Child Labor in the Early 1900s

Child Labor in the Early 1900s

This historical source is a photograph of a 14-year-old newsie taken by sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in February 1910. Hine produced over a hundred photographs documenting child labor in the United States which was instrumental to the...
7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker.

7-year old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker.

The source presented here, at first glance, is a simple photograph of a child from the 1900s. This photograph was taken by photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in 1913. Hine was a photographer during the Progressive Era who was known for documenting the lives of the...