusetts. Crocheting on underwear. A common sight. 35 Horace Street. See also Home Work report about woman working here with running sore on limb. Jennie De LOC cph.3b46697
historicalhistory
Anna Dazet (14 years old) 334 West 49th St. Girl unable to procure employment certificate because she lacks the required number of days. Father tubucular, in advanced stage, and in hospital. LOC nclc.04638
historicalhistory
Tenjeta Calone, Philadelphia, 10 years old. Been picking cranberries 4 years. White's Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks LOC nclc.00048
historicalhistory
Street Bretzau, who is a 'Tube-boy' in the mule-room of Richmond Spinning Mill, East Lake. Mule spinning is apparently more dangerous than ring spinning. (See bandaged finger.) Photo during LOC cph.3a26043
historicalhistory
Some of the padrones on Whites Bog, Browns Hills (i.e., Mills), N.J. The chief padrone (in straw hat) is Gus Denato (see report of E.F. Brown). Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. LOC nclc.05306
historicalhistory
Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. LOC cph.3a29821
historicalhistory
Supt. and overseers with the 'Relief Crowd,' in Yazoo City (Miss.) Yarn Mills. The Supt. said, 'We relieve all children under sixteen for two hours a day except the doffers, who get plenty LOC nclc.02094
historicalhistory
Two little pickers. Manuel Alvez - 12 years, Marion Alvez, 8 years. She picks 19 measures. He picks 10 measures. Live - 320 Water St., New Bedford. LOC nclc.00181
historicalhistory
Two of the Boys Working in Phoenix American Cob Pipe Factory, Washington, Mo. Smallest boy is Joe Krummel. See sign, 'Wanted-Men and Boys.' Around corner was a sign, 'Girls Wanted.' Couldn't LOC nclc.04691
historicalhistory
Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the 'bushel-man.' Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. LOC cph.3a03543
historicalhistory
These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, 'I ravels and pick up.' Small boy in another mill said 'Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they LOC cph.3a47661
historicalhistory
These boys work off and on in Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Smallest boy is Geo. Cartwright, 401 N. Laurel St. He says been working off and on since 11 years old. LOC nclc.01213
historicalhistory
The three on the ground work in the Cannon Mills, Concord, N.C. The boy 'Otie Honeycott' (his mother could not spell his name) said he had been doffing two years in the Cannon Mill. LOC nclc.02649
historicalhistory
The two smallest boys in the group are Patrick Roddy, 968 Central Street, who doffs in No. 1 spinning room, and has been working there three months. Walter McNally, 7 North Street, works in LOC cph.3b43669
historicalhistory
Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at it about 3 months. Requires great deal of mental application and accuracy and good oversight. Takes over a year to learn. LOC nclc.03051
historicalhistory
The Bush Family. Winona, (Miss.) Cotton Mills. The mother, a widow, and three children all work in the mill. Smallest boy, Louis, said he was 'going on 12.' Been here only a few months. LOC nclc.02115
historicalhistory
San Lorenzo, California. Evacuation of farmers of Japanese descent resulted in agricultural labor s . . . - NARA - 537535
californiahistory
San Lorenzo, California. Evacuation of farmers of Japanese descent resulted in agricultural labor s . . . - NARA - 536477
californiahistory
Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Said they work (i.e., would) continue to work after summer vacation. Louis Godbout (right hand end) 132 Lincoln LOC nclc.01842
historicalhistory
The cotton pickers on this farm were temporary neighbors to the owner. Four adults and seven children. The latter as follows- one six year old boy picks one hundred pounds a day. His father LOC nclc.00224
historicalhistory
View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive at the factory as early as 5 o'clock, an hour before they were allowed LOC nclc.05457
historicalhistory
Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, California. Migratory labor camp (F.S.A.) seen from water t . . . - NARA - 521763
californiahistory
Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only. LOC nclc.05494
historicalhistory
Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James LOC cph.3a29803
historicalhistory
Upton Stopper Co., Morgantown, W. Va. Plenty of Small Boys The one by the machine is a 'catching up' boy He seemed about 10 yrs. old. Oct. 1908. See 183. L.W.H. LOC nclc.05364
historicalhistory
A.D.T. boy, 13 years old. 1 1-2 years at it. Works from noon till 10-30 P.M. Said he carries notes, etc. Burlington, Vt. - NARA - 523255
historicalhistory
Adolescent spinners in the Suffolk (Va.) Knitting Mills. One of these, fourteen years old, said she had been working here, off and on, for four years, and earns about one dollar a day now. LOC cph.3b19536
historicalhistory
Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. I saw her working steady all day, at top speed. Could not speak a word of English. LOC nclc.00910
historicalhistory
Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, 'I ravels and picks up.' Small boy in another mill said, ' Over in Mill they work em so little they LOC nclc.01995
historicalhistory
Flashlight photo of boys going home from King Mfg. Co., 6 P.M. Augusta, Ga. Smallest boy-Otis Pollard been there 2 years. Other boy been there 4 years. LOC nclc.01602
historicalhistory
Forest Kellison, 4 H Club member treating his sheep for internal parasites under direction of Harold Willey, Farm Bureau Agent. 250 of these club boys and girls in the county. (See Photo No. LOC nclc.04427
historicalhistory
Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 2, Henderson Co. LOC nclc.00511
historicalhistory
Group coming out of Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H., 6 p.m. May 18, 1909. See photos and labels -(not filled in). Many of these young boys and girls go in as 'helpers' to mothers, LOC nclc.01753
historicalhistory
Group of boys working in -9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co, Hughestown Borough, Pittstown, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others (reported LOC nclc.01148
historicalhistory
Going to dinner from Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. May 18, 1909. A number of young boys and girls work regularly (during school hours) as 'helpers' to mother, father or sister. LOC nclc.01768
historicalhistory
Fifteen year old delivery boy for Linders Drug Store, which is located on the edge of the Reservation, Griffin Street. The boy has just returned from a trip to these Houses. He works from 8 LOC nclc.03899
historicalhistory
Fifteen year old delivery boy for Linders Drug Store, which is located on the edge of the Reservation, Griffin St. The boy has just returned from a trip to one of these houses. He works from LOC nclc.03902
historicalhistory
Family of Mrs. Donovan, 293 1-2 Highland Street, Roxbury, Mass., tying tags for Dennison Co. This is the family that has worked on tags for 7 years and makes an average from that work $30 a LOC cph.3b41011
historicalhistory
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno, 7 Elizabeth Street. Josephine (age 11), Antonia (age 13). One child not working. They go to school and work afternoons and Saturdays on this custom work for father. Feb. 5, LOC cph.3a29805
historicalhistory
Noon Hour - Kerr Thread. Smallest boy in foreground chews and smokes and is as tough as he can be. Albert Heon' - 87 Campbell Street. Twisting room. 8 or 10, 14-16, in front wanted to be in LOC cph.3b33408
historicalhistory
8301 - 8400 of 9,744 Next page
/ 98