Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of child-labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi. (LOC)
Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of child-labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.
1911 February.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Canneries.
Hine no. 1984.
Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1306.
Subjects:
Boys.
Child laborers.
Immigrants.
Shrimp industry.
Shells.
United States--Mississippi--Biloxi.
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.00828
Call Number: LOT 7476, no. 1984
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EmBee's Web (5 months ago | reply)
Thank you for sharing.
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Joseph O'malley64 (5 months ago | reply)
Those were the days, I used to work with him, but then I took an arrow to the knee !.
mezze (5 months ago | reply)
are you from 1905? AND here on flickr? WOW!
☆Cydril☆ (5 months ago | reply)
Wow, what a tough little guy. All those oyster shells and bare feet--ouch!
Geraldi (5 months ago | reply)
It makes me sad to think about all this stolen childhoods.....
Smoggy Mountain (4 months ago | reply)
beautiful!
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Raccoon Photo (4 months ago | reply)
Beautiful and haunting.