Lewis Hine caption: Addie Laird, 12 years. Anemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. Vt. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and now would "stay." Location: North Pownal, Vermont, August … [Read more...]
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Fugate Family, Hedges Station, Kentucky
Lewis Hine caption: Worming and topping tobacco. W.L. Fugate rents farm. Willie, 12 years old and Ora, 10 years old will go to Schoolsville School, Clark Co., Ky., but it has not opened yet. Location: Hedges Station, Kentucky, August 7, 1916. "I know he got through the eighth … [Read more...]
Marie Kriss, Biloxi, Mississippi
Lewis Hine Caption: Marie Kriss, seven years old, shucks oysters and picks shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co., when not tending the baby. Makes 25 cents some days. Biloxi, Mississippi, February 1911. “She said that when they first came here from Baltimore, they came on a train. She … [Read more...]
Alma & Joseph Alves, Biloxi, Mississippi
Lewis Hine caption: Alma Crosien, three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Cora Croslen, of Baltimore. Both work in the Barataria Canning Company. The mother said, "I'm learnin' her the trade." Location: Biloxi, Mississippi, February 1911. "It was hard times back then. That house they … [Read more...]
Bettenhausen family, McIntosh County, North Dakota
John Vachon caption: Bettenhausen children. McIntosh County, North Dakota. November 1940. "Oliver Jr., Neil and I always seemed to be working with Dad's tools in the workshop. Even after many reminders not to get into ‘my tools,' we managed to go to the tool shop and try to … [Read more...]
Matthew Stavola, Hartford, Connecticut
Lewis Hine caption: Matro Starola 8 years old. Hartford, Conn. March 1909, Lewis Hine. In the first week of March 1909, Hine took three dozen photographs of newsboys and newsgirls in downtown Hartford. Most of the children were born to Russian-Jewish or Italian immigrants, and … [Read more...]
Elias Joseph, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Elias and Julia Joseph, Part One Lewis Hine caption: Batise Joseph. Winchendon. Doffer in Glenallen Mill. Father and Mother said, "He is 12 years old. Has been doffing all summer. Will go to school." Query: Will he go to school? Another boy, 13 years old, in this … [Read more...]
Giles Newsom, Bessemer City, North Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Accident to young mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mille [i.e., Mill], Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on … [Read more...]
Addie Card: The Search For An Anemic Little Spinner, Chapter Two
Lewis Hine caption: Every one of these was working in the cotton mill at North Pormal [i.e., Pownal], Vt. and they were running a small force. Rosie Lapiare, 15 years; Jane Sylvester, 15 years; Runie[?] Cird, 12 years; R. Sylvester, 12 years; E. [H.?] Willett, 13 years; Nat. … [Read more...]
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...]
Addie Card: The Search For An Anemic Little Spinner, Chapter Five
Chapter Five: Discovering Addie's Adopted Family The city of Cohoes (pronounced Ca-hose') was once the home of Harmony Mills, one of the largest in the world. The yarn-producing factory along the Mohawk River was powered by Cohoes Falls, which was the subject of a famous … [Read more...]
Addie Card: The Search For An Anemic Little Spinner, Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven: Epilogue A lot of strange and wonderful serendipitous events occurred during my search for Addie, but I was still not prepared for one final event, strange, but not so wonderful. On March 28, I attended a meeting in North Adams. While waiting for it … [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...]
The Courriers: Still Carrying On (2014)
"When he (Pete Seeger) sang 'Wimoweh,' and he got the whole audience to sing, I had an epiphany. I knew that this is what I wanted to hear, what I wanted to know more about, and what I wanted to play." -Mark Max, co-founding member of the Courriers "We did a gig at the Bitter … [Read more...]
Making “Misty”: The Legendary Johnny Mathis Recording (2010)
"I heard Erroll Garner play it when I was in my teens. There were no lyrics yet. I blurted out, ‘Mr. Garner, I am going to record your song if I ever make a record.'" -Johnny Mathis "Look at me/I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree." I was sitting in my favorite diner … [Read more...]
Clarinda Morin, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Clerinda Norrin, said 11 years old and helps sister spin in Glenallen Mill. Winchendon, Mass. September 3, 1911. On my first trip to Winchendon, on September 24, 2008, I brought along my camera and a binder with all 40 of Hine's photos and captions. This … [Read more...]
Jacob Rommel Family, Fort Collins, Colorado
Lewis Hine caption: A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family live in this roomy shack, well-furnished, with a good range, organ, etc. They own a good home in Ft. Collins, but late in April they moved out here, taking contract for nearly 40 acres of … [Read more...]
Angelina Guinzali, Boston, Massachuetts
Lewis Hine caption: Angelina Guinzali (15 years old?) works for Madame Ball, dressmaker at 603 Boylston Street. Boston, Massachusetts, January 25, 1917. When Lewis Hine made this touching photograph of a lovely Italian-American girl in the first month of 1917, he and his … [Read more...]
Anthony Martina, Buffalo, New York
Lewis Hine caption: Antonio Martina, 53 Carolina Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 11 years old last summer. Attends School #1. He and a 13-year-old sister worked in sheds of Ellis-Canning Factory, Brant, N.Y., snipping beans at 1 cents a pound. Left for the country in May, returned late in … [Read more...]
Rewinding My Life (2004)
I was born in Washington, DC, and lived in the rural suburbs of Prince George’s County, including Greenbelt, before moving 60 miles south to even more rural Solomons Island in 1951. I came from a musical family. My paternal grandparents were string players who had traveled … [Read more...]