[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] (LOC)
Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
[The 8 and 10 yr. old children here are working beets on a farm near Sterling, Colo, from 5:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on rush days. Father said, "We have to get done."]. Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado]
[1915 October 22]
1 photographic print.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
In album: Agriculture.
Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4020.
Hine no. 4022.
Subjects:
Girls.
Boys.
Agricultural laborers.
Sugar industry.
Hours of labor.
United States--Colorado--Sterling.
Format: Photographic prints.
Glass negatives.
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.00345
Call Number: LOT 7475, v. 2, no. 4022
LC-H5- 4022
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Bugmasterdesigns, stigc, drewsiff, cassiotones, and 19 other people added this photo to their favorites.
chadhobbs (3 months ago | reply)
if anything goes wrong from here out in my life.. I will look at this photo and say to myself, "At least I'm not an 8yr old beet farmer"
Brooklyn Cyclist (3 months ago | reply)
these people built this country, we are just users, shame on us, I'll put this picture on my desktop to remind me how fortunate I am