Chapter Three: Discovering Addie's First Family All the way home, I held out the hope that Addie's granddaughter had the same last name — the one she was born with. As soon as I walked in the door, I headed for the computer and Googled her. I got a hit! A person with … [Read more...]
Archives for November 26, 2014
Addie Card: The Search For An Anemic Little Spinner, Chapter Four
Chapter Four: New Discoveries In Hoosick Falls Hoosick Falls is just across the New York border, a few miles northwest of North Pownal. Route 346 follows the river and the railroad tracks, cutting through an intensely rural landscape. Locals know to turn right on a country … [Read more...]
Alberta Bonneau, Fall River, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: King Philip Mill - Card Room. Doffer on Jack Speeder. Bertha Bonneau, 15 years, 105 Slade St. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts, June 21, 1916. "My mother kept us clean. People would give her clothes. She would take the clothes apart, wash them, and make … [Read more...]
Evelyn Casey, Fall River, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Evelyn Casey, 129 Gaynore St., 14 years, 6 months - Irish. Went to work on 14th birthday cleaning harnesses in Borden Mills. Left because of no work and expects to learn weaving in Flint mill with a girl friend. At certificate office applying for certificate … [Read more...]
Rhea Quintin, Fall River, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at it about 3 months. Requires great deal of mental application and accuracy and good oversight. Takes over a year to learn. Seemed very young in certificate office. Miss Smith thought she was a … [Read more...]
Elsie Shaw, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption (both photos): Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner in the summer, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Her father is boss of cutting room in Factory #1. He asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, "and she's … [Read more...]
Allen Chaffey & Walter Omar, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother pack in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. Walter Omar, 8 years old, 4 Clark Street, cuts. Location: Eastport, Maine, August 1911. "Allen was pretty middle class all his life. He was very … [Read more...]
Preston Knowlton, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Five year old Preston, a young cartoner in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. I saw him at work different times during the day--at 7 a.m., in the afternoon, and at 6 p.m., and he kept at it very faithfully for so young a worker. Location: Eastport, … [Read more...]
Phoebe Thomas, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her … [Read more...]
George & Clarence Goodeill, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: George Goodell, and butcher knife used by many children. Location: Eastport, Maine, August 1911. "I think he (George) was devastated when his mother died. I remember him telling me that he had to quit school in fifth grade to feed his younger brothers and … [Read more...]
Byron Hamilton, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: "I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old Byron. Location: Eastport, Maine, August 1911. "He was extremely brilliant. If he had had money, he certainly would have gone to college. He liked to quote poetry and the … [Read more...]
Richard Mills, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Richard Mills, 8 years old, showing a severely cut finger. Is a cutter in Eastport, Me., canneries. Location: Eastport, Maine, August 1911. "He couldn't read or write, and he only went as far as the third or fourth grade, but he was very smart and very … [Read more...]
Hiram Polk, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1. "I ain't very fast--only about five boxes a day. They pay five cents a box." Location: Eastport, Maine, August 1911. Among the many thousands of child labor photographs taken by Lewis … [Read more...]
You Can’t Win If You Don’t Shoot (2009)
On the evening of Valentine's Day 1963, Calvert High School lost to La Plata High School by the score of 4-1. The two Southern Maryland schools weren't playing soccer, baseball or hockey; they were playing basketball. I know, because my brother, then called Bobby Manning, was a … [Read more...]
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
North Adams is a small city in the Berkshires. This strangely beautiful community is surrounded by hills dotted with rows of large tenements and Victorian houses, and the steep roads that wind up to them. Its incredible skyline of church steeples symbolizes the indomitable spirit … [Read more...]
No Empty Chairs At Milton Hall (2007)
Open Mic In Milltown, a poem by Joe Manning Main Street, Friday evening. I count ninety-six windows in the tall gray building; all are dark except one which reflects the half moon. Two boys in college windbreakers hang out by the clothing store. Several people … [Read more...]
Warren Franklin family, Guilford, Vermont
Jack Delano caption: Children of Warren Franklin, FSA (Farm Security Administration) dairy farmer near Guilford, Vermont, Aug 1941. On the Library of Congress website, there are over 700 photos taken in the summer of 1941 by Jack Delano, for the Farm Security Administration. … [Read more...]
Tony Valenti, Tampa, Florida
Lewis Hine caption: One of America's youngest newsboys. 4 years old and regular seller. Tampa, Florida, March 1913. "The first time I saw the picture, it was in the magazine for the 13th Annual Italian-American Invitational Golf Tournament. That was in 1990. The picture was … [Read more...]
Mancini’s Peter Gunn Score Launched Dozens Of Careers (2007)
On a late summer evening in 1958, at Radio Recorders, a legendary recording studio in Santa Monica, California, a mild-mannered 34-year old conductor, pipe in mouth, gives the downbeat, and a guitarist, also 34 years old, starts grinding out a heavy, rolling ostinato. Two bars … [Read more...]
Warren Frakes, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Lewis Hine caption: 6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine, October 11, 1916. Lewis Hine caption: Family … [Read more...]
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