Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day ... Location: Comanche County ... Oklahoma (LOC)
Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: "I promised em a little wagon if they'd pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while." See 4564. Location: Comanche County--[Geronimo], Oklahoma
1916 October 10.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 4565.
Specific location within Comanche County based on caption for #4564.
Subjects:
Boys.
Girls.
Croplands.
Cotton pickers.
United States--Oklahoma--Comanche County--Geronimo.
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.00600
Call Number: LOT 7475, v. 2, no. 4565
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Minarge, ♥chimidoro♫♪, Out to Lunch, ggaabboo, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.
EspressoBuzz (3 months ago | reply)
A wagon for more cotton!
Katie Rowe Photography (3 months ago | reply)
I only found out this year that cotton grows on bushes I still can't get over that I thought it was made from something else.
Benjamoon von Schwulemann (3 months ago | reply)
My parents' childhoods.
Cassies grandma (3 months ago | reply)
Not really bushes Katie Rowe, more like bushy plants similar to beans.
I just traveled through the coastal area of S TX and saw lots of cotton fields. It is an amazing site for this Midwest farm girl.
Here is a cotton field from a flickr site.
www.flickr.com/photos/ahightower/1792399917/i n/photostream/
Brooklyn Cyclist (3 months ago | reply)
these people built this country, we are just users, shame on us
Tom.cy (3 months ago | reply)
i love these style