Lewis Hine caption: Fursen[?] Owens 12 years old. Can't read. Don't know A, B, C's. "Yes I want to learn but I can't when I work all the time." Been in mills 4 years, 3 years in Olympia Mill, Columbia, S.C. and 1 year here. Location: Augusta, Georgia, January 1909. I fell in … [Read more...]
The Baldwin family, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Dorothea Lange caption: Young mother, twenty five, says “Next year we'll be painted and have a lawn and flowers.” Rural shacktown, near Klamath Falls, Oregon, September 1939. General caption number 47. “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it … [Read more...]
Stories From Hope Cemetery (2010)
"And she became the sad Carlotta. Alone in the great house...walking the streets alone...her clothes becoming old and patched and dirty. The mad Carlotta...stopping people in the streets to ask: ‘Where is my child? Have you seen my child?' Poor thing. And then she died...by her … [Read more...]
Carmina Caruso, Somerville, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: A typical view of Carmina Caruso, a ten year old Home Worker as she walks around crocheting as she goes. See also other photos of her and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, August 1912. "In Italy, I think she got as far as the second … [Read more...]
Guido Centola, Rochester, New York
Lewis Hine caption: Newsie selling before school, 7 A.M. Quito Scentola, 13 years old, 20 Pennsylvania Avenue, been selling papers four years. Location: Rochester, New York (State), February, 1910. "He was in a family of 16, ten boys and four girls. They came through Ellis … [Read more...]
Otto Shelton, Macon, Georgia
Lewis Hine caption: Boys working in Bibb Cotton Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Smallest boy--Otto Sheldo--2 yrs. in mill. Next, Jack Bowman--4 yrs. in mill. Next, Clement Olford--5 years in mill gets .75 a day. Next, Lawnie Williams--8 years in mill, gets .65 a day. Next, Henny Potter--2 … [Read more...]
One More Ride Up St. Leonard Hill (2009)
It used to snow when we were kids, all day, waist deep, pure white. It would start with a few flakes here and there and grow into a windy swirl. When I saw you for the first time in forty years, I remembered the snow. You waiting at the top of the hill, my eyes … [Read more...]
Remembering Radio (2004)
Legendary radio personality Eddie Gallaher died recently at the age of 89. For nearly 60 years, he practically owned the morning airwaves in the Washington, DC area. My mother told me about Gallaher’s death during my visit with her in Easton, Maryland over the Christmas … [Read more...]
Poems Inspired By North Adams, Massachusetts, Page Two
Kitchen Helper was inspired by a conversation I had with a woman in North Adams who was waiting for a bus. Things That Aren't There was inspired by a number of conversations I had with people who told me personal stories about the effects of a huge urban renewal project in North … [Read more...]
Catherine Young & Family, Tifton, Georgia
CHAPTER ONE "My feet they are sore, and my limbs they are weary; Long is the way, and the mountains are wild; Soon will the twilight close moonless and dreary Over the path of the poor orphan child." Lewis Hine caption: Two of the "helpers" in the Tifton Cotton Mill, … [Read more...]
Rosanne Cash Brings New Voice, New Songs To Latest CD (2003)
Despite eleven #1 singles in the 1980s, and three critically acclaimed albums in the 1990s, Rosanne Cash didn’t think of herself as a singer. From the age of nine, she just wanted to be a writer. Afraid of the downside of fame that she saw her father Johnny Cash experience, she … [Read more...]
Eva Caouette, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Comparison of ages: On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted 11 years, helped sister spool all summer in Glenallen Mill. Next her is Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years, and doffing all summer in Spring Village Mill. Next is Rosina Coyette, said she was 14 but … [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...]
Lucy Lampron, Leeds (Northampton), Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Mrs. Eugene Lampron, Reservoir Street, Leeds, Mass., putting the bristles into tooth brushes in the kitchen of her home. She has been doing it for 9 years, and showed the effect of it. Location: Leeds, Massachusetts, September 1912. It was raining in the … [Read more...]
Lena Helems, Leeds (Northampton), Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Mrs. Helems, Leeds, Mass., putting bristles into tooth brushes in an untidy kitchen. She makes about $4.65 a week usually. The sanitary conditions in most of these homes are pretty good, but some times filthy rooms are found and often tuberculosis with the … [Read more...]
Alberta McNatt, Cannon Delaware
Lewis Hine caption: Alberta McNadd on Chester Truitt's farm at Cannon, Del. Alberta is 5 years of age and has been picking berries since she was 3. Her mother volunteered the information that she picks steadily from sun-up to sun-down. Location: Cannon, Delaware, May … [Read more...]
Anatole Grenon, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Smallest is Anatole Gernon, Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12 years old. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Speaks no English. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911. "My mother was one of Anatole's sisters. Uncle Anatole was a … [Read more...]
Rosina Goyette, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Comparison of Ages: Left end, Marion Deschere, just passed 13 years. Helps sister in mill "some." Next is Mildred Greenwood, "going on 14." Goes to school. Next is Mamie La Barge, 13 years, but said 14 years. Right end is Rosina Goyette, said 14, probably 12 … [Read more...]
Alice & Austin Curtis, Institute, West Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the W. Va. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia, October 10, 1921. Lewis Hine caption: Alice Curtis and her … [Read more...]
Betsy Price, Marlinton, West Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: Betsey Price, First year high school at her Club sewing. 4 H Club work, Marlinton, W. Va. Location: [Pocahontas County]--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo Lewis W. Hine, October 7, 1921. "I don't know if that was why her picture was taken, but my mother was … [Read more...]
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