Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" ...Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky (LOC
Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as a grown-up. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky
1916 August 19.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 4455.
"Div. 5" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic
location; probably refers to a school district.
Subjects:
Boys.
Agricultural laborers.
Tobacco industry.
United States--Kentucky--Warren County--Albaton.
Format: Photographic prints.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950
General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.00501
Call Number: LOT 7475, v. 2, no. 4455
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Remarkable historic register . . .
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