Title
Child labour in 1900's America
Caption
Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag holding the cracked nuts (to be picked), with her dirty street shoes on, and using a huge dirty jack-knife. On the right is the cobbler's bench used by shoemaker in this room. They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all the room and in the dark, damp entry. See 2704. Location: New York, New York (State) 1911
Date
1900
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP16A00_113
License type
Rights managed
Available size
180,0Mb (18,2Mb) / 31,6in x 22,1in / 9486 x 6632 (300dpi)