Five young seamstresses working for a starvation wage in a New York tenement sweat shop.
Title

Five young seamstresses working for a starvation wage in a New York tenement sweat shop.

Caption

Five young seamstresses working for a starvation wage in a New York tenement sweat shop. Circa 1906. After a photograph by Lewis Hine, 1874-1940. Hine was a sociology teacher who used photography to record social problems and spur reform.

Date

1906

Credit line

Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive

Reference

UMG23A62_197

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