Lewis Hine caption: Family of Adrienne Pagnette: The three standing in front row are Adrienne, Anna and Francis. Adrienne, an adolescent French Illiterate. Speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room of Glenallen Mill. Anna, said she was 12 … [Read more...]
Martin Markey, Manchester, New Hampshire
Lewis Hine caption: Boys working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Smallest boy is Napoleon Cammery, 194 Merrimac St. Been in mill 1 year. Next boy is Jerry Moore, 352 Chestnut St. Martin Markey, 33 State St. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, May 1909. "My father always … [Read more...]
Irenee Laprise, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Erenne La Prise, a doffer, apparently 13 year[s] old, doffing at his machine in Spring Village Mill. Said he had been working a year and a half. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911. "He was fun to be with. He was jolly, and he was very … [Read more...]
Marshall Knox, Rochester, New York
Lewis Hine caption: Newsie on Main St. at 2 P.M. Said "our class did not have any school this afternoon." Marshall Knox, 10 years old, 23 Hamilton Street. Location: Rochester, New York (State), February 1910. "He was very distinguished looking. When he was almost 90, he had a … [Read more...]
Phares Beville, Mobile, Alabama
Lewis Hine caption: 7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. Location: Mobile, Alabama, October 1914. "When I used to go to Girl Scout camp, my daddy would send … [Read more...]
Fannie Sweeney, Fayetteville, Tennessee
Lewis Hine caption: Little Fannie, 7 years old, 48 inches high, helps sister in Elk Mills. Her sister (in photo) said, "Yes, she he'ps me right smart. Not all day but all she can. Yes, she started with me at six this mornin'." These two belong to a family of 19 children. … [Read more...]
Merrick Family, Seaford, Delaware
Lewis Hine caption: Mother and children hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station. Cyral (in baby cart) is 2 yrs. old this May and works steadily hulling berries. At times Cyral would rest his little head on his arm and fall asleep for a few minutes and then wake up, … [Read more...]
Poems Inspired By North Adams, Massachusetts: Page One
Seven Steeples was written after a long walking tour of North Adams. Empty House was inspired by a vacant blue tenement house I saw in a rundown neighborhood. Elderly Housing was written while I was sitting across the street from a former Catholic School. Sprague's referred to in … [Read more...]
Willie Cheatham, Montgomery, Alabama
Lewis Hine caption: Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. "You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those … [Read more...]
Hail The Reluctant Hero (2003)
Larry Doby passed away in June at the age of 79. Casual baseball fans may not recognize the name. I met him at Williams College last year when he participated in a panel discussion about baseball. It was a thrill for me, because he was one of my heroes. Doby played most of his … [Read more...]
Idas Joseph Crepeau, North Adams, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Joseph Crapo, 47 Fruit St. Works in Eclipse Mills. Apparently 13 years old. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, August 1911. When this handsome young man posed for Lewis Hine almost 100 years ago, neither he nor anyone else in this small factory city … [Read more...]
Joseph Allard, North Adams, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Joe Allard, 5 Tannery Yard (on left hand). Sweeper in twisting room, Eclipse Mills. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, August 1911. "Every New Year's Eve, my father would take each one of us kids into a room alone, and we'd get down on our knees, and he … [Read more...]
Henry S. Higginbotham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Lewis Hine caption: Shorpy Higginbotham, a "greaser" on the tipple at Bessie Mine, of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Co. Said he was 14 years old, but it is doubtful. Carries two heavy pails of grease, and is often in danger of being run over by the coal cars. Location: … [Read more...]
Ralph Kuyrkendall, Magnolia, Mississippi
Lewis Hine caption: Ralph Kuyrkendall. "I'm learnin' to spin in Magnolia Cotton Mill. Work with Blanch ---. I'm 10 years old. Been in the First Grade three years and Second Grade one year." Location: Magnolia, Mississippi, May 1911. "I don't think my grandfather ever completed … [Read more...]
Ruby Nell Shepard, Sacramento, California
Dorothea Lange caption: Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California, November 1936. In 2008, I saw this sad, beautiful, empathetic Dorothea Lange picture of a young woman with no name. Lange seldom identified her … [Read more...]
John Slebzak, Pasadena, Maryland
Lewis Hine caption: John Slebzak. Location: (near) Baltimore, Maryland, July 1909. Lewis Hine caption: Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, Md. They have worked here 3 years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. All work except the … [Read more...]
Robert Kidd, Alexandria, Virginia
Lewis Hine caption: "Carrying-in" boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, Alexandria, Va. Works on day shift one week and night shift next week. Location: Alexandria, Virginia, June 1911. I've seen this popular Hine photo many times, and every time I do, I can't stop staring at it. … [Read more...]
Laura Petty, Pasadena, Maryland
Lewis Hine caption: Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins farm, Rock Creek near Baltimore, Md. "I'm just beginnin'. Picked two boxes yesterday. (2 cents a box). July 8, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland. (See my report July 10, 1909.) This photo is little Laura … [Read more...]
Jeremiah Moore, Manchester, New Hampshire
Lewis Hine caption: Boys working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Smallest boy is Napoleon Cammery, 194 Merrimac St. Been in mill 1 year. Next boy is Jerry Moore, 352 Chestnut St. Martin Markey, 33 State St. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, May 1909. This is the second … [Read more...]
Josephat Adams, North Adams, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: On right hand is Richard Fitzgerald, 53 Montgomery St., works in twisting room of Eclipse Mills, No. Adams. On left hand, Joseph Adams, 107 Front St., works in twisting room of Eclipse Mills,. Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, August 1911. "He always … [Read more...]
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