Lewis Hine caption: Joseph Velcich[?], seven years old. Beginning to pick shrimp for Peerless Oyster Co. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, March 1911. “My father once said: ‘People talk about the good old days, but Joann, there never were any good old days in my childhood. … [Read more...]
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