Lewis Hine caption: Selling on Main Street, 9:30 P.M. Left to right: Joseph Magus, 10 years old, 80 Melody St. Guy Casacali, 12 years old, 31 Maple St. Morris Stein, cripple, 14 years old, 53 Sullivan St. Asked policeman on corner where they were selling, how late they stayed out … [Read more...]
Hot Roast Beef With Mashed (2010)
Nostalgia can take you back, but it can't take you all the way back. Not in Salem, Illinois. They tore down the Starlite Restaurant. It was located in Salem, Illinois. I have never lived anywhere near Illinois, and I dined at the Starlite only twice in my life, but this … [Read more...]
Daniel Collins, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Three young cutters who work in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. They work at night when the rush is on. Youngest is Rob Collins, 10 years old; next is Dan Collins, 11 years; next is Milton Shannon. All live on South Clark Street. Location: … [Read more...]
Gershwin And Berlin Never Sounded Better (2007)
"They all laughed at Christopher Columbus/When he said the world was round/They all laughed when Edison recorded sound." -from "They All Laughed," by George and Ira Gershwin I am playing, for the umpteenth time, a CD that I bought several weeks ago. The singer opens track … [Read more...]
Bessie Hicks, Matoaca, Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Va. She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia, June 1911. Bessie Hicks … [Read more...]
Alfred Benoit, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Slovenly kitchen living-room of family of Alfred Benoit, 191 N. Front St., a sweeper in Bennett Mill; has been there for two months. Mother works in the same mill; father is a canvasser (and shiftless). Said, "I'm de father of 11 children." The baby in the … [Read more...]
Arthur Chalifoux, North Adams, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Arthur Chalifoux, 3 Rand St. (4th boy from left). Works in Eclipse Mills, No. Adams. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, 1911. "Three girls fainted in the Eclipse mill yesterday as a result of the extreme heat. The long continued hot spell is beginning to … [Read more...]
Anna J. Gallant, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Nan de Gallant, 4 Clark St., Eastport, Maine, 9 year old cartoner, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Packs some with her mother. Mother and two sisters work in factory. One sister has made $7 in one day. During the rush season, the women begin work at 7 a.m., … [Read more...]
Young @ Heart (2007)
My wife and I moved to the small city of Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1999. It's on the Connecticut River, about 100 miles west of Boston. We actually live in Florence, a distinct village with its own post office. But when we get our property tax bill, it's from … [Read more...]
Alcide Gauthier, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Erenne La Prise, on left, apparently 13 years old, a doffer at Spring Village Mill, said he had been working a year and a half. Als de Gauthier, apparently under 14 (next Erenne) also a doffer at Spring Village Mill. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, … [Read more...]
Florine Fuqua, South Boston, Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: Ebb-tide in the industry. Family of Mrs. Wm. Fuqua. On account of slack work in the cotton mill, her husband recently got work up-town. He is the only wage earner. Six in the family. The oldest girl is 14 years old now. She worked last year, but the lint … [Read more...]
Minnie Thomas, Eastport, Maine
Lewis Hine caption: Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used in cutting. Some of the children used a knife as large as this. Minnie works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts … [Read more...]
NORTH ADAMS TOURS AND PRESENTATIONS
Since 1998, I have been conducting tours of North Adams, and making formal and informal presentations about the city. My tours and presentations are somewhat different from the traditional ones where guides or lecturers just point out a few historical buildings, or talk about … [Read more...]
Springfield, Vermont
Springfield, Vermont is a town of about 9,000 people. It's just a few miles off Route 91, and was built along the Black River. Up until recently, it was well known for its machine tool and telescope industries. Springfield has been struggling to improve its economy, with mixed … [Read more...]
Vermont Scenes
Exhibits & Presentations
"Thank you so much for your presentation about the Lewis Hine mill children. The stories you tell and the photos you share are captivating, and bring history, genealogy and family to life. The work you are doing is so important and valuable not only to the families you touch, but … [Read more...]
George Cox, Institute, West Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and is raising a pig. His father is a "renter" in this poor home near the W. Va. Collegiate Institute (Near Charleston) the State colored agricultural college. Mr. A.W. Curtis, Agri. Agent, is … [Read more...]
Dignifying The Lives Of Ordinary People (2007)
Since last Christmas, my wife and I have been totally absorbed in the series of films often referred to as the "Up" movies. The seven films, all but the first produced and directed by Michael Apted, document the lives of 14 British boys and girls, all born in 1956, who are from a … [Read more...]
The Internet Archive Time Machine (2007)
As I have noted in several articles on this site, I grew up in the Washington, DC area. I was born in 1941, just several weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. My father was in the US Army, and in 1944, he was sent to the Pacific Islands. My mother and I moved in with my … [Read more...]
Stories From The Dowlin Block (December 2013)
CHAPTER ONE The year this photograph was taken (1911), Jason Braman and his wife Theresa moved into apartment 616, on the top floor of the Dowlin Block, a six-story building which has now been a fixture in North Adams since 1902. About 37 at the time, Jason was working as … [Read more...]
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